Long Range Bunker Shot

photo credit: D.Hilgart   Making a clean strike, without hitting the sand with your clubface, is the key to executing a long range bunker shot.  The first priority is to make sure that you can get over the front lip of the bunker so choose a club with the appropriate loft.  it does no good using a 4 iron if you slam the ball into the bunker’s edge. 

This shot requires precision.  Arrange your stance so you are comfortably seated in the sand and square to the target.  Digging-in slightly with your feet, will lower your center of gravity so choke down on the club about 1 inch.  Once in the address position, play this shot no differently than you would an ordinary fairway shot.