HOW TO STRIKE THE BALL IN SAND BUNKER ?

Sometimes (or maybe often ? ) our ball landed in sand bunker.

It could make me disappointed and fed up.
Our emotion sometimes couldn't control well.










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Watch out !

If your emotion could be controlled, you will loose some strike.
After some strike maybe the ball still keep stay in bunker.











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Bad emotion makes our striking will be bad.
So, How to strike the ball in bunker and the ball go to green ?

The important to handle this is : keep calm; control the emotion.
This action make our energy will focus to our strike.

After we have controlled our emotion, the next step is adjust the position of strike.

Firstly, You have to use Sand Wedge
Standing on sand :)
Some part of your leg should be buried in sand.
The purpose is to keep your standing stable.
After that, See in the front of You, how the steep of bunker.
Then, you can estimate the slope of your striking. 45 degree ? 60 degree ?
Make sure that the angle of strike is enough for ball to pass the bunker.
After that, you can use your 50 % - 60 % power of swing.
Be careful, the strike should "kick" the ball at the right position and be able to "lift" the ball for leaving the bunker.
Another consideration is about the ball position, how buried the ball in the sand.
This condition will be affect to your strike.
As a diagram, we can see our strike like picture below









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It is not easy to strike the ball in sand bunker. So It need more practice to handle this.

Have a nice practice :)


Regards

Giri







Our emotion sometimes couldn't control well.