It is hard to explain in TGM terms how this works so well...is it a TGM-sanctioned stroke or just an easy way to compensate...but Gary Player, Chi chi and Lee can't all be doing it so wrong.
An "apparent Back in the stance" ball position means up plane normally (assuming a square/square plane line)...so an onplane stroke should be really out and down with this ball position...
But Lee seems to make a fair point about ball too forward..especially in a swing with minimal weight transfer...
I would say you hit the nail on the head there about low point sand management.
For too long I've had the ball way forward and have had to manipulate my low point management because I know I'll thin the ball if I don't! This leads to the opposite happening and I keep hitting it fat.
To be fair, I think this has happened by accident though because Dave Pelz says the 'ball forward' is an illusion due to the open stance.
Must go experiment!
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I just started reading Trevino's "I can help your game" 1972 publication in UK
In his bunker play chapter he advises " when you are playing from sand, it is important to play the ball off the left heel"...maybe he studied the technique of Gary Player later in his life...??
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