01/26/2018 ISSUE 04

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HOW TO DIG YOURSELF OUT OF THOSE BURIED LIES Kevin’s
Kures
A discussion I once had with a PGA Tour sand wedge/lob wedge. You must first un- get into the sand lower and more under the
set-up staffer yielded an interesting piece derstand the sand wedge/log wedge and ball. Also, aim your toe line squarely and downward and bracing a bit at impact.
of information: Tour players like very firm its unique design and how to use it differ- widen your stance a bit. Finally, place the Kevin Perkins is a PGA Master Profession-
sand conditions, in order for the sand to ently to match your lie. With a normal lie, ball just forward of center in your stance
be able to handle their high, towering ap- and one that is not a fried egg/buried, the and set 70 percent of your weight on your al and operates his Golf Academy at 76 Golf
proach shots. Firmer sand conditions pro- sand wedge is designed with a large, flat lead leg. World in Stuart. Kevin has authored the golf
duce fairer lies for the players. flange (also referred to as the bounce). It is instructional book Golf Everyone, published
designed to provide an anti-digging char- 4. Swing/motion. Again, because you by Hunter Textbooks. Kevin may be reached
Well, that is the shot we are going to tack- acteristic, so that the flange slides, glides need to get under the ball more than for a at 561-301-3783, email: [email protected],
le today. Here are a number of “Kures” for or skims through the sand, much like a flat conventional bunker lie, your backswing or visit his website at www.kevinperkinsgol-
the fried-egg or buried bunker lie: stone skimming off a lake. However, with must be steeper, so your arms will move facademy.com. 
a fried-egg/buried lie, because the ball is more up and down, and you need to cock
1. Read/assess lie. Get a good look at down lower you need to use the leading your wrists earlier and more than normal.
your bunker lie. Sometimes you may have edge, which is sharp and will allow you to The downswing will be more downward
to bend down or look at the lie from a side dig and move lower, deeper and more under and steeper, and because you are taking
view. What you are reading is how much the ball. more sand and the sand will create resis-
of the ball is below the top of the sand. tance, you must add speed and some ad-
This will determine how you position the 3. Set-up. Because you have to move more ditional grip pressure to help stabilize the
clubface, change your swing shape and down and take more sand, you must set clubface as it goes through impact and be-
alter your grip pressure and length of fol- the clubface square or maybe even slightly yond. Your follow-through will be shorter
low-through. closed, to allow the leading edge to dig and and lower because you are moving more

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