Wet Sand

[TheCaddie]

Any good tips for getting it out of bunkers which are very very wet?

 

[JustOne]

Stand a bit taller.
Maybe grip down the club a hair.

 

[ruff-driver]

Don't get cute, imagine the shot is longer , so longer swing & follow through, squarer stance too

 

[TheCaddie]

Don't get cute, imagine the shot is longer , so longer swing & follow through, squarer stance too

But the same as a normal bunker shot? Hitting the sand slightly in front of the ball? etc....

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I use the linear method and the bounce and method gets it out without an issue. If you want to play it normally this may help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMDRlQRTVYE

 

[USER1999]

It's just a bunker shot. Nothing has changed. Just hit the bit of sand under the ball out of the bunker and the jobs a good un.
Why complicate it any further? Golf is a game of simple.

 

[woody69]

If the sand feels very wet and compact I tend to take my 60 which has less bounce and try and play it like a normal pitch/chip shot, i.e. ball first

 

[srixon 1]

Use a lofted club with very little bounce and do not open the face. (Opening the face increases the bounce). With a square face to the target hit down into the sand about an inch behind the ball and let the club do its work. Simples. Try not to finesse it too much as you will probably leave the ball in the sand.

 

[richart]

Use a lofted club with very little bounce and do not open the face. (Opening the face increases the bounce). With a square face to the target hit down into the sand about an inch behind the ball and let the club do its work. Simples. Try not to finesse it too much as you will probably leave the ball in the sand.

Is that not a technique for wet compacted sand ? If it just wet thick heavy sand wouldn't the club just dig in ? Not sure which type of 'wet sand' the OP means, but the compacted type, usually found when a puddle has just drained, are horrible especially with a big bunker lip.

 

[backwoodsman]

But the same as a normal bunker shot? Hitting the sand slightly in front of the ball? etc....

Behind the ball would be better ...

 

[TheCaddie]

Is that not a technique for wet compacted sand ? If it just wet thick heavy sand wouldn't the club just dig in ? Not sure which type of 'wet sand' the OP means, but the compacted type, usually found when a puddle has just drained, are horrible especially with a big bunker lip.

This is exactly the type of Bunker I mean.....

 

[MashieNiblick]

Use a lofted club with very little bounce and do not open the face. (Opening the face increases the bounce). With a square face to the target hit down into the sand about an inch behind the ball and let the club do its work. Simples. Try not to finesse it too much as you will probably leave the ball in the sand.

Played with a cat 1 player yesterday who used exactly this technique very successfully. In particular I noticed he really committed to the shot.

 

[srixon 1]

Is that not a technique for wet compacted sand ? If it just wet thick heavy sand wouldn't the club just dig in ? Not sure which type of 'wet sand' the OP means, but the compacted type, usually found when a puddle has just drained, are horrible especially with a big bunker lip.

Played with a cat 1 player yesterday who used exactly this technique very successfully. In particular I noticed he really committed to the shot.

I did mean this technique for wet compacted sand. Also works quite well for plugged balls in dry sand with your normal sand wedge if you keep the face square to target and play the ball back in your stance a little.

 

[delc]

I did mean this technique for wet compacted sand. Also works quite well for plugged balls in dry sand with your normal sand wedge if you keep the face square to target and play the ball back in your stance a little.

This is what I do for compacted wet sand. It usually works, but I occasionally blade one right over the green. Still preferable to leaving it in the bunker!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I nip it off the surface. Every so often my old hockey skills come in use.