How do you hit a fried egg in golf?
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What is a fried egg in golf?
In golf, the term "fried egg" is a euphemism for a plugged lie or a buried lie in a bunker (colloquially called a sand trap). The golf ball is partially buried underneath the top level of sand, meaning only a portion of the golf ball is showing to the golfer.
What is a ham and egger in golf?
"Ham and egg," in golf, refers to two golfers who are playing as partners, when only one of them at a time is playing good golf. When one of the partners is playing well, the other is playing poorly. If the one playing poorly starts playing well, the other's game goes south.
What is a chicken wing in golf?
Chicken Winging is a term used to describe the appearance of the lead arm on players who bend their lead elbow and cup their lead wrist through impact. The lead arm resembles the wing of a chicken, hence the name.
Explaining the Fried Egg Lie in Golf and How to Play It
A fried egg can be delicious! Unless the one on your plate is the fried-egg lie in golf. That fried egg is a nasty species of bunker shot that many recreational golfers — all golfers, really — dread seeing.
How to Play a Fried-Egg Bunker Shot
There are two schools of thought on how to play a fried-egg lie. One is take your normal stance for a bunker shot and open the clubface of your most-lofted wedge. Then take a very steep backswing, and hit down on the ball.
1. Club selection
The first thing you need to do is pick the correct club. For a fried egg, try using your sand wedge or lob wedge.
2. Use the leading edge
With a high-lofted wedge in your hand, you’ll want to use the leading edge to blast the ball out. This is counterintuitive for what you normally see out of the bunker, but with a lie like this, you’ll need to dig to get it out.
3. Back of the stance
Instead of putting the ball forward in your stance like a normal bunker shot, put the ball in the middle to back of your stance. This position will make it easier to dig the leading edge into the sand to get the ball out.
4. Forward shaft lean
Just like playing the ball in the back of your stance, leaning the shaft forward will allow you to dig into the sand and blast the ball out.
5. Stay aggressive
Now all you need to do is stay aggressive. Make sure to dig the leading edge into the sand behind the ball and complete your swing with conviction. If you do all of this correctly, you should see your ball fly out of the bunker and onto the green.
Close The Clubface
In order to chop the head off the snake (read: get your club under the golf ball), you must use the leading edge of your golf club because it is the sharpest. To make this easier to accomplish, you need to close the clubface at address. This allows the leading edge to be pointed more directly at the ground.
Chop Down
Swing with enough force to chop down behind the head of our imaginary snake and sever its neck from its body. Your club will not travel very far after impact, which is perfectly acceptable. The swinging motion is similar to chopping a piece of wood. When you chop down behind the golf ball it will pop up into the air and out of the bunker.
The Heel Digger Setup
Open the clubface at address about half as much as you would for a basic bunker shot.
The Swing
The swing itself is a chopping motion much the same as the chopping motion described in Method 1. The follow through will still be very short and abbreviated. But instead of trying to dig the leading edge into the sand, the goal should be to dig the heel of your golf club into the sand. This should be your entire focus during the swing.
