Part II Eradicate
and eliminate the three F's From your game

By Jamie Olson
LPGA Member T & CP Division
Cactus Golf Daily Contributing Writer

November 6, 1998
Golf Tip:
Bad-Lie Bunker Shots

If you have a bad-lie here are five easy steps to get you out of your unexpected trip to the beach. 1) Play the ball to the right of center with your feet about a foot apart. 2) Use a square stance where your feet are pointed toward the flagstick and a slightly closed club face where it points about three feet left of the flagstick. 3) Be in a position where your knees are pointed in towards each other a bit with the weight equally distributed in both feet if you are hitting from a level lie. 4) Break the wrists abruptly and take a full backswing. Chop down one to two inches behind the ball into the sand allowing the sand to throw the ball out of the bunker, then stop your followthru waist high. 5) The harder the sand, the slower the swing. The softer the sand, the faster the swing. Make sure each swing you take is controlled.

"The USGA definition of a 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. Grass-covered ground bordering or within a bunker is not part of the bunker. The margin of a bunker extends vertically downwards but not upwards. A ball is in a bunker when it lies in or any part of it touches the bunker."

Up next we will deal with putting.

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