flop shoot anyone do it

[Deleted Member 1156]

But not everyone's handicap is related to around the green play. If I could drive and hit long irons like I can play around the green then I would be lower than I am (thats the opinion of a Pro anyway). So to assume that every handicapper struggles around the green IS an assumption.

That isn't what I was implying. What I was implying is that the flop shot is very high tariff with a lot of scope to go badly wrong which in turn could lead to more dropped shots. I'm a much lower handicap than you and it's a shot I will seldom take on.

Be honest, how many times do you get up and down from a flop shot........50% of the time? And when it goes wrong, how many shots does it cost you? I'm not having a dig, I'm just asking you to consider your course management as that is where handicap golfers can save so many shots :thup:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

In the mid 1960's I used to play that shot for fun. I was about 16 years old but found out it was too dangerous by the time I was 17.

It came in useful a few times in latter life when there was no other option.

 

[GreiginFife]

That isn't what I was implying. What I was implying is that the flop shot is very high tariff with a lot of scope to go badly wrong which in turn could lead to more dropped shots. I'm a much lower handicap than you and it's a shot I will seldom take on.

Be honest, how many times do you get up and down from a flop shot........50% of the time? And when it goes wrong, how many shots does it cost you? I'm not having a dig, I'm just asking you to consider your course management as that is where handicap golfers can save so many shots :thup:

Each shot comes with a modicum of risk attached to it, hence why practicing the shots perceived to have higher risk is useful in reducing the risk. As I stated before, I am more comfortable taking on a flop shot over a bunker (and will get up and down more often than not) than taking on a bump and run from just off an unobstructed green.
All parts that need to be practiced but one of them has a perceived lower risk than the other.
What I'm saying is that no one should tell another player who has different strengths and weaknesses on whether they should or shouldn't play a type of shot. I would never tell someone not to play a fade with a driver off the tee on a dogleg right where they were comfortable doing so, completely agnostic of their handicap.

If someone has practiced a shot enough to be comfortable and competent (which is the point of practice, no?) then surely it is GOOD management to play a shot they are comfortable and competent at than one that they aren't and may or may not end in the same result?

Horses for courses.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Each shot comes with a modicum of risk attached to it, hence why practicing the shots perceived to have higher risk is useful in reducing the risk. As I stated before, I am more comfortable taking on a flop shot over a bunker (and will get up and down more often than not) than taking on a bump and run from just off an unobstructed green.
All parts that need to be practiced but one of them has a perceived lower risk than the other.
What I'm saying is that no one should tell another player who has different strengths and weaknesses on whether they should or shouldn't play a type of shot. I would never tell someone not to play a fade with a driver off the tee on a dogleg right where they were comfortable doing so, completely agnostic of their handicap.

If someone has practiced a shot enough to be comfortable and competent (which is the point of practice, no?) then surely it is GOOD management to play a shot they are comfortable and competent at than one that they aren't and may or may not end in the same result?

Horses for courses.

I fully understand what you are saying, if it works for you then crack on :thup:

 

[garyinderry]

what are risks people talk about with the lob shot?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

what are risks people talk about with the lob shot?

Main ones are chunking behind the ball and only moving it a couple of yards, sliding right under it so it doesn't go the required distance or blading it into the next county.

The last one is my favourite one to watch

 

[GreiginFife]

Main ones are chunking behind the ball and only moving it a couple of yards, sliding right under it so it doesn't go the required distance or blading it into the next county.

The last one is my favourite one to watch

Oh those risks? I can do any of those with any club... from anywhere.

 

[garyinderry]

Main ones are chunking behind the ball and only moving it a couple of yards, sliding right under it so it doesn't go the required distance or blading it into the next county.

The last one is my favourite one to watch

these things arise from poor technique and not understanding the lie.

chunking it happens when the ground is soggy. sliding under it happens when you don't even out your weight if the ball is sitting up.