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**Caursedus** · 12-13-2009, 06:57 AM

We don't have what I consider real bunker sand out here. Picture this, sand that is watered along with the grass, then allowed to bake all day long in triple digit heat. It gets hard. Now factor in very little replacement sand being added on a not so consistent basis after the wind, and other golfers have removed most of the good, soft stuff. Add in a worker who only smooths the very top of the sand with a tractor dragging a heavy metal screen in the morning effectively leaving hard pan underneath. I have yet to learn to hit balls off tight lies, hard pan, or even very firm sand effectively with a club that has bounce. Now if I play on a course with real sandy, softer, sand where bounce is helpful, then I will use my SW.

You use a wedge with zero bounce out of a sandtrap? Wow. Its normally the exact opposite and the reason that so many 56* wedges have higher bounces.

12-13-2009, 06:57 AM	#18
Caursedus Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	We don't have what I consider real bunker sand out here. Picture this, sand that is watered along with the grass, then allowed to bake all day long in triple digit heat. It gets hard. Now factor in very little replacement sand being added on a not so consistent basis after the wind, and other golfers have removed most of the good, soft stuff. Add in a worker who only smooths the very top of the sand with a tractor dragging a heavy metal screen in the morning effectively leaving hard pan underneath. I have yet to learn to hit balls off tight lies, hard pan, or even very firm sand effectively with a club that has bounce. Now if I play on a course with real sandy, softer, sand where bounce is helpful, then I will use my SW. You use a wedge with zero bounce out of a sandtrap? Wow. Its normally the exact opposite and the reason that so many 56* wedges have higher bounces.
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