Are you a golfer that cringes when you hit a wayward shot that ultimately comes to rest in the bunker? Worse yet, as you approach your ball you can only see the top half of it. Now the thoughts of a snowman (that's an 8 on the scorecard for the newbies reading this) gets your blood boiling and you haven't even pulled your wedge out of your bag yet.
In reality the sand is not such a bad place to be and getting out, when all is said and done, can really be a routine occurrence. Most golfers that are proficient from the beach (beach is another name for bunker for the newbies) consider a sand shot, either buried or not to be a fairly easy shot to execute. The biggest difference between the two is a buried shot comes out with more top spin while a shot off the surface of the sand allows a golfer to create some back spin. Other than that both shots should be equally easy to extract if you are using proper technique.
What really makes being in the bunker difficult is that most golfers don't practice this shot and the only time they experience it is during a round. So the lack of being able to create good muscle memory to rely on makes this shot more stressful that it has to be. Like any shot in golf the more you practice it (correctly of course) the easier it becomes.
Next time your in the bunker try using the mentioned technique and remember; a bunker shot is a lamb dressed like a wolf, it may look intimidating but we know the real truth.
Blog written by Vince Fratercangelo-Director of
Instruction at VJF Golf Academy
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