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Golf Balls On The Bunker – What To Do?

11:50 am January 23, 2010

As a golfer, you’re definite to be diagnosed one sickness: Eremikophobia, the fear of sand.

Certainly, sand is any golfer’s worry. Sand represents a peril that golfers would want to avoid at any cost: bunkers. When a ball crashed into the bunker, the golfer will need to compete with difficulties in hitting the ball and controlling its course and direction. Worse, the golfer has to whack the ball without hitting the sand, least he undergo a single stroke fine.

Hence, one of the simple things that any golfer must know by heart is what to execute when the ball crashes into the bunker.

The number one advice, of course is this: prevent the sand. Golf balls don’t have any business being in bunkers, after all.

But sadly, such is rather improbable. Even the finest expert golfers of today face peril everytime. It’s a component of the game. At times, your swing will be slight sour. At times, your calculation may be inaccurate. And at times, the wind may go against you. Golf balls touching the bunker at some period will be rather unavoidable.

Here are some suggestions on how to approach golf balls that have been stuck on the sand:

- Pick your weapon appropriately. Wedges are the way to go. This is the explanation why they’re in your handbag. Select a lob wedge if the dent of the sand is rather low. Choose your usual sand wedge if you only want to escape the bunker.

- Keep your knees bent. This is a vital action. The sand will hug the golf ball. By keeping your knees bent, your swing will have an upward slope that will prevent the sand and hit the ball towards the sky. This is what you want to do to escape the bunker. If your knees aren’t bent, your swing will be levelled and you might not be able to hit any golf balls back to the green.

- Don’t disregard your follow through. Just considering about it will force you prepare for even, refined attempt with enough power to position the golf ball to safety. Your follow through is crucial in ascertaining your rhythm and conjuring your tempo.

Bunkers are a part of golfing life. You have to play the sport with the belief that tomorrow, one way or another, you will have to encounter the sand and conquer it to succeed in the very engaging sport of golf.