In this type of a bunker shot, setup to the golf ball with your shoulders leaning away from the hill so that they more closely match the angle of the slope. Be agressive and swing through the shot. You won’t get as much distance because the golf ball will be hit more steeply upward rather [...]

Joe Williams from the Indian Wells Golf Resort explains how to setup and execute a standard bunker shot as well as the the buried or “fried egg” plugged bunker shot. Standard Bunker Shot 1. Open the stance so the body is aiming slightly left of the target and open the clubface so it is aiming [...]

Click To Play In this golf lesson, Derek Nannen, the Director of Instruction at Eagle Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona explains an alternative way to play a forced carry bunker shot- using your pitching wedge.

Trying to hit a golf ball that is buried in a bunker can seem like a daunting task. Just remember to do something the opposite of what you are accustomed to doing. Normally when you hit a bunker shot, you open the clubface to use the bounce or sole of the club to help the [...]

Are you still having trouble getting out of the sand? If so you’re probably taking too much sand behind the ball, and not enough under and in front of it. The “Line in the Sand drill” presented by Derek Hooper, Director of Instruction at Lake of Isles, GC, will teach you how to enter the [...]

Trade In, Trade Up to Certified Preowned Callaway Golf Equipment! Click here When the golf ball is plugged in a bunker, don’t use your standard stance and swing because the “bounce” on the sole of the club won’t allow you to get underneath the golf ball and the club will probably hit the side of [...]

PGA golfing Legend Dave Marr shows The Golf Doctor how to get out of a bunker. 1. Visualize how hard you’d have to throw the ball underhand to get it to the hole as a measure for how hard you need to swing. 2. Open Stance. 3. Weight Forward. 4. Ball Forward. 5. Open Clubface. [...]

Jeff Ritter demonstrates how easy a bunker is by doing it with one arm. If you know and apply the correct technique, this should never be a shot to fear. 1. Ball forward in stance. 2. Clubface open 3. Hit an inch behind the ball. The club “never” comes into contact with the ball. 4. [...]