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So you are in a bunker.
Not very good at bunker play you say to yourself.
Perhaps I should have practiced more.
I really must practice my bunker shots.
Not nearly as enjoyable as hitting golf shots on the practice fairway though.

How many times have I thought this in my earlier days?

Any way, here you are.

Let’s get this over and done with you say to yourself..

And here is the first part of the recipe for failure to hit a successful bunker shot and get onto the green in one shot.

No! Slow down!
Remember what you have to do and prepare.
Take a little time so that you are moving in slow motion.
Have a couple of practice swings on the side of the bunker before entering.

Line up carefully and deliberately after planting the feet in the sand.

Think no sideways movement, so you push your knees together to prevent this.

Think that I really must watch the sand where the club must make first contact, one to three inches behind the ball.
One inch is best.

And that I must follow through and so I must hit some sand onto the green to make sure that I do.

Get the picture of your shot firmly fixed in your mind.

Now for the golf shot.
Remember, you do not need much force to get the ball onto the green.

So, swing in slow motion too.
Take your time.
Slow back swing, out to in swing, and then execute your down swing in a nice easy method, letting the club head do the work.
Concentrate on taking a furrow of sand about six inches long that includes the sand under the ball.

Forget about the ball. Just take the sand.

Because you have swung like this, you will achieve a pretty accurate club head delivery and result.

Bill Maitland is a thinking, inventive golf guru.
He thought out and developed simple techniques and tips which enabled him to lower his handicap from 25 to 18, then from 18 to 15, and finally from 15 to 12.
He is a passionate golfer, and delights in helping others with their game should they want his help.
Author of GOLF TIPS.
An e-Book that takes you step by step to being the best golfer that you can possibly be.
To learn about his tips and simple techniques
And see his book
visit
Online Golfers Handbook

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The ERC Fusion Driver is an ultra forgiving and accurate driver. This golf club is available through the “Callaway Golf Pre-Owned” website (www.callawaygolfpreowned.com).

The ERC Fusion Driver is available in lofts from 7.5 to 12.0, and is great if you are looking to drive the ball “Long and Straight”. The 360CC carbon composite head, with a forged titanium face, is actually 75% lighter. The ERC Fusion’s 45″ shaft is standard, with either a “Regular D-2″ or “Strong D-3″ swingweight. This enables both the male and female golfer to swing the club with ease, without experiencing a loss in power.

The ERC Fusion Driver looks and feels great! How many times has your foursome stood on the tee box waiting to hit, and you start comparing each others drivers? You compare grips, weight, feel, take a few practice swings, trying to get an overall feel for one anothers clubs. Put the ERC Fusion in your bag for your next round, and you will be the envy of your foursome.

I started playing with the Callaway ERC Fusion driver in the spring of 2004. I had previously played the Callaway C4, the Biggest Big Bertha, the Great Big Bertha, and the Big Bertha Warbird. Although I liked my previous drivers, and hit them fairly well, none compare to the success I am having with the ERC Fusion. I have become much more accurate off the tee, hitting more fairways, and driving much longer than my regular opponents. As you probably know, when you are longer and straighter off the tee, you score better.

It is much easier to hit the green from 150 yds. out, from a good lie on the fairway, than it is from 170 yds. out, from the rough, or even the trees. The larger sweetspot provides me the accuracy and distance needed for tight par 4’s and long par 5’s. The ERC Fusion enables me to reach some of those par 5’s in 2, cutting even more strokes off my game. It’s great putting for an eagle every now then. The lighter feel allows me to slow down my swing producing much better contact. It is simply the best Callaway Driver I have ever played.

And yes, although they might not want to admit it, my regular playing partners do envy me, especially as I am looking back at them from the fairway, waiting for them to hit first to the green.
The “Callaway Golf Pre-Owned” website offers these beautiful, powerful, slightly used golf clubs from $139.00 to $239.00. With a MSRP of $449.00, this is quite a Golf Bargain. Whoever thought driving a golf ball “Long and Straight” could be so fun, yet so easy.

(Copyright 2005-ehbvi-www.golfgodz.com)

Ernie Horning is a Business Owner and avid golfer who writes articles for: http://www.golfgodz.com

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Bunker play is a necessary and often frightening aspect of a round of golf.
On your usual golf course what are the bunkers like?

There are those with good fluffy sand that is quite deep and there are those with not so fluffy sand but still sand and those with almost hard pan just deep to a find sprinkling of sand.

On this last bunker type, the sand iron has a tendency to bounce off the hard surface and cause you to duff your shot.
As already stated in a recent article, the object is to get out of the bunker and onto the green taking only one shot.
One can not carry several sand irons to play each type of bunker, so the answer is to compromise.

The thing that makes a sand iron bounce to a greater or lesser degree when it makes contact with the sand is the width and the depth of the flange.

A sand iron with a wide and deep flange will bounce on contact with the sand. The ideal type for that deep fluffy sand because it will stay shallow and not knife under the ball as much.

Conversely, a narrow and shallow flange will not bounce as much and will dig into the sand and tend to stop. Certainly not what you want in fluffy sand but ideal for the hard pan type of bunker.

So, what do you do?

Firstly, you have to know what type of base most of the bunkers have on your home course. If the sand is all fluffy and deep, lucky you.

On my course, there are a lot of hard pan type bunkers.

Then, you go to your professional and ask him to order a sand iron with a medium depth and width of flange.
This will be useful in all types of bunkers.

Don’t forget that the lob wedge is pretty useful out of a bunker.
Practice is needed though to see how it will perform with various swings and ball positions.

Particularly useful for the buried or poached egg lie.

The drill is to hit down onto the edge of the poached egg (the sand ridge around the ball) and do not follow through.
The ball should fly up in the air and out of the bunker. It will not be a very long shot however.

You may like the lob wedge for this, or your pitching wedge. The sand wedge may do too, but the flange could get in the way.
As usual, practice and trial and error is the only way to tell.

However, the shot is played in the way described above.

Bill Maitland is a thinking, inventive golf guru.
He thought out and developed simple techniques and tips which enabled him to lower his handicap from 25 to 18, then from 18 to 15, and finally from 15 to 12.
He is a passionate golfer, and delights in helping others with their game should they want his help.
Author of GOLF TIPS.
An e-Book that takes you step by step to being the best golfer that you can possibly be.
To learn about his tips and simple techniques
And see his book
visit
Online Golfers Handbook.

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