How to hit a fairway bunker shot.
By Iain Fulton, PGA Teaching Professional, Belton Woods
Fairway bunkers appear to cause the average club golfer a lot of problems but with this article I will aim to make that a thing of the past.
The first thing to do after you have hit your ball into a fairway bunker is to not panic. Calmly assess the situation. What kind of lie do you have? Is your stance flat? How deep is the bunker? What distance do I have left to the green? All these need to be taken into account before you choose the shot and club to play.
If the lie or the stance isn’t straight forward just get the ball back into play even hitting the shot like you were in a green side bunker. If you don’t think you can reach the green don’t risk a shot of great difficulty, look to lay up to a comfortable distance from the green making both shots easier in the end.
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Create a perfect pendulum with your putting.
By George Boden, PGA Teaching Professional, Telford
Good distance control with your approach putt is a real key to preventing 3 – putts in your round and pendulum stroke will help you to achieve this. Most pendulum actions are controlled by the rocking of the shoulders and arms with zero wrist action. But what does a true pendulum action feel like?
Here’s your answer. The ‘V’ sticks drill is a great way to get a true feel of a pendulum action.
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Develop your “FEEL” to become a Jedi Short Game Master
By Matthew Turnock PGA Teaching Professional, Mottram Hall
Feel is a golfer’s best friend, and can get him or her out of almost any situation.
Feel on the golf course is being able to clear a bunker with your sand wedge from 20 feet away and stop it on a hard, fast, narrow green to a tight pin position. It’s being able to walk up to a 50 foot putt and lag it to within 2 feet. So how can you learn to do this on a more regular basis and save yourself handfuls of shots each time you play.
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Improve your putting with a routine – by Lee Morrisroe
Introduction
Firstly, a putting routine is an hugely important step in being or becoming a great putter. By focusing on a routine other than your stroke or the possible outcomes will allow you to stay in the present a execute the putt as intended more often.
My Personal Putting Routine
Firstly, I analyse which direction the putt is going to break from behind the ball; directly down the line of the putt making sure I crouch down as low to the ground as possible. When I crouch down I’m not just looking at the putt, I’m looking at the bigger picture. What I mean by that is I am looking how the land lies around the green, where the high points and low points are, where any water hazards are, etc. You tend to find that the natural lie of the land effects the break of the putt massively.
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It's impossible not to get excited about the Masters, especially with so many players coming into form. However, one player - who has had his hands on the coveted Green Jacket once before - is perhaps standing out more than anyone else at this moment in time.
Adam Scott won the WGC-Cadillac Championship in impressive style, seven days after claiming the Honda Classic. The Australian has been a world-class performer for many years, so it's not surprising to see a player of his calibre notch back-to-back wins.
What is interesting, though, is that Scott has switched seamlessly from his long-handled putter to a standard flatstick, making a mockery of those fears that he'd be unable to do so following the enforced Rules change. Who'd bet against him adding a second Masters title to his CV next month?
