How would you play this ball?

[Alex1975]

We get quite a lot of lies like this at our place. I think its from poor drainage/clay soil that crates these kinds tufts between bare lies.



So here I am on the left side of the green as always, in my little hole with lots of green to play with. How are you treating this? As a bare lie? and a fluffy lie? are you picking your club for its bounce angle? smashing it out clearing all in the way on the way through? Picking out of there with lots of loft?

Whats the plan?

Here is the big picture.

 

[fundy]

bunt it with a hybrid for me (then moan in the clubhouse about the state of the course again )

 

[rosecott]

The highest loft hybrid in the bag.

 

[stokie_93]

little bump with my 52!

 

[IanG]

Probably dunt it with an 8 iron and then 3 putt

 

[virtuocity]

I'd be scared of a double-hit with a hybrid. I'd be more inclined to hit it like a bunker shot, using the bounce of my wedge to duff and run it.

 

[Odvan]

would stick it to the back foot, grip down my 52* with a closed face and dink it out from a steeper angle. Not too sure how it would pop out with a hybrid looking in front of the ball.

 

[patricks148]

sprinkle some raisins around the hole, claim its an animal scraping, take my free drop and chip in with a 9 iron

 

[rosecott]

would stick it to the back foot, grip down my 52* with a closed face and dink it out from a steeper angle. Not too sure how it would pop out with a hybrid looking in front of the ball.

Depends on your hybrid. My 24* has a nice sharp leading edge which should do the job.

 

[LincolnShep]

sprinkle some raisins around the hole, claim its an animal scraping, take my free drop and chip in with a 9 iron

^^^^ What he said.

 

[Hosel Fade]

Intentional tactical thin

 

[Slab]

After imagining being stood there I went through the bag and only two choices of 25* hybrid or 9 iron (final choice would depend on how high that grass is in front



Alternative fun option, pee on it for two kinds of relief

Tip for the OP, buy a sharpie, that might not be your ball

 

[Region3]

8 iron, chip and run. Back in stance and hit down. Forget any kind of follow through.

 

[Capella]

Sandwedge (56°) weight forward, firm wrists and elbows, shoulder movements only, like a pendulum, land it about half way. If you keep your weight in front of the ball, you normally don't thin it, even from a tight lie.

 

[bobmac]

A fun way to play this is to put it back in the stance and hit down on it with a putter.
Practice is required to judge how much top spin you get

 

[User62651]

presuming its not an animal scrape for relief then wedge or gap wedge, ball back in stance/hands ahead of ball, choke down, wee dunt to pop it over the stuff ahead of ball, do not quit on it - short swing but commit. Hybrid wont offer any control from that lie imo.

 

[One Planer]

Personally, I'd pay the ball the same as I would a bare lie in a bunker.

Pick the club up steep going back then drop it into the ball, without decelerating, on the way through.

Probably with quite a lofted club, in my case a 58°.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

9 iron, hands forward, off your back foot, short sharp strike. There's a load of green to play with - use it.

 

[rksquire]

58* wedge, gripped right down, toe down at address (fairly vertical club!), nothing fancy with the wrists - back and through.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

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