How would you play it ?
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ger147
Tour Winner
Can't believe no-one else has said chip it in yet...
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Approach shot over water and you overshoot the green.
On finding your ball it resembles something like this!
You have 3-4 yds to the green which slopes severely away from you back to the water
and the pin is only 5ft on
similar to this but with the pin nearer you
How do you proceed ?
How did you do it?
ruff-driver
Journeyman Pro
Badly
I tried the high soft shot with a s/w, couldn't see any other options
if it landed on the green the only thing stopping it was the hole or the water
First shot went about 4 ft into more cabbage, second landed near the pin and rolled off the front stopping short of the water, 40ft 3 putt followed:angry:
Lump
Tour Winner
60* wedge, soft hands and aim for as clean a contact as possible… either that, or a chunk and run with a PW.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Take that pin out, this baby is going in.
richart
Major Champion
I would have to look away if you had that shot. No one wants to see a grown man cry.Just pray it's a stableford not a medal!
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Badly
I tried the high soft shot with a s/w, couldn't see any other options
if it landed on the green the only thing stopping it was the hole or the water
First shot went about 4 ft into more cabbage, second landed near the pin and rolled off the front stopping short of the water, 40ft 3 putt followed:angry:
Ouch.
I would have probably gone with an open faced 60° lob wedge with soft hands, just letting the club slide under the ball with a bit of speed to pop the ball in the air. You need to practice them first and only use as a last resort.
Matty
Tour Rookie
Looking at the picture of the green I'd probably elect to chip it onto the green with a PW, choke down the grip and aim well away from the water. Single aim to get the ball on the green and keep it out of the water, not really concerned with getting near the flag at all.
MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
Ok, lets see, ball buried in the rough, no green to work with. How about like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO6qIg7aInw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO6qIg7aInw
Three
Tour Rookie
Another golfing term that doesn't really have any meaning, a "soft" pitch or lob shot.
Gravity is gravity, the weight of the ball stays constant, what is a "soft" shot?
Gravity is gravity, the weight of the ball stays constant, what is a "soft" shot?
MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
As I interpret it a "soft" shot drops from a higher angle but not from too high up, then just falling almost straight down as opposed to one going in at a lower angle which would have greater horizontal velocity e.g the difference between a high lob and something hit in hard, low and spinning, or one hit very high up in the air, which would fall with greater velocity.
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evahakool
Challenge Tour Pro
Badly
I tried the high soft shot with a s/w, couldn't see any other options
if it landed on the green the only thing stopping it was the hole or the water
First shot went about 4 ft into more cabbage, second landed near the pin and rolled off the front stopping short of the water, 40ft 3 putt followed:angry:
I assume this was just a bounce game, would your strategy have been any different if it was a comp?
ruff-driver
Journeyman Pro
No it was a comp. luckily stableford so nil points.
But it was a rare occasion where i could only see one shot rather than other options
if i took a bucket of balls down there i may fluke the odd one , so the four yd flop out of the cabbage is something to practice
evahakool
Challenge Tour Pro
No it was a comp. luckily stableford so nil points.
But it was a rare occasion where i could only see one shot rather than other options
if i took a bucket of balls down there i may fluke the odd one , so the four yd flop out of the cabbage is something to practice
Yea get a bucket of balls and a lesson and you'll get it mastered in no time:thup:
Three
Tour Rookie
Badly
I tried the high soft shot with a s/w, couldn't see any other options
if it landed on the green the only thing stopping it was the hole or the water
First shot went about 4 ft into more cabbage, second landed near the pin and rolled off the front stopping short of the water, 40ft 3 putt followed:angry:
THIS is exactly what I was alluding to earlier, ie players wasting shots around the greens.
This is a typical situation where very low handicappers or playing Pros would have taken a maximum of 3 to get into the hole every time.
Sheffieldhacker
Club Champion
Defiantly a chunk and run shot. Practice it a lot as it a shot I seem leave myself a lot 😀
Craigg
Q-School Graduate
Not quite as straight forward as that. Depends on whether it goes high enough to reach it's terminal velocity.
