GolfHos

ball sitting down in 3" deep rough. ball 1 foot below feet, and on a downhill lie  of a mound greenside.  bunker in between you and cup.   another bunker just behind the cup on your line

 

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Distance to the green/flagstick?

ditto lol

oops.  about say... 20-30 yards

I would take my 57* and try and open it some and try a flop (that is if the bunker has good sand in it). I'm not afraid of bunker shots as I can usually get out of them when the sand is in decent shape. If the bunkers are in crappy shape and I don't think I can pull off the flop I might look for a better line around the bunker. A long putt is better then facing blading out of the trap into another trap and going back and forth.

Sometimes going backwards or sideways is the best choice.

Sand wedge.  Open stance well left of target.  Club face square to target.  Shot played as a bunker shot.  Hit slightly behind the ball, and accelerate through.

I believe opening the stance, well left of the target, negates the ball below the feet aspect.  With the ball nestled down in the rough, any attempt to "pick it", or hit down cleanly, will fail.  With a full swing* bunker approach, the grass behind the ball will deaden spin, for either rolling out, or spinning back.

*Full swing:  In as much as you would play a bunker shot of that distance.  I (personally) would hesitate with thoughts of a "flop" shot.  For me the speed of the swing, and the precision is not indicated with the conditions listed.

See, that's why I suck at this game.

Nonsense!

I've just gotten my self into trouble when I think in my mind flop shot, when the ball was to deep, and or the ball below my feet.  OTOH, I've hit plenty of bunker shots from those lies.  ;D

Well..........??!!!

(http://pbpl.physics.ucla.edu/About_Us/Bios/Carl_Spackler/smails.jpg)

Hmm... I'd play a flop shot with an 8 or 9 iron. You don't have to swing as hard, and the chances of the clubhead sliding right under the ball with say, Sand Iron to Lob Wedge are less.

Now go practice the flop with an 8 or 9 iron.

;)

You wouldn't play that shot with an 8, or 9 iron.   I'm not saying you couldn't, but I know you would not.

I'm thinking a little different here, not being comfortable with a flop shot in this scenario, I might try my 58 degree with more of an attacking downward blow.  I don't think I'd open the face anymore because the grass is prolly gonna do that a bit anyway, so I may open my stance a hair.  Hopefully the sharp descending blow will put a little bite on the ball to avoid the rear traps.

Either that or one of these.
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Speaking of avoiding the rear traps sounds like the girl I took to the prom. [high hat crash].

You should try it some time... ;)

You'll be suprised by the result.

It's not a shot that I practice, but certainly one I've seen many times before.

Another one you might be interested in is the 4 iron cut shot from about 150 yards that turns about 90* right...;)

I do that sometimes but not on purpose. It's called a shank.

60° wedge, roll the face open to an effective 75° or so, bend knees deeply, stay down on the ball, take about a 1/3, but hard swing, skull the ball 60 yds over the green and off the nearest tree.

59* wedge layed open with an open stance.  Make sure my shoulders match the slope of the ground as much as possible.  And basically take a hard swing to hack it out kind of like a bunker shot as stroh described.  No way I'd try a flop in that rough as the club would not make it through the ball correctly.  I'd swing hard but try to abbreviate my follow through like the pros.  Who knows where the hell the ball would go.

... back onto the green and into the hole? ;)