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Middle Atlantic PGA Section Teacher of the Year Joe Plecker runs down the general rules and penalties involved when hitting your ball out of a bunker.
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For many, lost in the drama of the final hole struggles of Jim Furyk was the incredible up-and-down from Keegan Bradley from that buried lie in the bunker.
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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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PGA Professional Bill Murchison instructs you on how to approach a longer greenside bunker shot.
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PGA Professional Bill Murchison offers some tips on improving your bunker game.
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PGA Professional Mitch Lowe shares a tip on how to improve your bunker game.
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PGA Professional Mitch Lowe demonstrates how to use a flop shot to escape the bunker to a short-sided pin
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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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PGA Professional Terry Hertzog gives you a great tip to improve your bunker play.
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PGA Professional Terry Hertzog demonstrates how to get the correct stance when attempting to escape a bunker.
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I get out of soft and fluffy sand very well. However untended and unraked, wet, hard packed sand I tend to blade the ball so my open face, bounce exposed, slide the club under the ball obviously is the wrong technique.
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I struggle from bunkers, especially in two cases. If the ball is perched in the sand, and I am green-side, how should I play the ball? I struggle with spin and consistency, and I am wondering if I should pick the ball clean or hit down on it.
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Tri-State PGA Section Teacher of the Year Matt Kluck instructs on how to match your shot type to your shotmaking abilities. He says to hit one of three types of shots: normal, safety or get-out.
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Brandel Chamblee teaches how to play in various types of sand conditions. In moderately coarse sand, you need a wedge with enough bounce. From heavier or wet sand, keep your stance farther back. In beach type sand, remember that you will need more loft with less bounce.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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