BEST YOUNG TEACHERS
Think stable and shallow to flush it from fairway sand BY ALANA SWAIN Pick It Clean
THE STADIUM COURSE AT TPC Sawgrass has 88 bunkers, including this massive oval-
where you’re taking much more sand. In fact, you want to err on the thin side in a fairway bunker (provided the lip is low). This requires you to keep your lower body steady as you swing, which helps shallow your club’s path to catch the ball clean for max power, launch and carry distance. Read on for more help with these shots. – WITH DAVE ALLEN ALANA SWAIN is a Golf Digest Best Young Teacher at the PGA Tour Perfor- mance Centre at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.
shaped one that runs the length of the lay-up zone on the par-5 11th hole. Find this bunker and you’ll be thrilled to make par. The approach is all carry with hazards ready to gobble any mis-hit. A forced-carry, fairway-bunker situ- ation like this requires you to make solid contact with the ball and then brush a few granules of sand. That’s different than in a greenside bunker,
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MARCH/APRIL 2025
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