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Post by cwdlaw223 on Oct 22, 2012 14:23:35 GMT -5
How do you approach this shot?
Pick it clean with soft sand? Normal shot on wet/compact sand?
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Post by Richie3Jack on Oct 22, 2012 15:22:54 GMT -5
1. Realize you probably won't hit it close, so if you can get it inside 20 feet, you should be happy.
2. Square face
3. Hit sand behind ball.
On wet sand I'll probably take a lighter swing since the ball will travel further.
Probably needs practice to get a feel of how far the ball will fly with a square clubface.
3JACK
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Post by cwdlaw223 on Oct 22, 2012 15:26:46 GMT -5
Do you ever pick it clean?
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Post by Richie3Jack on Oct 22, 2012 17:04:27 GMT -5
Do you ever pick it clean? I try to avoid picking it clean if I can. hard to execute and then hard to get the distance control. 3JACK |
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Post by cwdlaw223 on Oct 22, 2012 18:48:29 GMT -5
If the sand is soft (beach sand) I feel like I have to pick it clean to hit it past 50 yards. Its a shot I don't work on that much or hit that much. Probably why it's so hard.
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Post by teeace on Oct 23, 2012 9:21:16 GMT -5
From that distance I usually play ball from my back foot and try to hit to the top of the ball. Punch that will spin like a hell, so you have to play it behind the pin.
When going to 100yds I try to hit it thin and take one club less.
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rok78
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Post by rok78 on Oct 23, 2012 16:55:33 GMT -5
If you have green to play with, 8 iron.
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Post by cwdlaw223 on Oct 23, 2012 17:44:16 GMT -5
Isn't the strategy (thin/hit down) more dependent upon the type of sand at issue? Soft sand = pick, harder sand = hit down?
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Post by teeace on Oct 23, 2012 22:46:26 GMT -5
Isn't the strategy (thin/hit down) more dependent upon the type of sand at issue? Soft sand = pick, harder sand = hit down? Not really for me. We got really too much and soft sand in our bunkers and no problem when hitting down. There is always enough resistance that the ball will get up. Of course it starts lower so from deeper bunkers you need to do it another way. Thats how it goes in this game, for every situation you need to got 5 ways to hit it and choose the best for that moment. The thing that those people hunting "the holy swing" forgets too often. |
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