Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Ways To Cope With The Sand Shots

By Joe Duffer

Playing gold is all about enjoying yourself and improving your game. An important part of your game is how you deal with the difficult shots. The hardest shots for golfers are sand shots. If you are interested in improving your sand shots read on. Once you have the technique clear go for some San Diego Golf at Maderas Golf and start practicing as much as you can.

This article focuses on the three main points you need to understand to become a great sand bunker golfer. This is not rocket science, but it does require you spend some time learning the theory and as much time as you can spare putting it into action.

The first step when hitting a sand shot is to assess the ball position. This might sound kind of obvious, you need to know where the ball is in order to hit it, right? But, in this case it is more like knowing the ball's position so you can hit the sand behind it. Depending of the angle and distance you want to hit the ball at you might have to hit the sand up to inches behind the ball.

Length of Swing. The length of your swing will depend on the distance you want the ball to travel.

How long should your sand shot swings be? This of course depends on how far you want the ball to go. The important thing is to face the ball square on and follow through the stroke completely. Too many players try to hit sand shots with sharp but shallow strokes that do not raise the ball out of the bunker. Power is important, but it is more important to follow through on your shot if you want to ever get out of that sand bunker.

The hardest sand shot occurs when the ball is a fried egg, or buried into the sand. In these cases it is vital you hit the sand before hitting the ball and dig your down to the ball. Once impacting the ball you must follow through, as mentioned above, to give momentum to the ball and land it outside the bunker, and on to the green.

The key points for improving these shots is to focus on your ball position, depth of swing, and making sure you follow your stroke all the way through. If you do this you can be guaranteed your bunker action will improve and your scoring will follow.

Next time you go for some San Diego Golf at Maderas Golf make sure you spend some time practicing your sand shots. Granted they are more interesting shots to practice, but if you want to lower your score card you are going to have to master the sand. The most important points to remember are: your position, you swing, and following through your shot to the very end. Following these simple tips will make the difference you need to quickly improve your game faster than you thought possible.

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