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Old 06-29-2025, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by SHIBUMI View Post
What must happen to give you any chance of getting out of a green side bunker in one shot?

No its not a hand mashie.............
I watch so many people decelerate their swing, or try to clip the ball with a chipping stroke, and can’t get out of the bunker. A nice smooth full swing that splashes under the ball, never touching the ball itself, that leaves a shallow dollar bill sized divot, almost always throws the ball gently onto the green with some backspin.

As Homer Simpson said when taking a bunker lesson, when the instructor told him to open up the club face and use a sand wedge. Ummmmmm, open faced club sandwich.