Professional Long Driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to hit a 50-yard bunker shot with a 9-iron. Using a 9-iron increases ...

Bunker shots are an area that many of us struggle with, leading to some of the most common mistakes amateur golfers make around the greens. Learning how to hit a bunker shot successfully is crucial ...

In this video, short game guru Dan Grieve gives 25-handicap golfer Richard Baker a lesson on bunker shot basics. Richard ...

In this edition of Play Smart, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Joe Plecker explains the technique for short-sided bunker shots off hard sand.

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Controlling your distance from greenside bunkers can be challenging for the ...

Golfers new to the game are often unaware that it's a penalty to repair a pitch mark or replace a divot if it's on your line of play (Rule 8.1). By doing so, you're improving your next shot and that ...

At the Mexico Open at Vidanta in February, defending champion Jake Knapp was battling just to make the cut when he hit a bunker shot on his final hole (the ninth) of the second round. The ball didn’t ...

If Rory McIlroy hits a tee shot into a bunker next week at Oakmont Country Club, he’ll have a weekend hacker from the early 1900s to blame for its location. Architect Henry Fownes designed the ...

Every shot matters in major championship golf, and a bad break for Tommy Fleetwood just a few holes into the British Open could be a major factor as the weekend approaches. The Open Championship ...