How To Hit Bunker Shots
The reason why you either do not get it out or you whack it over the green is because on a sand edge the trailing edge has a bounce on it. It is a curve, which makes the leading edge sit up on the ground. so if you try hit a golf ball out of a buried lie the conventional way, the back of the bounce will run into the sand carry off the sand and you will hit a scull.What you are going to try to do is, the next time you are in the sand and have a buried lie, put a little weight on your left leg. That will tilt the handle over so that the leading edge hits the sand first and digs into the ground. It does not matter how deep, if you do this when you hitting the ball it will pop right out, you will not believe it.
So the important thing to remember is that, you are trying to get the bounce of the back of the club. If you ball is buried in the bunker, make sure you lean left, handle left and you want your leading edge to dig into the bunker so the ball will pop right out. Try it out the next time you have a buried lie, and see it work for you.