Approaching a bunker shot is different depending on the type of bunker shot.

Approaching a bunker shot is different depending on the type of bunker shot. When hitting any bunker shot though it’s always important to build a solid stance where your lower body is stable. Then, if you’re hitting a green side bunker shot, play it like a normal pitch shot, but hit a couple of inches behind the ball into the sand with only a lob wedge or sand wedge because these clubs have bounce. If you’re playing a fairway bunker shot, play the ball a little further back in your stance to promote ball first contact because in this situation you do not want to hit behind the ball.

The most important things in fairway bunker shots is first that you have enough loft to get over any lips and second that you hit the ball first. Bunker shots are dreaded by many, but when you really learn how to execute the shot, you can really predict well how the ball is going to react when it lands on the green.