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Golf · Level 4: Intermediate · Sub-level 4.1

Bunker Play

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

Getting out of sand: the greenside splash, awkward lies, fairway and long bunker shots, and how bunker play is practised.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The greenside splashTake a test

  1. The club never touches the ball directly.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Roughly two inches, a little more in soft sand.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. An open face glides through the sand instead of digging.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. The sand pushes the ball up and out.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Firm footing allowed by the rules; testing the sand is not.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. The open face sends the ball right of where the body aims.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. He used it to win the 1932 Open and US Open.

    Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Gene Sarazen · recall

  8. The face is opened before the grip so it stays open.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. Less height and more distance need a squarer face.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  10. Sand, not the clubface, carries the ball out.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 2Lies in the sandTake a test

  1. The ring of sand round it looks like egg white.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  2. The leading edge has to get under the ball.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. Plan for it to run out on the green.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. A squarer face and a shallower entry help.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. The club slows down quickly in deep, soft sand.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. A high lip decides how much height the shot needs.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  7. The walls are built of stacked turf.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

  8. A buried ball under a high lip is the toughest.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. Steep in, little follow-through.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. The ring and the yolk give it the name.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

Test 3Fairway and long bunker shotsTake a test

  1. Unlike a splash, sand first loses most of the distance.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. A calmer swing protects the contact.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. Digging in lowers the body, so the club is shortened.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. A slipping foot ruins the strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. It is too long for a splash and too short for a full swing.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Some use a 9-iron or a gap wedge.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Heavy contact kills the distance.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. From a fairway bunker the aim is almost none.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Loft to clear the lip comes before distance.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Getting out comes before distance.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 4Bunker practice and numbersTake a test

  1. It counts holing out in two or fewer from a greenside bunker.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary · recall

  2. The tour average is close to half.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics · recall

  3. The divot should start at the line every time.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Thinking about the ball invites a thin strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. The ball is struck by the leading edge with no sand.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. A putt is the safest option if nothing blocks the roll.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Decelerating leaves the ball in the bunker.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. Entry point first, ball second.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. Each needs a squarer face and a fuller swing than the last.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  10. Each splash should start at the line.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Sources

PGA coaching and general teaching guides, named short-game, putting and statistics books (Pelz, Broadie), motor-learning research as used in golf coaching, tour statistics, and the Rules of Golf where a rule is named; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)33
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)4
  • World Golf Hall of Fame, Gene Sarazen1
  • PGA Tour statistics glossary1
  • PGA Tour statistics1