Category: Bunkers

Transfer Through

You have difficulty escaping the sand due to a slower swing speed.

U and V Swings

You have difficulty changing from woods to irons while playing because of the adjustment needed for the club type. You also want to learn how to use these swinging styles when you are stuck in a sand trap.

Sand Weight Shift

You have difficulty swinging in the sand due to a poor weight distribution.

Full Explosion

Your ball landed in a greenside bunker.

Soft Explosion

Your ball landed a short distance from the pin in a sand bunker. You want the ball to fly high out of the sand and stop quickly onto the green.

Contact with the Sand

You normally make a good swing in the sand but you noticed on a new course that the flange does not move into the sand at the correct point, resulting in a flubbed sand shot.

Plugged Lie

Your ball is plugged into the sand so that it is half buried or more.

Fried Egg

The ball landed in the sand bunker in a crater of soft and dry sand, causing it to look like a fried egg.

Sand Pile

Your ball landed on top of a soft pile of sand created by the wind.

Long Versus Short Bunker Shots

You need to learn or improve on how you play from long and short distances from the green when stuck in a sandtrap.