Lesson Learned?

[Region3]

I've posted on here before about the 18th where I play being a bit of a card wrecker for me because of the drive needed to play it properly.

Anyway, I was that bad off the tee the last time I played that I decided to hit 4 iron off the tee on this hole to see what would happen.

Hmm, that went a bit higher than I normally hit my 4 iron!
Looked at the bottom of the club and it was a 7, which is just underneath the 4 in my bag. It got over the ditch fine and finished in the middle of the fairway so I thought I'd hit it again (without trying to reach the green) just to see what happened. After all, a 7 iron to a fairway ought to be a high percentage fairly safe shot.
Caught the next one as well as the tee shot and left myself about 15-20yds short of the green. Pitch on and an easy 2-putt from about 15' for a bogey 5.

My average score on this hole in comps is 5.5 (par 4) mainly due to finding trouble off the tee. 2 x 7 irons and a chip for a par putt and a safe 5.

We'll see on Saturday if I've learnt my lesson from it. I know it's good course management but a 7 iron off the tee on a 410yd par 4!? I might get greedy and use a 6 iron

 

[bobmac]

We'll see on Saturday if I've learnt my lesson from it. I know it's good course management but a 7 iron off the tee on a 410yd par 4!? I might get greedy and use a 6 iron

Never in a month of Sundays.
You'll get to the tee, pull out the 7 iron, hit the ball and you'll see it's amazingly turned into a driver.
Good luck with it and if you do manage to hit the 6 iron, I want photographic proof.

 

[Aztecs27]

Sounds like a good mistake to make.

I will see how well I hit my driver on Saturday. If I start "over fading" *ahem*, I *should* just start hitting my 3 iron off the tee as I can knock that the right side of 200 yards which should be ample, but I *know* that given every opportunity I will want to try and "correct the error" with my next tee shot and continue to slice...I mean fade it too much.

 

[USER1999]

You will think about it, then think I could be neaerer with the 6, then 5, then 4, then totally flip it up by trying to hit a 3i, which will go 135 yards right, into the bundu.

Just put a 6 on the card. You usually do.

 

[Oddsocks]

what about bouncing a small wood/hybrid?

 

[Region3]

what about bouncing a small wood/hybrid?

My 3 wood is just as likely to slice and I can reach the trouble with it.
My hybrid is the one club in my bag which I have a tendency to hook. Oddly for a Titleist club it looks very closed at address.

It'll either be driver if it's been behaving, or an iron if it's not and I've either got a good score going or can stay in my buffer with a 5.

 

[bobmac]

Which course do you play?

 

[Losttheplot]

Why don't you try putter-8 iron- putter for birdie?

I've seen it done and was gobsmacked with a feeling of complete averageness as my driver sailed wide and he nailed the putter down the fairway 220yrds.

 

[Oddsocks]

what about bouncing a small wood/hybrid?

My 3 wood is just as likely to slice and I can reach the trouble with it.
My hybrid is the one club in my bag which I have a tendency to hook. Oddly for a Titleist club it looks very closed at address.

It'll either be driver if it's been behaving, or an iron if it's not and I've either got a good score going or can stay in my buffer with a 5.

Sounds like 6I 6I chip and putt

 

[USER1999]

You ever thought of just playing 17 holes?

Oh, you do already.

 

[Region3]

Which course do you play?

www.beedleslake.co.uk

 

[Region3]

You ever thought of just playing 17 holes?

Oh, you do already.

I wish!!

There are other holes which plague me, but not to the same extent.
Funnily enough they all have big trouble right.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

If I hit a 7-iron off the tee on our 18th in these conditions I'll end up in the car park

410 yards isn't that far at the moment so no need for driver. Maybe take a 6i off the tee at the weekend and you'll have a putt for birdie