Do You Make These 4 Crucial Fairway Bunker Setup Changes? (The Data Suggests Most Amateurs Do NOT)

Peter Finch hitting a fairway bunker shot in the sand, with a large zoomed in image of Peter Finch making setup changes with his grip moving down the shaft and a smaller inset image of Peter Finch making setup changes with his ball position being central, indicated with a line in the sand.

Seeing a golf ball nestled in a fairway bunker is enough to send some golfers into a fear-induced frenzy, with the penal sand traps often sapping shots from their scorecard due to one common fault... the setup.

A large part of mastering how to hit out of fairway bunkers comes before you even move the golf club, with the setup arguably being the most crucial component for how to hit a bunker shot.