Handicap Tracker: Improve your bunker play
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Bunker play is the most difficult part of the game for many amateurs, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
On Handicap Tracker this week only 20% of golfers who found a bunker managed to make a sand save, with this trio in particular struggling:
» Paul Pennington (9.7) recorded just one save from four bunkers on his way to a gross 74 at Wallasey GC. What might have been with some better bunker shots.
» Ernie Owusu (11.7) shot 87 recored with one save from three attempts at Farleigh Court GC.
» And spare a thought for Allun Llloyd (20.9) who found nine bunkers at Bromsgrove GC and only got up-and-down once!
Improving your bunker play is one of the most effective ways of lowering your handicap, so here is a tip from TG Elite Teaching Pro Gareth Johnston that will help you accelerate through the ball, get it on the green and give yourself a putt for a sand save.