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14 / 08 / 02 |
Escape with Vanessa! |  |  |
Vanessa keeps body at right-angles to the slope.
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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 señorita from the Evian Ladies European Tour - has given GOLFmagic some exclusive tips on how best to escape from an awkward situation in a bunker.
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Grip down the club.
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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.
However, the ball often ends up in a difficult position in sand - sometimes on a downhill lie, needing you to play an exquisite shot.
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Sweep down and through.
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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 the club a little for more control.
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To follow through is important.
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"I set my shoulders parallel to the slope in the sand. My swing thought is merely to swing the club down a through with the slope. I must not try to scoop the ball in the air.
"Grip lightly and after settling your feet into a firm stance in the sand, swing down and through to a high finish."
*A week with these Spanish golfing señoritas costs from E1,060 (approx £640) and includes four-star accommodation (based on two sharing), transfers, taxes, golf lessons, pro-am and competitions on four courses. Details from: 00 34 678 635 452 (email:vacaciones@learn2golf.info) or
www.learn2golf.info.
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