Fitness: Get In The Gym, Make More Sandies:

Three exercises that'll make you a better bunker player:

Getting into the correct posture, and maintaining that position through impact, is important to hitting a good bunker shot. But in many cases, holding that posture (knees significantly bent, hips and shoulders open to the target) is difficult for amateurs who have weak muscles in their thighs, hips and butt. "They don't just need stabilizing strength to hold that position. They also need strength to swing the club correctly from this awkward stance," says Mark Verstegen, founder of the Athletes' Performance training centers and author of Core Peformance Golf. Here are three exercises Verstegen says will help make you a better bunker player. 1. Lateral Squat, Low Get into a semi-squat stance (knees bent, hips back) with your feet well outside shoulder width. Shift your weight from side to side by bending into one hip and knee while straightening the other leg. Keep your che...

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