Getting out of deep, fluffy sand

[kantscholar]

Hi All,

My regular course just filled the bunkers with new sand. It's deep and incredibly fluffy--think like stepping on to the beach. Everyone seems to be complaining about it and the greenskeeper says that, eventually, it will compact and be of the appropriate consistency. Until then... how do I get out of it? I've tried everything I can think of and I can't get a consistent result. I'm usually pretty good out of the sand, but this has me at a loss. Any suggestions?

[TourSpoon]

Use your wedge that has the most bounce and crank that puppy open with your hands low.  If it doesn't help being wide open (increases bounce) then you may need to get a higher bounce wedge.  My course did the same thing and it takes a little getting used to until the sand compacts.

[kantscholar]

Thanks, I'll give that a try. This is the first time they've replaced it like this. In the past they'd just add some and then churn it all together. I'm not sure why they didn't do that this time.

[kantscholar]

To add one more thing. I've been playing the wedges open, but the result hasn't been what I wanted. I'm playing the Ping S Tour wedges (60/56/52) and both the 56 and 52 have 12* of bounce. So I can try the 56 again and open it. What I ended up doing was choking down on the 52* and keeping it neutral at address and just blasting straight through, but that gets inconsistent results.