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Try my bunker blast
My technique in the sand will lower your scores
By Tiger Woods With Pete McDaniel
 February 2008
The biggest mistake I see amateurs make on greenside bunker shots is failing to properly use the bounce on the sand wedge. They tend to dig the leading edge of the club into the sand, just the opposite of the splashing action better players make.

I'm a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to bunker play. Some players and teachers today advocate a shallow cut through the sand, but I swing the club more vertical than normal going back to allow for a similar entry into the sand behind the ball. I do that by hinging my wrists early (above).

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Tiger Woods writes instruction articles only for Golf Digest.
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