Specialty Shots Golf Instructions and Tips  - Sand Shot Part 2

If the ball is in sand some distance from the green (30 to 90 yards), or in a fairway bunker, hit a standard fairway shot with a couple of slight adjustments.

If the ball is in sand some distance from the green (30 to 90 yards), or in a fairway bunker, hit a standard fairway shot with a couple of slight adjustments. First, move the ball back in the stance, as was done with the low shot which will encourage hitting the ball before the sand. Second, minimize lower body movement using mostly arms and hands in an effort to make solid contact with the ball. Take one longer club than normal, as a little distance might be lost due to the above adjustments.

On last little wrinkle: You can't touch the sand with the clubhead before beginning the backswing on the sandshot. That's right, the clubhead must hover above the sand the backswing beginning from a suspended position. No big problem, you'll get used to it. In fact, you can practice to do this for virtually all of your shots, sand, fairways or green.

Golf Tips. Comparison of soled sand wedge and laid back sand wedge. The soled sand wedge has the leading edge of clubface in contact with the ground. In contrast, when the sand wedge is laid back, the flange of the clubhead is in contact with the ground while the leading edge of the clubface is above the ground.