PGA Chamionship

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by golfer

Grounding your club in a bunker would potentially allow you the advantage of knowing how firm or soft the sand is, as well as how deep.

my bunker routine:

open up stance, open up club face

close my eyes, swing down on it, full follow-through & pray!

[slotdirt]

Grounding your club in a bunker would potentially allow a player to improve a lie, but wouldn't ground your club, well, anywhere on the course potentially allow a player to improve a lie? Moreover, if a player is hitting the ball from, say, the fairway, and grounding their club moves the ball, isn't the player subject to a penalty anyway? It's a stupid rule.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Grounding your club in a bunker would potentially allow a player to improve a lie, but wouldn't ground your club, well, anywhere on the course potentially allow a player to improve a lie? Moreover, if a player is hitting the ball from, say, the fairway, and grounding their club moves the ball, isn't the player subject to a penalty anyway? It's a stupid rule.

There is nothing wrong with the rule it has been in existence forever. Knowing the depth or consistency of the sand is a huge advantage to pro golfers. The PGA erred by not considering the bunkers, outside the ropes, waste areas. That is what they did in 2004 and there were no major issues.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

my bunker routine:

open up stance, open up club face

close my eyes, swing down on it, full follow-through & pray!

That bunker routine is ok when you're in a greenside bunker. You don't to do that in a fairway bunker. If you have a decent lie in a fairway bunker, you would not want to open your stance and you would not want to open the club face. You would not want to hit down on the ball either. You'd want to play the shot just like you would play a shot from the fairway and you would want to make sure that you hit the ball first (unlike a greenside bunker where you would hit well behind the ball).