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Treemagnet Established Member

Treemagnet

There are many holes at my home course that have sand bunkers that are about 30-60-yrds away from the green. When I'm lucky enoughto get in them, I have trouble reaching the green from these distances, usually play a 56w , any advice on how to play the shot or what clubs to use?
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irons- cpr 4-pw[B]wedges[/B]- 52,56,60 cg12putter-odyssey:
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DaveLeeNC Well Established Member

DaveLeeNC

For shots up to 40'ish yards of carry I use a PW or 9i with the face opened up maybe a bit more than normal for a SW explosion shot. Then just hit a normal explosion taking a bit less sand than normal.

Longer than that and (for me) that technique is less effective.

dave

In The Bag:
- Wishon 949MC 10.5* Driver
- Wishon 525 F/D 3W
- Wishon 515 949MC 5W
- Wishon 60* Cx Micro LW- Wishon 550M SW (55*)- Wishon 550M GW bent to 50* - Wishon 550C 6i - 9i (9i bent to 45*)- Wishon 321Li 3i/4i/5i hybrids- Odyssey Two Ball Putter

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JMReynolds

PW atleast for sure. Depending on the conditions of the sand. If you are comfortable picking a GW out of the bunker you could try that, but I normally go to my PW or 9i in a 50-60 yd bunker shot in a loose bunker.

MacGregor MACTEC NVG2 8.5* Driver
MacGregor UT2 NVG2
Taylormade VSteel 3W
Cobra IH300 3-PW
Nike SV 56* SWNike SV 50* GWOdyssey 2ball PutterTitleist Pro V1x

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rubbery Well Established Member

rubbery

This is one of, if not the most difficult shot in golf. Even with hours of practice, I'd consider myself mediocre at this shot.

My technique for a 30-50 yard explosion:
With a good lie, you can use a standard sand wedge, the worse the lie gets, the more club you want to take.

Open the stance slightly, and hit about an inch behind the ball. Precision is everything here.

SWING HARD. I know it sounds a little ridiculous, but that's my technique. I don't go balls out, but I take a pretty good whack at the sucker.

Lastly, and probably most importantly, FOLLOW THROUGH. If you cut off your follow through, you're going to be lucky enough to have the same shot again.

Anything above 50 yards, and I'll hit a full 60 taking very, very little sand.

Driver: Nike VRS Covert 

3 Wood: Taylormade Rocketballz

Hybrid: Nike Sumo 18*

Irons: Titleist AP1 4-PW

Wedges: Cleveland CG12 60* 56* & 52* 

Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 1.5

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