Forum poll: what is the hardest shot in golf?

[Oddsocks]

Other, The shot following a shank. No competition, the cold sweats, the overthinking, the awkward practice swing....

I replied before reading the thread ... :rofl:

 

[MashieNiblick]

Downhill bunker shot, the one where your ball has just trickled in and stopped on the down slope. Not only are you already annoyed that your ball rolled a mere foot or so too far but you now have a shot which is difficult to execute and is likely leave you playing your next from somewhere almost as bad (under the face or over the back of the green).

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Chip off bare lie. Stuff of my nightmares

 

[Foxholer]

Long iron over water. There is no bail out if it goes wrong. With the others the ball is still in play, and there's an opportunity to recover. If the long iron over water goes wrong its a penalty shot.

+1

Not only is the consequence of getting it wrong normally a penalty shot, but you still have to get over the water!!

 

[richart]

I always find any shot you have to play when be waved through is difficult. Especially when you have an iron, and the waver throughers are standing fifty yards ahead to your right.

 

[MarkE]

Long iron over water for me. A large body of water turns a simple shot into stuff of nightmares. All in the mind of course.

 

[Curls]

I picked what I find most technically challenging, 3 wood off the deck. It's brutal cos I drive it well but never got on with fairway woods. Any of the others I'd attempt with the confidence that I'd play them well (whether I did or not), but that one, I'd just know I was going to fat it.

 

[ScienceBoy]

I don't think of shots as hard, with practice they can all be done and I would never say I cannot hit a shot. I either don't know how or have not practised enough.

Golf is just tough all round, there are certain shots I encounter less often therefore practice less. I have probably hit just as many good long bunker shots as excellent short bunker shots. I have also hit a heck of a lot more bad short bunker shots than bad long bunker ones, mostly because I have many more short bunker shots than long.

What I am really trying to say is thinking about a shot as "hard" does not fit with my mental approach to the game.

 

[Foliage Finder]

3 wood off the deck. Struggle with an inconsistent bottom point of my swing arc and anything much more than a 6 iron off the deck and I hit it fat and it slices off as the face opens up, or I thin it and it goes about 20 yards 18 inches off the ground. Plus you're hardly ever playing off an even lie round my course, makes it even more interesting.

 

[Tiger]

Any bunker shot at our place is a nightmare. They don't have any sand in them at the best of times but when it's wet and compacted it's the stuff of nightmares. That said in all conditions 3 wood off the deck is a shot I just don't play because it's so tough to pull off - especially if it's a shot into a green. Any time faced with this I'd play mid iron wedge for safety. But...

The hardest shot in golf has to be long iron over water - if you have to play it - for the reasons outlined below :thup:

There is no bail out if it goes wrong. With the others the ball is still in play, and there's an opportunity to recover. If the long iron over water goes wrong its a penalty shot.

 

[hines57]

tight drive. If you can't put it in play off the tee, it's a pain............

 

[ShankyBoy]

My par 5 2nd shot. You can hit a great 250 yard drive, leave 300 to go, but you are on an uphill, sidewards slanting hill with bumps and pot holes everywhere and trying to nut my hybrid is just pot luck. I'm not going to bother from now on, will just take an iron from there and get on in 3.

 

[SammmeBee]

The next one.....

 

[Fish]

Downward bare lie and you've got to get it up & over something immediately in front, bunker/water etc.

 

[USER1999]

My par 5 2nd shot. You can hit a great 250 yard drive, leave 300 to go, but you are on an uphill, sidewards slanting hill with bumps and pot holes everywhere and trying to nut my hybrid is just pot luck. I'm not going to bother from now on, will just take an iron from there and get on in 3.

So a great drive is 250, but you can hit a hybrid 300 off the deck?

I'd hit it off the tee, and leave the driver at home.

 

[drewster]

Went with other as chipping from a wet stodgy lie is the one i get wrong the most.

 

[sawtooth]

Downhill lie, hard ground and you need to chip over bunker to get onto the green.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

It's definitely "other", and specifically chipping over a bunker onto a frozen green.

 

[Merv_swerve]

I put "Other"
For me it's a chip off a soggy lie.

ahh yeah, think I should've gone other too!
I'm normally an ace chipper but this soggy time of year I look like a complete hacker around the green.

 

[Radbourne2010]

Suspect this ties in with the amount of time amateurs spend at each discipline. Even at Brocket Hall Academy with fantastic facilities the option to practice a 40-50 yard bunker shot is not only hard to find but very intimidating when being watched by others. Most of the others come down to ability.

Hi all,

This month, we want to know what you consider to be the hardest shot in golf, and why. If the one you have most trouble with isn't on the list, select 'other' and let us know what it is, and why, below.

Hope everyone is well,

Nick