2 Great Tips On How To Get Your Golf Ball Clear Of The Heavy Rough
It is a great feeling to climb into your own Club Car golf cart or one of the club's cheap golf carts (such as their Bag Boy golf carts) with your family and friends and drive out onto the golf course for a round.
It would also be great, if a bit boring, if you were able to keep your ball out of the rough and bunkers and on the fairway all the way to the green however in the real world that does not happen even for the best of professional golfers.
We all hit a few shots, or in some instances many shots, off the fairway and into a bunker or the rough but the real problem arises when your ball ends up in heavy rough with grass clear up to your knees. Here many golfers take several 'hacks' to get their ball out and the hole becomes a complete catastrophe.
But, anyone who has ever seen the professionals in action will know that this does not need to be a disaster. So, what is the secret to success?
Well, there are two secrets and the first applies when your ball is in the heavy rough but is still a long way from the green and the second applies when the ball is buried but is relatively close to the putting surface.
When you are still some distance from the putting surface then your objective should not be to get distance from your shot but should just be to get your ball out of the rough and on the fairway so that it is in the best possible position to then get you onto the green.
To achieve this you will have to make use of a a nine iron or wedge, both of which have plenty of weight to attack the long grass and adequate loft to get the ball up into the air and clear of the grass fast.
Also, you must make sure that the blade of your club is open when you address the ball because the grass will take hold of the club head as you make your shot. You then have to minimize the amount of grass you are swinging through which means making an upright back swing and a hard down swing that is controlled with a very firm left hand. This particular shot will not get you a great deal of distance but it will pop your ball up into the air quickly and carry it forward enough to get you back onto the fairway.
If you are relatively close to the putting green then this shot will also work extremely well but you have to take care that the ball does not roll clear through the green. Here therefore you need to aim to hit 2 to 3 inches behind your ball and ensure that your shot includes a full follow through. This is going to produce a shot very similar to that which you would use to get the ball out of sand and will not only pop the ball into the air to clear the heavy rough but will also produce a soft landing on the green and so reduce any forward roll.
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