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Is it Required to take a backswing in golf?
For example: You are in a greenside bunker, You line up your shot, place your wedge behind the ball, but instead of taking a full swing, is it legal to muscle your way through the shot without a backswing?
If it's not can I get a rules reference please.
The shot must be a "strike" of the ball. You cannot push the ball like a shotput. So I guess if you take no backswing I don't see how it is possible to make a strike, you would only be pushing the ball, which is illegal.
Rule:
14-1. Ball to Be Fairly Struck At
The ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club and must not be pushed, scraped or spooned
Considering the club and the ball are in contact on a normal shot for an extremely short amount of time, what you are describing would probably be considered a push. If you are say a quarter inch away from the ball and strike the ball you technically didnt have a backswing and it would be legal as long as you dont strike the ball twice.
