I’ve played muni golf all my life. I was never a country-club kid and even the courses I practiced at in high school were rough around the edges. Range balls with worn-down dimples. Putting greens ...

In golf, there are two different types of bunkers: sand bunkers and waste bunkers. The Rules of Golf govern what golfers can and cannot do in sand bunkers and waste bunkers, and not knowing the ...

I played golf with a lovely woman recently who confessed that she’s spent over two hundred hours in golf lessons trying to master the bunker shot - and she’s still failing. Such is her fear of sand ...

Fried eggs… good for breakfast but bad for your scorecard. You know the deal: Your ball is buried in the bunker, surrounded by a ridge of sand. Your first thought ...

Slapping the sand off your shoes after leaving a bunker is a norm that's often first learned by young golfers watching the pros on TV. Phil Mickelson, in particular, makes it look pretty cool. But how ...

When I was a child learning to play golf, my father and I used to spend a fair amount of our practice time together hitting out of bunkers. I never questioned his methods but in hindsight he was ...

Billy Andrade blasted out of the sand. And then he blasted the sand. Andrade’s ire came Thursday, during the first round of the Regions Tradition, the PGA Tour Champions’ first major of the year. His ...

Ahead of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, which demands golfers navigate their ball on and around the baked-out slopes, we're launching a daily Ground Game series. A slate of daily articles to help ...

There is no medical term for the fear of sand bunkers. Strangely, neither exist. "Hitting out of the sand is somewhat simplistic," said Shawn Barnes, the head professional at Murphysboro's Jackson ...

Mt. Hawley Country Club invested $800,000 to renovate its 18-hole golf course, focusing on bunker improvements. The renovation included the Better Billy Bunker System and Pro/Angle Sand, a premium ...