Rooter
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LOL good times!
Hardest shot in golf
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LOL good times!
Lawrence22
Challenge Tour Pro
Anything on a downhill lie including putts.
SugarPenguin
Challenge Tour Pro
Surprised nobody else has said tee shots with the driver!
I also want to say that I hate shots into the wind as I hit the ball sky high and shots with the ball below my feet.
I also want to say that I hate shots into the wind as I hit the ball sky high and shots with the ball below my feet.
Maybe it is taken as a given, too obvious. The fun is finding out the less obvious shots that people find difficult.
ruff-driver
Journeyman Pro
Agreed, driver into the trees is a given
The low punch fade recovery 200yds over water is a bum twitcher :whoo:
Sweep
Journeyman Pro
A 3 wood off the turf
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
To many golfers of a certain generation a drive off the tee that is now the easiest shot thanks to modern equipment.
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Great answer Duncan:lol:
NWJocko
Tour Winner
Surely driver is one of, if not the, easiest shot!? Tee it up and you have a frying pan on the end of a stick to hit it with. Margin for error is, relatively, massive.
I'd say a wedge shot (80 yards or less) on a baked links downhill lie, downwind to a rock hard green with a bunker to carry.
ruff-driver
Journeyman Pro
Left after you tried to drive the green :rofl:
The long bunker shot. I am always amazed how well the tour pros can play this shot. I always seem to either thin the ball right over the green, or hit it fat and only move it a few yards forward! 
chrisd
Major Champion
A wedge from off the pros till with one foot trying to avoid the shelf of KitKats and the other delicately placed on top of the ladies clearance rail of the gaudiest clothes they couldn't shift - not sure if I was OOB!
MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
Maybe 30 years ago when they were made of wood, set 2 degrees open, had 8 degrees of loft, steel shafts and heads the size of a modern fairway!
Tell that to the youngsters today and they wouldn't believe you!
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
I don't fear any shot fear shot. Some are harder than others but you can make the really hard ones easier by adjusting your expectation.
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
What's difficult or scary about hitting a driver off the tee?
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
In which case surely you play the previous shot to leave either 220 or 140yards?
For me it's a pitch needing to go 30 yards over a bunker. I can play it two ways - either a vigorous horizontal thin which fizzes into next week, or a gentle 28yd flop.
NWJocko
Tour Winner
I'd have more than 80 yards left on a short par 4, contrary to the big boys on here I'm a peashooter
3565
Journeyman Pro
MUD BALL, MUD BALL, MUD BALL
hate them with a passion, never know which way they will fly and ends up costing me a shot. They should change the rules to allow you to clean the ball.
hate them with a passion, never know which way they will fly and ends up costing me a shot. They should change the rules to allow you to clean the ball.
LUFC 1972
Head Pro
I struggle with other players who might have hit errant tee shots and are playing from where if I hit the worst possible, hook or slice I could hit them normally where fairways run parallel, I get so focused on them I normally go miles the opposite way. The answer is too wait but often not possible, the thought of playing with spectators watching fills me with dread.
If none of the above applies shots of 180-200 yards into greens really hit or miss..
Off to book an appointment with a psychologist now !!
If none of the above applies shots of 180-200 yards into greens really hit or miss..
Off to book an appointment with a psychologist now !!
I personally find my TM R1 driver easier to hit off the tee than my 3-wood. I only use the latter or a hybrid if there there is some distance limiting factor on a given hole, such as a bunker, water hazard or trees/bushes.Maybe 30 years ago when they were made of wood, set 2 degrees open, had 8 degrees of loft, steel shafts and heads the size of a modern fairway!
Tell that to the youngsters today and they wouldn't believe you!
P.S. I am old enough to remember tiny headed wooden drivers with 43" steel shafts. They were an entirely different kettle of fish! :mmm:
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