BUNKER PLAY. When attempting recovery shots from greenside bunkers many players wield their niblicks like a pick and dig into the sand behind the ball, says a Victorian writer. The result is that more often than not the ball fails to rise sufficiently to escape from the hazard. The two most important points of successful bunker play, are to keep the head down and to follow through. It is a stroke, too, in which the weight should be mainly behind the ball. That is to say, the player should hold himself back a little on the downswing on the right foot, in much the same manner as a pitch with a mashie. If he is too heavy on the left foot there will be a danger of the club swinging too deeply into the sand, and the ball not coining out.
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Southland Times, Issue 22948, 22 July 1936, Page 14
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