A lot of good stuff here but not what guarantees the best success in a green side bunker. Here is a clue, it aint the arrow it's the Indian.
Tools are tools it's how you use them that counts. To answer the riddle focus more on the swing itself...
Clue: it's not a chipping swing unless you have totally given up on the bunker swing. You might as well just putt it out.
The swing is ALWAYS the thing. Please keep thinking, you will see this on every bunker shot on TV and it's a must to get out.
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Originally Posted by BrianL99
There is hardly a single player on the PGA (or low handicapper, anywhere), who "opens the face" on a sand shot. Modern Sand Wedges and the sand that's typically used at golf courses these days, do not require the face to be open.
For the last 20 Rounds, I've average 39% "up & down" from Bunkers (which would put me DFL on the PGA Tour), but pretty good for single-digit. I would never open the face on a Sand Wedge, unless I was making some sort of specialty shot. Opening the face is why most amateurs blade bunker shots across the green.
Most modern Sand Wedges (depending on the grind) do not add bounce when you open the face. Rarely will you find a good player, who doesn't have heal relief grind on his Sand Wedge ... it's the modern way. If you need to add loft, you lower your body & hands (Stan Utley method).
If you have a problem with Bunker Shots: align square, keep your club face square ... picture the golf ball as a "sunny side up egg" and swing so you get the whole egg.
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