Are you allowed to......

[ademac]

...hit the ball with the back of a club??

I got up n down yesterday by using the back of my wedge and playing left handed (horrible lie on edge of bunker), I'm just wondering if its legal in competition??

 

[pbrown7582]

yes this is allowable

 

[saxmaster]

have to be good at it, unlike some fool of an american lefty at the masters

 

[Deleted member 1147]

As far as I'm aware, Yes.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

...hit the ball with the back of a club??

I got up n down yesterday by using the back of my wedge and playing left handed (horrible lie on edge of bunker), I'm just wondering if its legal in competition??

Yes. I believe that you can

 

[ademac]

Cheers fellas

 

[ScienceBoy]

Yes you can hit the ball with the non striking face, the limits are on the number of striking faces a club can have rather than where you can hit the ball.

 

[BeachGolfer]

Yes and often seen on the TV to putt out that remaining 2" without standing on someones line.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Yip, I've had to play this an unfortunately large number of times from beside the wall at our 14th hole so am getting quite accomplished. In fact, I'm giving serious though to getting a left handed 7 iron to see if I can hit the green from there instead of just bashing one up the fairway.

 

[duncan mackie]

Yip, I've had to play this an unfortunately large number of times from beside the wall at our 14th hole so am getting quite accomplished. In fact, I'm giving serious though to getting a left handed 7 iron to see if I can hit the green from there instead of just bashing one up the fairway.

just turn the right handed club (any - but 8 iron seems easiest because of the normal shape of it's head and the relationship between fac and hosel) toe down and play it left handed. best to practice first.

 

[FairwayDodger]

just turn the right handed club (any - but 8 iron seems easiest because of the normal shape of it's head and the relationship between fac and hosel) toe down and play it left handed. best to practice first.

Have tried that, balance just never feels right - I always get on better bashing it with the back....