Your ball is locked in a bunker. Not a big deal. Not even the end of the world. Depending on your skill level and swing speed, I have two easy ways to tap and close this.
1. Low handicappers/fast swingers: Since you have speed, try this: Set up with a slightly open stance and an open face. As you grip the stick, focus on gripping the handle tighter with your lead hand.
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Maddie MacClurg
Your goal: Bury the heel of the club in the sand to lift the ball up and out. That feeling, combined with your open stance and open face, should give you the outlet and loft you need to close this one.
2. High handicappers/slow swingers: Again, hold it tighter with your lead hand. But set with the clubface closed, the toe points to the left of the target.
Now, just pounds of sand. You don’t even need to finish. Just bury the clubhead in the bunker with that face closed and you’ll be ahead.
Debbie Doniger is one GOLF Top 100 Teachers and director of instruction at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford, NY
