Pick It Clean to Escape A Fairway Bunker

There are two ways to hit an iron out of a fairway bunker: pick it clean, or hit down and take sand like a normal shot. Chris O’Connell and Jim Hardy teach you the cleaner option when you just need to advance it — set the leading edge at the ball’s equator, stay tall through impact instead of dropping down, and swing hard enough that your arms stretch just enough to skim the ball off the sand without touching it.