Bunkers
Achieving Consistent Bunker Shots
If you're like most weekend golfers, your greenside bunker shots need work.
Bunker
A hazard on a golf course, filled with sand or grass.
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Bunkers at Filton Golf Club, Filton, Bristol, England.
A bunker or sand trap is a hazard in the game of golf. It is a depression near the green or fairway that is filled with sand.
Bunker play is a challenge in the game of golf for all of us at some time. This line drill practiced in a bunker is designed to teach players to consistently control the bottom of their swings, allowing them a successful shot from the sand with ease.
Take the fear out of your bunker play
By Les Miller,
Contributor
For most shots out of the sand, use your 60-degree wedge unless the flag is across the green, then you might go to your 54-degree or pitching wedge.
Fairway Bunker Shot
When taking on this shot be sure the club you are using has sufficient loft to get the ball over the front lip of the bunker.
Fairway Bunker Shots (by Dan Drier)
Splash Down (by Matthew Malario)
Sand Is Forgiving (by David Ruvolo)
Get the Club Square at Impact (by Brian Cairns)
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A bunker shot uses the same set-up and steep swing of the pitch shot, although there is more acceleration and less ‘softness’ in a bunker shot than a pitch shot made from the same distance away from the hole.
Fairway Bunker
Play ball in the middle of the stance to insure you hit the ball first. Dig your feet in for stability. Your stance can be square or slightly open. Your number one goal is to get out of the bunker.
6) In a bunker, never let your club touch the sand until you swing at the ball. It is a two-stroke penalty to let your club touch the sand in any way (by mistake or intentionally).
Plugged Bunker Shot
Courtesy of Perry Andrisen; used with permission
This is a fairly easy shot to get out of the bunker, but difficult to get close to the hole.
The greenside bunker can often be one of the most feared shots in golf. And I understand because in most cases you need to take quite a large swing for a relatively small distance.
For some people this could be the drive; for others, it might be fairway bunker play or putting. To each his own. But there is one type of shot that bothers a lot of players, regardless of their experience. And those are the chip shots.
BUNKER SHOTS BEFORE THE ROUND
Again, if you have time or course that allows you to practice these shots, then do so.
Bunkers
Before leaving a bunker, a player should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes. This allows the next player to have a fair lie. To minimise the disturbance of sand, always enter and leave a bunker at its lowest point.
Bunker (also known as a "trap"): Prepared area of ground, from which turf or earth has been removed and replaced with sand, water, or tall grass.
Birdie: One stroke under the par for the hole.
Bogey: One stroke over the par for the hole.
Bunkers, divots, and ball marks: Before leaving a bunker, a player should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes and footprints made by him. Replace divots; repair ball marks and damage by spikes.
BUNKER - considered a hazard, a pit of sand on a golf course, varies in size, shape, depth, location, and embankment type.
Bunker
A natural or artificial depression on a fairway or round the green. It is usually half -filled with sand but can be made of earth or grass.
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Bunker Fairway: Usually located in a recessed depression it is a hazard of sand or bare earth. Grass or wooden walls are not part of the hazard.
Bunker: A hazard filled by sand or grass that is placed where a fairway shot may end (by a green or driving distance from the tee). You are not allowed to practice swing or ground your club in a bunker.ï"¿ ...
Bunker
A 'bunker'' is a hazard consisting of a prepared area of ground, often a hollow, from which turf or soil has been removed and replaced with sand or the like.
Bunker - A crater or hole in the ground filled with sand; derived from a Scottish word for a store place or receptacle. The American term is 'trap'.
Bunker
Hazard made up of a sand-filled hole. Also called a sand trap.
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Bunker: A bunker is a type of hazard consisting of a prepared area of ground, from which turf or soil has been removed and replaced with sand or the like.
bunker Also referred to as a "sand trap". A large pit filled with sand (usually situated in locations where you'll likely end up in them!)
bunt Similar to in baseball, it refers to a short shot.
bunker A type of hazard consisting of a prepared area of ground from which grass has been removed and replaced with sand.
buried (lie) In a sand bunker, where most of the ball is below the surface of the sand. See also fried egg.
Bunker Fairway
Hazard of bare earth or sand usually in a recessed depression. Grass and wooden walls or banks are not part of the hazard.
Bunker: Hazard filled with sand; can be referred to as a sand trap.
Buried Ball/Lie: Part of the ball below the surface of the sand in a bunker.
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Bunker Shot The Sure Out Checklist
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bunker
A hollow in the ground, which occurs naturally or is designed into the course, and is usually filled with sand (or other similar material).
bunker-- This hazard area is a dug out area filled with sand. Typically a ball hit into a bunker will be slowed by the sand and remain in the bunker thereby penalizing the golfer by preventing the ball's further travel.
Bunker: A hollow comprised of sand or grass or both that exists as an obstacle and, in some cases, a hazard. (The greens at Winged Foot were protected by deep bunkers).
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Bunker Ladder
Hopefully you have read about the ladder drill in my other short game blogs. The drill is great for...
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Bunker: A sand-filled depression on the golf course — also known as a sand trap.
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Bunker: Holes with sand in the bottom which are placed around the course as obstacles. Usually when your ball goes into a bunker you waste at least one shot hitting it out. They are also called traps.
Bunt: To hit an intentional short shot ...
Bunker : A large depression in the ground usually, but not always, filled with sand.
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Cabbage : Very deep, thick rough off the fairway (resembling cabbage).
Bunker
A depression in bare ground that is usually covered with sand Also called a sand trap It is considered a hazard under the Rules of Golf
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Bunker
A hazard filled by sand or grass that is typically placed where a fairway or approach shot may land.
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Pot Bunker: A small yet deep sand bunker with steep grassy sides.
Preferred Lies: A local rule that may be adopted in the event of adverse conditions that are so general throughout a course that improving the lie of the ball in a specified ...
Cross-bunker: A lengthy bunker that is situated across the fairway
Cross-handed Grip: A grip where your left hand is below the right.
Cup: The container you ultimately try to get the golf ball in.
Bunker -A hazard, often a depression, and usually covered with sand (frequently referred to as a sand trap). Grass bordering or within a bunker is not considered part of the hazard.
Bunker shots require keeping the legs quiet. Doing this helps generate a steep swing to help hit a high, soft shot.
BUNKER - another name for a sandtrap.
CADDIE - a person who carries a players clubs during play and offers assistance in accordance with the rules.
BUNKERS
Sand areas situated throughout the course
CADDIE
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Bunker shots tend to give players more trouble than any other shots around the green. To become a more skillful bunker player you must first become consistent in performing the standard green side bunker shot.
Bunker
A sand filled hazard placed on a fairway or near greens - just for you. A place to dig your way out of. (Sand Trap is not in the rule book - bunker is.)
Bunt ...
A bunker is a sand-filled hazard.
Bust It
You bust it when your shot goes very far and very straight.
* Bunker: same as above from a green side sand trap
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Pot bunker - Commonly found on traditional British links courses they are small, round,deep bunkers.
Golf Bunker Shots - How to Easily Escape Sand Traps by Mark Davison
For so many beginners, escaping from a bunker is the stuff of nightmares. Just the thought conjures up images of shot after shot spent hacking away in the sand.
Raking Bunker After Stroke - Ball Still in Bunker
Position On Raking A Similar Hazard
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The long bunker shot is called the toughest shot in the game. If the ball is sitting up, play the shot exactly like a fairway shot of the same distance. Use a 9-iron or wedge, keep an open stance, square the clubhead, and grip down an inch or two.
Anne was bunkered at the last at The Berkshire and had to get up and down in two if she was to score the greatest win of her career. That she did speaks volumes for her courage and nerve.
Rake the bunkers when done hitting a sand shot
Hitting your shot in the bunker is bad enough, but having to deal with your ball landing in someone else's unraked footprints, is inexcusable on the golf course.
grass bunker a depression in the gound, generally shaped like a sand-filled bunker but with grass (usually rough) instead
Example: You can ground your club in a grass bunker, as it is not technically a hazard.
bunker = a large hole in a golf course that is filled with sand
bush = plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground
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Pot bunker - A small, deep sand trap with steep sides.
Preferred lie - Local rules which allow a player to improve his lie in a specific manner without penalty.
Grass bunker---a slight depression in the ground that is filled with grass. It is not considered a hazard and is played much like the rough.
Green---the very closely mown area where the player will putt the ball to end the hole.
In a bunker or water hazard, if your ball is covered by sand or leaves, you may remove enough of the sand or leaves to be able to see a part of the ball.
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