| Here's a fundamental golf tip to use when you find | | | | clubface at your target. Place your weight on your |
| yourself in the sand on the golf course: it should | | | | left side (if you are right handed). Your weight should |
| always, of course, be your goal to get out the | | | | stay anchored there through your golf swing. |
| bunker on the first attempt. | | | | Position the ball forward in your stance. This allows |
| When you find yourself there, don't freak out, stay | | | | more flexibility in your shoulders, allowing you to |
| calm and know you have good fundamental approach | | | | swing the golf club down the line of your shoulders, |
| that is going to solve your problem. | | | | allowing an out-to-in path for your swing that will slice |
| There are two different approaches for bunker, | | | | the ball out of the trap. |
| depending on the how deeply your golf ball is buried. | | | | Make sure your feet are dug squarely into the sand |
| We are going to go over now are to get out of the | | | | and stand a little further away from the ball than |
| bunker with a good lie. This is commonly called a | | | | normal. |
| "splash" shot. | | | | Digging your feet in will promote greater stability and |
| This shot displaces the sand beneath the golf ball, | | | | ensure that the clubface contacts the sand and not |
| which lifts the ball into the air. You actually hit the | | | | the golf ball. |
| sand rather than the ball. | | | | As you'll be gripping the club at full length, standing |
| As always the proper set up is essential to control | | | | further away will automatically bottom out your |
| both accuracy and distance. | | | | swing to the same level of your feet. Stand the |
| 1) Open the clubface. The shorter your shot, the | | | | same distance away from the ball that you have dug |
| more open the clubface. It is important that you | | | | yourself in. The distance and depth should correlate. |
| open the face of the club before taking your grip. If | | | | Your swing will mostly be a motion of the shoulder |
| you grip the club squarely and roll your arms open, | | | | and arms, your weight still solid on the left side. Don't |
| you will naturally return to a square impact point. | | | | lock your lower body, but allow it follow naturally |
| As you're hitting the sand behind the golf ball, keep | | | | from the movement of your trunk. |
| your grip comfortably at the end of the club. | | | | The pacing of this shot depends on the distance |
| To assure yourself of the proper loft be sure the | | | | your golf ball needs to follow: the further away, the |
| shaft of your club points at the center line of the | | | | more the pace. |
| body. If the shaft leans ahead of the golf ball it will | | | | If you follow these simple golf tips, they should help |
| decrease your loft. | | | | you when it comes time to "splash" your way out of |
| 2) Rotate your body to an open stance, aiming the | | | | the sand. |