what club and technique shot?

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

 

Distance to the green/flagstick?

oops.  about say... 20-30 yards

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.

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. 

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.

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.


Speaking of avoiding the rear traps sounds like the girl I took to the prom. [high hat crash].

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