Favor your front foot
You'll solve a lot of your problems from the sand by setting up with most of your weight over your front foot and keeping it there during your swing. Play the ball forward in your stance, and make sure to hit a few inches behind the ball and move the sand—not the ball. If you don't keep your weight forward, it will almost certainly move back when you swing. And when that happens, chances are good that you'll leave the ball in the sand.
 Neil Beckerman |  Neil Beckerman |
| Keep your weight on your left foot to hit better sand shots. | Hang back on your right side and you'll leave the ball in the sand. |
As if Adam Scott isn't talented enough, he made par from the sand 33% more times in 2006 compared to 2005. How many shots could you save each round if you could get up and down from the sand half the time like Scott?
"I've always been a good bunker player, but lately I've been working on keeping the club moving through the shot. When you stop the club, you've got trouble."
-John Cook
| PGA Tour Most Improved Scrambling Up and Down from greenside bunkers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 2005 %/Rank | 2006 %/Rank | Improvement/Rank |
| Harrison Frazar | 40.3%/180th | 54.3%/38th | +14.0%/+142 |
| Peter Lonard | 41.7%/169th | 55.4%/28th | +13.7%/+141 |
| Chad Campbell | 44.4%/150th | 56.8%/18th | +12.4%/+132 |
| Adam Scott | 39.3%/188th | 56.8%/18th | +13.1%/+132 |
| PGA Tour Average: 48.9% | |||
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