How Would you Play This Shot?

[NorfolkShaun]

Went on our practice course today and had a knock and practiced quite a few different shots but one got me, I really found no consistent way to play it. The question is how would you play this shot?

Bear lie, about 10 yards from an elevated green leaving you on a slight up slope with about 5 yards to the main slope which is about 4 foot high and quite steep this leads to the front of the green with about 30-35 ft to the pin.

I found a bump and run with a PW left me just landing the ball on the green and running out to the pin but if this was hit slightly short it would hit the slope and stop.

If I tried a lower iron the ball was landing on the slope and depending on the club either stopping quickly or bouncing off but sometimes it would shoot on sometimes it would loose a lot of it's pace.

 

[BTatHome]

With 30feet of green then I'd go over the slope and land it on the green, comfortable playing from tight lies so probably a nice 56 wedge, that would land fairly soft from the height required.

 

[One Planer]

Carefully

Personally I would choose a club with enough loft that would see me land the ball on the putting surface with enough room for the ball to release out.

Not a fan of bumping the ball into slopes as, IMO, it introduces more variables.

 

[bladeplayer]

with that distance to the pin id TRY zipping a 58*wedge.... notice the TRY bit

 

[virtuocity]

58 degree, open face, bunker-type shot.



I'd probably play my provisional as a wee 9 iron to be honest.

 

[NorfolkShaun]

I normally work on the rule that land on the green and release but the tight lie made it quite tricky and easy to thin it through the back

 

[Deano23]

58 degree, open face, bunker-type shot.



I'd probably play my provisional as a wee 9 iron to be honest.

Open face from a bare lie? Brave!

 

[HawkeyeMS]

56' wedge up onto the green or a bunt with the hybrid.

 

[CMAC]

8 or 7 iron, hands well forward and bump it into the slope- easy peasy and higher percentage shot than a high wedge from a bare lie

 

[NorfolkShaun]

8 or 7 iron, hands well forward and bump it into the slope- easy peasy and higher percentage shot than a high wedge from a bare lie

Tried this with OK success but using a neutral setup and a 5 iron but the bounce on the slope did vary and in a round you don't get to practice how the slope will bounce, tried the wedge too this was OK but when it went wrong it went really wrong. Maybe one way of looking at it was the bad shot with the bump and run was less bad than the bad shot with the wedge.

 

[Alex1975]

50* wedge, bounce it up there and let it run. If its short its an uphill putt.

 

[cookelad]

5 or 6 iron for me hands forward and just play it like a long putt!

 

[Deleted member 1147]

54* pitch & run, takes the inconsistent bounce of the slope out of play.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I'd putt it.

 

[tsped83]

a bunt with the hybrid.

This, all day long.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Use a chipper

 

[DaveM]

I'd putt it.

This if the grass was short enough on the bank.

 

[NorfolkShaun]

Use a chipper

Yes was waiting for that, I don't carry one though

 

[G1BB0]

putter or hybrid bunt for me

 

[davidy233]

Fairway length grass on the slope?

If so bump and run with 5,6 or 7 or putt it all day long - we've got one green on the Ashludie which is 15-20 feet above fairway it's a putter any time you're within 25 yards of the green