Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Ask Linda #912-Club brushes sand in bunker

Linda…if your club slightly brushes the sand on your takeaway when in a bunker is that considered a penalty stroke even if you continue thru with your swing?

Thanks,
Lou from Texas 

Dear Lou,

It’s not one penalty stroke, Lou, it’s two! You may not touch the sand in the hazard before you make your stroke [Rule 13-4 and Decision 13-4/31]. Your backswing is not part of your stroke [Definition of “Stroke”].

Linda
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