2013 Golf Chic (pdf version) - Ladies European Tour

THE long BUNKER SHOTI think the key aspect of hitting a long bunker shot is keeping your bodystill as long as possible. You just want to touch the sand. You want thecleanest strike you can get to ensure you get the ball coming out of thebunker and flying the correct distance.12It’s very easy to catch a bunker shot fat so that’s why keeping your body stillis very important, so you’re not going to come down on it. You’re almost goingto sweep the shot. I put the ball normal to forward in the stance. If the bunkerhas a lip, you want to get the height as soon as possible so you put the ballslightly forwards in the stance.Sometimes it’s better to club it down, aim for the front of the green andtwo-putt from there or chip and putt from there.Carly’s Top Tip!"I’ve played with a lot ofamateurs and there area million tips I could give.You need to try and turn!Sometimes it’s all arms sotry and turn the body. It’slike a one motion shot."5 6I would hit a five or a three-wood as long as the lip is not going tobother me.3The most important thing is to get the ball out of the bunker and from thereyou can make up and down.4There are times when it can be a bit risky to take a six-iron when there isdecent sized lip. Maybe a six is the right distance to the hole but if you don’tcatch it correctly you could hit the lip so you could be a lot worse off.7273