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Date: 25 Mar 2007 15:05:10
From: seveniron
Subject: Sandless bunkers
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We have a few greenside bunkers with little to no sand in them.
Ruined a good scorecard today.
Particularly when the pin is tight I find them impossible to play,
anyone have a technique that works?
Rog
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Date: 26 Mar 2007 17:45:43
From: David Geesaman
Subject: Re: Sandless bunkers
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seveniron wrote:
> We have a few greenside bunkers with little to no sand in them.
> Ruined a good scorecard today.
> Particularly when the pin is tight I find them impossible to play,
> anyone have a technique that works?
> Rog
>
1) You need a low bounce wedge. 60° with 3° of bounce works for me.
2) You're playing an explosion shot, but with just a chunk of sand.
Address the ball square (not that big open-faced address like you would
for soft sand), and make an arm swing. Compact and crisp, and as always
accelerate through the ball. You're aiming to take just a nice tidy
swipe of sand out from under the ball.
This assumes the sand is wet or compacted, but able to be divoted. If
it's dried mud or something similarly nasty, you might consider taking
an unplayable lie or chipping.
Dave
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Date: 26 Mar 2007 21:54:04
From: Bobby Knight
Subject: Re: Sandless bunkers
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On Mon, 26 2007 17:45:43 -0400, David Geesaman
<dgeesamanIHateSpam@yahoo.com > wrote:
>seveniron wrote:
>> We have a few greenside bunkers with little to no sand in them.
>> Ruined a good scorecard today.
>> Particularly when the pin is tight I find them impossible to play,
>> anyone have a technique that works?
>> Rog
>>
>1) You need a low bounce wedge. 60° with 3° of bounce works for me.
>2) You're playing an explosion shot, but with just a chunk of sand.
>Address the ball square (not that big open-faced address like you would
>for soft sand), and make an arm swing. Compact and crisp, and as always
>accelerate through the ball. You're aiming to take just a nice tidy
>swipe of sand out from under the ball.
>
>This assumes the sand is wet or compacted, but able to be divoted. If
>it's dried mud or something similarly nasty, you might consider taking
>an unplayable lie or chipping.
>
>Dave
They just replaced the sand in our traps. It was fine-grained to
start with, but now much heavier, and coarse. I went from using a
sand wedge with bounce...to a 52 degree. It still takes some getting
used to.
___,
\o
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Date: 27 Mar 2007 21:54:06
From: seveniron
Subject: Re: Sandless bunkers
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"Bobby Knight" <bknight@conramp.net > wrote in message
news:p2gg039b2jrv6bnqstr243bsqkqqdaudfm@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 26 2007 17:45:43 -0400, David Geesaman
> <dgeesamanIHateSpam@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>seveniron wrote:
>>> We have a few greenside bunkers with little to no sand in them.
>>> Ruined a good scorecard today.
>>> Particularly when the pin is tight I find them impossible to play,
>>> anyone have a technique that works?
>>> Rog
>>>
>>1) You need a low bounce wedge. 60° with 3° of bounce works for me.
>>2) You're playing an explosion shot, but with just a chunk of sand.
>>Address the ball square (not that big open-faced address like you would
>>for soft sand), and make an arm swing. Compact and crisp, and as always
>>accelerate through the ball. You're aiming to take just a nice tidy
>>swipe of sand out from under the ball.
>>
>>This assumes the sand is wet or compacted, but able to be divoted. If
>>it's dried mud or something similarly nasty, you might consider taking
>>an unplayable lie or chipping.
>>
>>Dave
>
> They just replaced the sand in our traps. It was fine-grained to
> start with, but now much heavier, and coarse. I went from using a
> sand wedge with bounce...to a 52 degree. It still takes some getting
> used to.
> ___,
> \o
>
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Date: 26 Mar 2007 00:13:28
From: Dave Lee
Subject: Re: Sandless bunkers
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"seveniron" <bermec@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1174860310.703335.18220@l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> We have a few greenside bunkers with little to no sand in them.
> Ruined a good scorecard today.
> Particularly when the pin is tight I find them impossible to play,
> anyone have a technique that works?
> Rog
>
I've played in a few almost sand-free bunkers where a moderate bounce LW,
square face at address, and your typical explosion shot hit worked well. But
I can imagine conditions where that would not be effective.
dave
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Date: 25 Mar 2007 19:09:29
From:
Subject: Re: Sandless bunkers
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On 25 2007 15:05:10 -0700, "seveniron" <bermec@hotmail.com > wrote:
>We have a few greenside bunkers with little to no sand in them.
>Ruined a good scorecard today.
>Particularly when the pin is tight I find them impossible to play,
>anyone have a technique that works?
>Rog
How about hitting it like a chip with a low-bounce wedge? I carry one
because I am often faced with very tight lies around our greens.
Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, TX
http://davidclary.com
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