Vanessa Vignali is one of four Spanish female professionals launching their own golf school in Tenerife in October.
With colleagues Sara Beautell, Anna Larraneta and Alexandra Armas this cheery seorita from the Evian Ladies European Tour has given GOLFmagic some exclusive tips on how best to escape from an awkward situation in a bunker(golf wholesale).
Downhill shot from sand
More and more amateur golfers are getting comfortable with basic bunker shots. The flange and bounce built in sand wedges allows the club to flip the ball out onto the green to give you a fighting chance of saving your par or bogey(taylormade 2009).
However, the ball often ends up in a difficult position in sand sometimes on a downhill lie, needing you to play an exquisite shot.
The danger is approaching the ball steeply and chopping it from a steep angle further into trouble or skinning' it out across the green.
"The technique I use," advises Vignali "is to position the ball in the centre of my stance with the clubface square to the ball and my weight favouring my left side. I grip down thetaylormade golf club a little for more control.
"I set my shoulders parallel to the slope in the sand. My swing thought is merely to swing the taylormade golf club down a through with the slope. I must not try to scoop the ball in the air.
Vanessa keeps body at right-angles to the slope.
"Grip lightly and after settling your feet into a firm (golf wholesale).stance in the sand, swing down and through to a high finish."