Bunkers

Before his clutch par putt on the final hole, Keegan Bradley made a nice out of a buried lie in the greenside bunker. The shot seems so tough for most golfers, but it doesn't have to be. PGA Professional Sara Dickson offers a great tip.

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A Lesson Learned: Be aggressive and play the miss in fairway bunkers
Steve Stricker wins the John Deere Classic. This is not a repeat from last year. Or the year before. Congratulations to Stricker for his third straight title - and what a way to do it, back-to-back birdies on the final two holes to storm back and win!
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A Lesson Learned: Imagination out of a bunker
Steve Stricker showed some amazing bunker save skills this past week and that earned him his first Memorial Tournament win.
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Easiest Shot in Golf? It can be
Many PGA Tour pros will tell you in their magazine and TV tips that the bunker shot is the easiest in golf. This is a pretty demoralizing statement when you are having difficulty getting the ball out of the bunker much less near the hole.
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Greenside Bunker Shots Made Simple
A greenside bunker shot is the only shot in golf where you are not hitting the golf ball. The club enters the sand before the ball and flies out of the bunker on a cushion of sand. In essence you are simply hitting behind the ball and fatting the shot.
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Beat Fairway Bunkers
It is one of the most dreaded shots in golf, but it doesn't have to be: The Fairway Bunker. Here is a quick five step plan to help you out when you find the sand from off the tee. Apply these suggestions and your fairway bunker shots are bound to improve:
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A Line in the Sand
A bunker shot is the only shot in golf where we don't actually hit the golf ball. To improve your bunker play, use this practice drill.
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Beating the Bunker Blues
In all my years of teaching I have found the Bunker Shot to be the hardest technique to teach. As golfers, we are all trying to hit the golf ball with the best possible contact during practice and play.
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Making Bunker Play a Strength of Your Game
Many PGA Tour pros will tell you in their magazine and TV tips that the bunker shot is the easiest in golf. This is a pretty demoralizing statement when you are having difficulty getting the ball out of the bunker much less near the hole.
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A Lesson Learned: Hoffman's solid bunker play no fluke
Charley Hoffman's pure ball striking and solid putting certainly were key ingredients to Monday's final-round 62 at the Deutsche Bank Championship. His 11 birdies clearly helped him run away from the field and vault up the FedExCup point list.
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Good bunker play
PGA Professional Mitch Lowe shares a tip on how to improve your bunker game.
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Flop Shot out of a bunker
PGA Professional Mitch Lowe demonstrates how to use a flop shot to escape the bunker to a short-sided pin
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The long greenside bunker shot
PGA Professional David Hutsell, Director of Instruction at The Elk Ridge Club in Baltimore, MD, goes over the long greenside bunker shot.
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One armed bunker drill
PGA Professional Terry Hertzog gives you a great tip to improve your bunker play.
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Better Bunker Play
PGA Professional Bill Murchison offers some tips on improving your bunker game.
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Longer greenside bunker shot
PGA Professional Bill Murchison instructs you on how to approach a longer greenside bunker shot.
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The proper bunker stance
PGA Professional Terry Hertzog demonstrates how to get the correct stance when attempting to escape a bunker.
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Improve Technique in the Bunker
In the bunker, solid technique will help you get anything out - as PGA Professionals Joseph Hallett and Mark Drenga demonstrate using a variety of items.
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Fairway Bunker Shots
PGA Professional Michael Breed hits Hazeltine National Golf Club to give you some helpful tips on the best ways to get out of those dreaded fairway bunkers.
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Greenside Bunkers
Allen Wronowski, PGA Director of Golf at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix, Md., talks about greenside bunkers and gives some tips to improve your bunker game.
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Uneven Bunker Shot
Ron Philo, PGA Director of Instruction at Ron Philo's School of Golf, talks about how get the best result from a shot out of an uneven bunker lie. Philo demonstrates how he goes about finding a stable position to swing from, setting up the stance, choking up on the club and making the proper swing.
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