how do you change?

[pokerjoke]

As some of us move from winter to spring and then onto summer,how do you change your approach to the game and ever changing conditions.For example a 60 yrd pitch-do you still pitch it on the green and hope to get it to stop quickly or do you change tack completely and bump and run instead.This weekend for me was completely different to last weekend as the greens had firmed up considerably and i had to do more bump and runs,which i hate.However watching the pros last night even on rock hard greens they still get it to stop quickly.How does your game change with the conditions?

 

[Imurg]

Our course isn't really conducive to the bump'n'run that much. You need to know how to play it but only if you're short and straight. If you're to one side or the other you have to pitch it due to the amount mounding around the greens.
For the most part I can get the ball to stop reasonably quickly even in the summer but I do prefer the slightly softer Spring/Autumn greens.

So not much to change really...

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I will try to play the percentages this year and take each shot as it comes.

I think your worst bump and run or putt will still be better than your worst lob/flop/chip.

 

[Wedgemonkey]

onset of summer generally marks the transition from fatting to thinning for me......

 

[GB72]

As it gets drier I start using my putter from further out from the green. I can generally put it pretty close when putting from off the geen and far closed than I can with a wedge.

 

[Oddsocks]

In the last month I've changed my mindset completely. I used to be 52 or 58 only from anything less that 70 yards which has now gone. Each shot is different and I no judge each shot on the percentages. My chipping now ranges from 7i through to putter and I'm having some great scores dispite a off long game solely through creative green play

 

[Robobum]

I don't look at it as changing shots, just changing the distance you want to hit them.

A pitch of 50yards into a soft green that holds becomes a 40yard pitch with some run.

If the greens are so soft you have to adjust your chipping then they should have been closed for waterlogging!!!

 

[par_par_par_treble]

I need to use the driver a lot more in the winter due to white tees. That means I play my second shot from the trees more often.

Although I miss fewer tiddlers on the greens, my lag putting is much worse, as the slopes are more difficult to master in the summer.

Same score, different excuse!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I try not to change too much and try and find the best shot for the circumstance regardless (not always successfully)

 

[chris661]

Playing most of my golf on links courses means that everything goes rock hard in the summer so little or no stop on the greens just need to get used to that again, and the six inch placing gets done away with

 

[Region3]

I still (try to) land the ball on the greens in the summer unless I really really can't. I hate trusting to the luck of getting the bounce I want off the fairway.

The only real difference is club distances. I've been almost a full club shorter through the winter.

 

[Whee]

The only real difference is club distances. I've been almost a full club shorter through the winter.

Same for me. Golf in the Mid-East usually means a couple of clubs difference between Summer and Winter.

The greens are rock solid all year round.

 

[USER1999]

I rarely hit the same shot twice around the greens, so not sure what I'd change. A bit of imagination goes a long way. I'm not sure I'd like a stock shot.

As for the rest, if you hit a 7i properly, it should stop no problems. If you can't stop it on the green, you aren't hitting it right, or your greens are sloping away from you, and nothing has a hope in heck of stopping.

 

[Crazyface]

my 64 wedge comes out. apart from that nothing different.