Sand saves – SUUNTO Golf User Manual

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GOLF GUIDE

Many high-handicap golfers admit that the shot they fear most is the bunker

shot, and especially the green side bunker shot. This fact is somewhat surprising

because this is the one shot in golf where you do not actually make a ball contact.

The main problem in bunker play is that many golfers do not understand how

the club and sand should interact. They do not know the basic principles of the

construction of the sand wedge, and it is difficult to understand the goals of this

shot.

For a professional player, a bunker shot is usually one of the easiest in the game

of golf. If you can turn a dreadful bunker shot in to a sand save, you are on the

way to becoming a more improved golfer.

SAND SAVES

FACT

Sand Saves

Sand saves is the percentage of times a player was able to get

‘up-and-down’ once in a green side bunker. Defined as a per-

centage of times that a player takes two strokes or less to com-

plete a hole after visiting a green side bunker, regardless of the

score on that hole.

STATISTICS

Sand Saves