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

Loving the Open Championship means loving links golf. There’s something so refreshing about watching players hit shots we don’t usually see, in weather we’d usually try to avoid. To play links golf ...

Turn your lead hand to your left (for righties) so the grip is in the palm This grip position keeps the clubface open, which sends the ball higher It also pre-sets a skimming action through the sand ...

Short-sided bunker shots might seem intimidating—especially on firm, fast Bermuda greens like those at Cabot Citrus Farms—but they’re surprisingly easy to execute when you know the correct setup and ...

I played golf with a lovely woman recently who confessed that she’s spent over two hundred hours in golf lessons trying to master the bunker shot - and she’s still failing. Such is her fear of sand ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Bunker shots are some of the most difficult shots recreational golfers face in any ...