| Rather than see the golf ball actually land | | | | this, watch your bunker shots really begin to |
| in the deep rough, the professional golfer | | | | take flight. |
| would rather face the customary greenside | | | | |
| bunker shot any day of the week. However, if | | | | With short-sided sand shots, too many golf |
| you talk to most golfers who don't play for a | | | | players make tentative swings that leave the |
| living, than you will hear one horror story | | | | golf ball in the sand, when the golf ball is |
| after another regarding greenside bunker | | | | in a bunker with the hole only a few tempting |
| shots. The difference of opinion is actually | | | | feet away. Actually, there are two effective |
| quite simple. The golf professionals know how | | | | methods to hit a short bunker shot. The first |
| to use their sand wedge suitably, work the | | | | is to take twice as much sand and make a |
| golf club through the sand and make a few | | | | really aggressive golf swing. Instead of |
| minor adjustments to their stance. Not only | | | | entering the sand two inches behind the golf |
| is it not too difficult if you give greenside | | | | ball, which is usually done on a normal sand |
| bunkers some practice, but once you are | | | | shot, make it about four inches. The |
| confident and comfortable with escaping from | | | | important factor to remember is to make an |
| greenside bunkers, it offers the green light | | | | aggressive swing. |
| to attach more flags on the approach golf | | | | |
| shots, which can lead to lower scores. | | | | The more difficult, second method is to "pop |
| | | | shot". With your hands and writs, lift the |
| The short bunker blast drives you insane, | | | | golf club abruptly. Imagine you're throwing a |
| although it's a fairly easy shot. However, | | | | blade with your right hand as you bury the |
| the impulse to scoop the golf ball out rather | | | | clubhead into the sand directly behind the |
| than slide the club face under it can lead to | | | | golf ball. As long as the golf club cuts into |
| a skulled shot that sours beautifully over | | | | the sand several inches behind the golf ball, |
| the golf green. This can be eliminated by | | | | the golf ball will certainly pop out However, |
| practicing explosive shots with a simple | | | | beware that the "pop shot" does take |
| adjustment to the grip referred to as "the | | | | practice. |
| anti-skull grip". First, you take your normal | | | | |
| left-hand grip, and then wrap your right hand | | | | Finally, for more spin, you can rotate the |
| around the fingers of your left. You can't | | | | golf clubface open about 45 degrees. This |
| flip the golf club upward with this | | | | will gradually work your stance open usually |
| hand-over-hand grip. Once you hit several | | | | until the club's leading edge faces its |
| golf shots this way, then you can return to | | | | target. You can use a long, sweeping golf |
| your normal grip as you keep your left arm in | | | | swing from there to get that nip you need to |
| check as done during practice. As you achieve | | | | place extra spin on the golf ball. |