# Bunker Play · Golf Level 4: Intermediate

Golf · Level 4: Intermediate · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-4/bunker-play/)

Bunker Play in Golf (Level 4: Intermediate) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: the greenside splash; lies in the sand; and more.

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

## Test 1: The greenside splash

- The club never touches the ball directly. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Roughly two inches, a little more in soft sand. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- An open face glides through the sand instead of digging. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The sand pushes the ball up and out. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Firm footing allowed by the rules; testing the sand is not. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The open face sends the ball right of where the body aims. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- He used it to win the 1932 Open and US Open. (Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Gene Sarazen)
- The face is opened before the grip so it stays open. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Less height and more distance need a squarer face. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Sand, not the clubface, carries the ball out. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 2: Lies in the sand

- The ring of sand round it looks like egg white. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The leading edge has to get under the ball. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Plan for it to run out on the green. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A squarer face and a shallower entry help. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The club slows down quickly in deep, soft sand. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A high lip decides how much height the shot needs. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The walls are built of stacked turf. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A buried ball under a high lip is the toughest. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Steep in, little follow-through. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The ring and the yolk give it the name. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))

## Test 3: Fairway and long bunker shots

- Unlike a splash, sand first loses most of the distance. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A calmer swing protects the contact. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Digging in lowers the body, so the club is shortened. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A slipping foot ruins the strike. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- It is too long for a splash and too short for a full swing. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Some use a 9-iron or a gap wedge. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Heavy contact kills the distance. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- From a fairway bunker the aim is almost none. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Loft to clear the lip comes before distance. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Getting out comes before distance. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 4: Bunker practice and numbers

- It counts holing out in two or fewer from a greenside bunker. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary)
- The tour average is close to half. (Source: PGA Tour statistics)
- The divot should start at the line every time. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Thinking about the ball invites a thin strike. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The ball is struck by the leading edge with no sand. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A putt is the safest option if nothing blocks the roll. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Decelerating leaves the ball in the bunker. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Entry point first, ball second. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Each needs a squarer face and a fuller swing than the last. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Each splash should start at the line. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

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.

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