DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**durootrium** · 09-28-2012, 09:01 AM

Great idea for a thread.

One it took me a while to understand was having a 'flyer lie' in the rough.

Still a tough one for me to put into words, but it equates roughly to a lie in the rough (not too deep), where the grass grows in the direction of the shot you're playing, with the ball sitting ok so you can get the club to the back of it. The lie is conducive to striking through the ball and 'flying' it further than you might normally expect (or getting that extra rollout from the rough). Maybe someone could explain it better!

Additional information I found about flyer lies: "So what is it about a flyer lie that creates such distance? It is caused by blades of grass that get between your clubface and ball at impact, which inhibits normal friction and backspin. The ball shoots out of the lie like a high-speed knuckleball. It flies higher and farther than a crisp fairway shot, and with no backspin it hits the ground running."

The flyer lie occurs when the ball is in the rough, but sitting pretty well on top of it, not a ball that is buried deep in the rough.

Another term is fried egg: when the ball is in a bunker and it is sitting in the depression that was made in the sand when the ball initially hit the sand. Picture of this type of lie:

09-28-2012, 09:01 AM	#7
durootrium Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 529 Senior Member	Great idea for a thread. One it took me a while to understand was having a 'flyer lie' in the rough. Still a tough one for me to put into words, but it equates roughly to a lie in the rough (not too deep), where the grass grows in the direction of the shot you're playing, with the ball sitting ok so you can get the club to the back of it. The lie is conducive to striking through the ball and 'flying' it further than you might normally expect (or getting that extra rollout from the rough). Maybe someone could explain it better! Additional information I found about flyer lies: "So what is it about a flyer lie that creates such distance? It is caused by blades of grass that get between your clubface and ball at impact, which inhibits normal friction and backspin. The ball shoots out of the lie like a high-speed knuckleball. It flies higher and farther than a crisp fairway shot, and with no backspin it hits the ground running." The flyer lie occurs when the ball is in the rough, but sitting pretty well on top of it, not a ball that is buried deep in the rough. Another term is fried egg: when the ball is in a bunker and it is sitting in the depression that was made in the sand when the ball initially hit the sand. Picture of this type of lie:
	Quote