Okay, let's talk about how to get out of a
bunker. I'm Adam Bazalgette here in Naples,
Florida, founder of Scratch Golf Academy The
people we're really speaking to today are
the ones that leave the ball in the bunker
a lot, and also at times shoot the ball out
of the bunker or thin the ball out of the
bunker. Those are the ones we want to speak
to. Something you'll have probably read a
lot or heard a lot, and it is true but we're
going to modify it, is use a lot of the bounce
of the club, open the face, and really splash
the club off the sand. There's an element
of truth to that, and the best players do
that, but the problem with most people is
they actually scoop the ball too much, and
the bottom of the swing is too far back, so
they hit the sand either too early or they're
coming out of the sand and they thin the ball.
For them, they've really got to start to understand
you have to be descending when you hit the
sand shot. Let me show you a close-up of how
to do that. 
There's a green-side bunker shot. You can
probably see there that I hit maybe three,
four inches behind the ball, and there's the
divot. Now what you'll notice is the middle
of the divot is in front of the golf ball,
and the middle of the divot, round numbers
designates the lowest point of the golf swing.
Remember, even though we hit the sand before
the ball to make sure the club face gets down
there and gets in reasonable contact with
the ball, the club is still descending and
must reach the bottom of the swing beyond
the ball. If you start bottoming out here
and starting your upswing at the ball, you're
going to really struggle. Okay, I hope that
helps you get a little clearer understanding
of what we're really trying to do here. Now
what's a drill you could use? I would recommend
a couple of the following. Draw a line in
the practice bunker, of course, opposite a
golf ball, and just practice setting a little
bit more of your weight to your left, and
practice feeling like you unhinged the club
down to a low point over here. Just little
swings like that, until you can feel like
the club's lower on this side of that line
than it is on that side of the line. Then
actually hit a couple of little shots, same
thing. You can open the club a little bit,
it doesn't have to be closed, and just finish
really low. The ball may only go ten or fifteen
feet like that, and practice finishing low.
Get the bottom of the swing in front of the
ball. That is the first start before you start
doing all the tricky things with the club
face, and that will get you on the path to
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Founder of Scratch Golf Academy, I hope that
helps you, and best of luck getting out of
the bunker.
