Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. I've played muni golf all my life. I was never a country-club kid and even the ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Bunkers can be scorecard killers for recreational golfers. While pros and ...

Don't get me wrong, every golf shot can be a tricky one — especially if you're a beginner golfer (or just an average one like ...

Many amateurs are happy just to get out of a greenside bunker in one shot. But if you want to take your bunker play to the next level and get up and down more often, you have to learn how to control ...

If you want to be successful from greenside bunkers, you have to take the right amount of sand. One of the most common faults amateurs make in greenside bunkers is entering the sand too far behind the ...