When a golfer is in tricky situations - in a bunker, behind a tree, in thick brush, in deep rough – the golfer needs to recover from this nasty situation.
Don’t worry – there are ways out. Read them here.
The basic idea is to know what you can and cannot do with a specific shot.
Being off the fairway and behind a tree – hit a low hook or a cut around the obstruction. To do this, you should use normal golf setup, but with a wider stance, slightly wider. Make sure that you have aligned your body to the side of the obstacle and slightly turn the club in your hand; this will cause the clubface to make contact with the ball in the direction that you need.
The greenside bunker. This shot is differentl from a normal sand shot: the clubface not that opened, the body in a more natural golf swing stance, plus the shot goes with a forceful swing and finished with a high follow-through.
The buried sand shot (also known as “fried egg”) is like this - you get under the ball, choose an area to for the clubface to enter the sand may be about two inches behind the ball. Then you make forceful, downward swing, with a lot of power in your push hand. Thanks to the angle and force of this swing there is no much follow through on your swing and less sand flying out with the ball. So, the ball will have virtually no spin on it.
For more tips about golf recovery shots and other gold tips, please read other posts of this blog.
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