Where would you be happy to 'miss' this green?

[One Planer]

A bit of a course management thread, just to gauge opinion.

Here is an image of the approach into our stroke index 2, 7th hole:

Here's the story.

The white dot towards the bottom of the image is, roughly where my drive finished on Tuesday night. The red dot above it denotes, roughly where the 150 yard plate is on the fairway.

After playing my shot, I paced out to the 150 marker. My ball was hit from roughly 201 yards. The club I hit was a 4 iron.

From where my ball was (White dot) the hole plays fractionally up hill, then plays down hill after that. The green follows the natural slope of the course from front to back.

The green (... And fairway) also slopes from left to right, with a shaved bank leading down to the pond (Top right). Just left of the green is some scrub land, a mixture of rough, uneven land and trees.

Directly next to that is the course boundry (OOB). The OOB also runs directly behind the green (20 yards or so behind).

As it happens I finished pin high, just in the scrub land to the left of the green. I managed to get it onto the green from there, but missed the 8ft'er for par.

I was happy with where I missed as I was:

a) Pin high

&

b) Only 10 yards left of the green (.... From 200 yards).

My question to you good people is this. From 200 yards out to this green, where would you be happy to miss and why?

 

[Martin70]

The bunker wouldn't be the end of the world I reckon

 

[ManinBlack]

Playing, as I do, on a course with about 6 trees this shot would scare the life out of me, especially as I would be hitting a 3 wood, or a hybrid at best. I'd be over the moon to finish where you did.

 

[nickyj4]

Id be happy to miss short left, gives you loads of green to work with for an up and down. With my bad shot though i'd be more likely to be swimming in the pond

 

[upsidedown]

Short wouldn't be a bad miss

 

[la_lucha]

Our par 5 7th is similar to this and I always aim to be long so I'm coming back uphill. On ours I would like to be long left on yours long right so it's a nice uphill straightish putt/chip.

 

[brendy]

Id be giving enough club to clear the green on the understanding that it would take a 100% crisp swipe to do that. Short of the green and bunker would be no disaster either.
That green does seem a wide enough target to just forget everything else and go for the centre.

 

[Piece]

Happy missing short as from your description there's bigger trouble long, left and right?

 

[Jack_bfc]

200 to the green, I am hitting 5 wood/Hybrid in the general direction. Knowing I will be short. So essentially laying up on the fairway.

Been practicing the chip/pitch on as I tend to need that shot a lot!!

 

[patricks148]

depending where the flag was short prob.

 

[One Planer]

from your description there's bigger trouble long, left and right?

That's correct :thup:

Scrub land/OOB - Left

OOB - Long

Pond - Right

 

[Davey247]

I'd probably make the bunker may line. If i'm hitting well i tend to hit a soft draw, so worst case would be bunker or just left of it

 

[Stuey01]

Looks tight. I'd hit it short and right so I have the opportunity of a Hollywood flop shot which I subsequently thin into the face of the bunker, splash out and 3 putt for a smooth 7.

More realistically I'd probably hit 5iron, and more than likely be left given my iron miss is generally a bit of a pull.

 

[garyinderry]

there is a couple of holes back home where I will lay up if I have a long approach. they are low indexes so I don't worry about it.

its just not worth running up a big number. I try and make the up and down. if not a bogey is no disgrace. I just try and birdie a par 3 or shot par 4 to offset it.

if wind is helping I may fire my 5i at it and try and make it as close as poss and maybe sneak on the front. its a lot more accurate than the hybrid. without seeing it and knowing how far and where I can miss its a bit difficult to say.

7th hole - if round going well, I probably play safe. it I need to make up shots dropped I may go for it. it just depends on the situation really.

 

[TheJezster]

Florida. I'd be happy to miss the green in Florida, it's likely really warm and could just enjoy my golf.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

I'd either hit and 8 iron from that distance and go pin hunting..........or (with more probability) hit a 4 hybrid and hope to come up short and on the fairway.

 

[fundy]

be an iron aimed at the trap with my stock draw, distance wise probably be working off front edge yardage and missing slightly short in the fairway or trap both be acceptable really. In reality Id get handsy and turn it over into the trees/scrub on the left

 

[chrisd]

Short of the bunker for me

 

[CMAC]

My question to you good people is this. From 200 yards out to this green, where would you be happy to miss and why?

in the fringe just off the green.

Cause it's in the fringe just off the green.

 

[Stuey01]

200 to middle or front?
I would be clubbing to carry to the front edge.