Play Better Fairway Bunker Shots with the Tee Drill

Maria Palozola shows how to pick the ball up cleanly from the top of the sand for more distance from fairway bunkers.

Here’s How to Do the Fairway Bunker Tee Drill

Place a tee in the sand with just the top of it showing above the surface. Place a ball on top of the tee.
Practice hitting the ball off of the top of the tee without touching or moving the tee. This will teach you to sweep the ball catching it on the upswing rather than hitting down too deep into the sand.
Practice the Fairway Bunker Tee Drill enough so that you become great at picking the ball clean from a fairway bunker, just like you would from a shot in the fairway, eliminating those chunks from the bunkers.

Maria Palozola

Contact Maria Palozola and See More Posts

4999 registration form new member drive womens golf 0424

Improve Every Part of Your Golf Game header 1200 0424

worlds largest online community of women golfers 1200

Special Offer

$49.99 for a Year

This is absolutely brilliant! I’ve been wanting some ideas for golf exercises - and these are perfect! Thank you 😊

I just joined , maybe a week ago. LOVE IT. Love all the lessons and that you can search for. You can search specific topics and pull up several lessons.

I don’t know what I would do without your site - it has been so beneficial to improving my game!

The advantage over other lesson websites are the member groups: the lesson one for a quick lesson or two and the fun of feeling connected to female golfers around the world through the social group.

I have improved my game greatly with your lessons online. I would recommend them to anyone wanting to play better golf! Thank you for a great website!

A Great New Lesson Posted Every Day!

Hi Jane, just wanted to say hi and let you know how much I enjoy and have learned from this site. I always talk about how informative this site is with the girls in my golf group.

In the last 30 days there have been 264 posts and 1243 comments.

I just wanted to tell you that I LOVE the little lesson/tip snippets (side hill lie, and out-to-in slice fix were both awesome). They are so so helpful!

30 New Lessons Available for Members in the last Month

I’m really enjoying this membership. The lessons are helpful and the camaraderie is unique and special.

I joined a couple of weeks ago. I really like that the lessons are short and only address one thing. So often you are tied in knots after getting too many instructions. Glad I joined.

A year later...and I still love all I’m learning from this group!

I am really impressed with Women's Golf and couldn't be more pleased with my membership and all of the great resources I can access.

Thank you for such a wonderful resource! I just joined and am so thankful for you and the other women golfers in this community.

I just wanted to pop on and tell you how grateful I am that you have a lesson on the scorecard and handicap! I am really enjoying your website and the facebook social group.

Wet or Hard Packed Sand! Change Your Bunker Shots For Different Conditions

Maria Palozola shows how to deal with the different types of sand you will encounter in bunkers covering soft fluffy sand through to hard or wet packed sand.

Digging Your Feet into the Sand in Bunkers

Maria Palozola shows you how far to dig your feet into the sand which can help determine how much sand you take and how high or low the ball comes out.

Should You Open Your Clubface in the Bunker?

Maria Palozola shows you when and how to open your clubface in the bunker to make getting out of the sand simple and fun.