All the good bunker players on both the PGA and LPGA Tours get out of the “Bunker” 60 percent of the time. Are you having the following problems getting out?? Hitting the lip of the bunker, leaving the ball in the bunker, and skulling it over the green.

Here are some of your answers, not splashing the sand, trying to help the ball up by scooping, not placing the golf ball in the right position and not making a complete back swing. The bunker should be a “easy” shot to achieve when playing golf. Like most I had trouble hitting this shot until I made the following changes. First, I got my feet shoulder width apart like I was going to hit a driver off the tee.

That made me play the ball inside my left instep or heel. Third, you want to make a big backswing as though you are ready to hit a full an complete iron shot. Finally, you want to open your club face so it is pointing toward the sky or you can support a wine glass on the face of your sand wedge or lob wedge. This brings the “bounce” of the golf club into play, this is how the ball comes out.

After you practice the following, now get in the bunker and build a pile of sand with a ball on top and try to “splash the sand”. Remember if anything the sand should come out of the bunker onto the putting green. “Build a sand castle”. Thank you for reviewing this and the other articles. Happy golfing and good luck in improving you golf game.

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