Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Controlling your distance from greenside bunkers can be challenging for the ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Bunkers can be scorecard killers for recreational golfers. While pros and ...

Golfers new to the game are often unaware that it's a penalty to repair a pitch mark or replace a divot if it's on your line of play (Rule 8.1). By doing so, you're improving your next shot and that ...

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 ...

Phil Mickelson has offered some straightforward advice for amateur golfers who are struggling to get out of bunkers. Bunker play can be a real headache for many amateurs, but Mickelson, who is ...

There have been multiple incidents of tour pros being questioned or even penalized in recent years for events in bunkers, including one back in 2019 when a player trying to qualify for the European ...