For most shots out of the sand, use your sixty-degree chock unless the flag is across the green, then you might attend your 54-degree or pitching wedge. Begin by addressing the ball with an open club face. Play the ball off your left heel and set about 60 percent of your weight on your left foot.

Next, pick a spot about an inch behind the ball, as this is where you want the clubhead to enter the sand. From there make an outside in swing, making a point to use a full wrist hinge on the backswing.

As you swing the clubhead through the impact zone let the clubhead release to create the proper speed through the sand. Most golfers do not swing hard sufficiency in traps to let the sand propel the ball out of the trap. Feel like you're pounding the sand and accelerating the club head through the shot to improve your bunker play.