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What Does Fried Egg Mean in Golf?

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Golf term

Fried egg

Fried egg in practice

To escape a fried-egg lie, close the face slightly and hit harder and steeper behind the ball to dig it out — accepting that it'll come out lower and with less spin than a normal bunker shot.

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