Conquer greenside bunkers
1Ball and weight forward
You should position the ball midway between your sternum and lead armpit, so underneath where most shirts have a logo. Have your weight 70 per cent into your lead foot at address and keep it there throughout the swing. You want the club shaft to be pretty vertical, so make sure you don’t lean it forward. Bury your feet a couple of inches into the sand.
2 Everything square except clubface
Set up with your heels and body square to the target, rather than everything way open. The only thing you want open is the clubface. Bending your knees a little more than usual and dropping the butt of the club lower brings the aim of the clubface to the left (for right-handers), so the ball will launch at your target even with an open clubface.
4 Get to a reasonably high finish
All good bunker players get the club back up and out of the sand. The last thing you want to do is bury it in there as you’ll take too much sand and lose all your clubhead speed through the impact zone, which usually means the ball stays in the bunker. Make sure you have a follow-through that ensures you get the club – and the ball – out of the sand. 3
Hit the sand about three inches before the ball. It’s important to remember that you don’t have to dig into the sand with your swing – you will already naturally take the clubhead just under the surface because you’ve buried your feet by a couple of inches at address. The clubhead should glide through the sand and be two inches at its deepest point.
Don’t dig when you swing