[maxfieldj1]

I was reading Ty's review and saw that he double hit twice yesterday. To be honest, that made me feel good knowing that it happens to someone who plays golf as well as Ty does because it happens to me too - fairly frequently. Mostly in bunkers. I hate hearing that extra click because I know that for that one swing - I just got an extra stroke added to my score. Anyone else have this special talent?

[hLabXZlK]

I think I have done it once. It usually happens in deep rough because the club always comes out faster than the ball.

[Auzuigcx]

I must say that in my awesome suckiness that I have never double-hit. I probably will now though.

[RilmAlime67]

nope, probably just jinxed myself though

[PapsEdisa]

Jeong Jang had a double hit in the us womens open a few years ago also one round I had like 4

[Meowmeowz]

I think I have done it once. It usually happens in deep rough because the club always comes out faster than the ball.

Same here, it was probably 10 years ago that I last did it.

Jeong Jang had a double hit in the us womens open a few years ago also one round I had like 4

If I recall, she claimed she didn't do it and wasn't penalized for it.

[55Beaphable]

Ah yes, thanks for reminding me. When I do it, what happens is I decelerate on the way in, then semi-duff the chip, so the ball pops vaguely up in the air. It feels so weak that subconsciously I try to give it a bit more impetus by pushing the clubhead through. I think it's because I'm trying to get the club to the end of the swing and it's not going to get there unless I make it do so. When I do that, it's normally coincident with the ball coming back down again. It's also just about the worst thing you can do on the golf course. It's as bad as a shank or hitting it OB. You add two shots and you're basically only a yard or so closer to the hole than when you started. Ugh

[MadMark]

Maybe 2 or 3 times when it mattered in 35+ years, and those were probably while hitting out of a bunker. I have done it more than a few times while practicing an up slope, bunker shot, while not swinging very fast.

[Qutlsilh]

I hit that shot a couple of time while I was in Southern Cali. You get into that deep bermuda around the greens and it isn't a matter of if it is when will you pull off the double hit.

[55Beaphable]

I hit that shot a couple of time while I was in Southern Cali. You get into that deep bermuda around the greens and it isn't a matter of if it is when will you pull off the double hit.

Agreed. That thick wiry stuff makes it about a 1000 times easier to "successfully" achieve this shot.

[maxfieldj1]

I feel like I'm in really good company now knowing that Andy has done it too. When I do it, people can't believe it and look at me like I'm a circus act.

[BronUVT]

I've never done it, but I can sure see how it could happen. I think I have been more lucky than skillful.

[medifastwoman]

Sorry Diane, but there goes the neighborhood!! I used to do it a lot too, when I played a practice course with 1-2" tall grass around the greens. The greens were tiny, so it was a tall order to get on the green in one from there. I eventually developed a pitch-shot for it, that I have never found use for since.

[etdgxcnc]

I've done it a few times this year. None in a bunker, but coming out of some thick rough near the green where I duff the shot and the club gets out of the grass faster than the ball.

[Nothatspecial]

I did it today. On the plus side the ball got out of the bunker.

[trilochana.nejman]

I've never double-hit a ball (to my knowledge).

I can certainly understand how it can happen (and yes, I remember watching T.C.Chen), but as far as I know, it's never happened to me.

Here's a theory: I'll bet that the people to whom this has happened tend to set up with a very square stance and alignment as opposed to those (like me) who are very open-stanced.

I think that an open stance virtually eliminates the possibility of a double-hit simply because the club and the ball are going in two very different directions after impact. A more "down-the-line" player tends to chase the ball, even just for a short while, and that all by itself increases the likelyhood of a double-hit.


But it's just a theory.


-JP

[BuyCheapest]

never have double hit.

[maxfieldj1]

I've never double-hit a ball (to my knowledge).

You would know - you can both feel it and hear it.

[ImmimiFruff]

I've double-hit a few over the years. Not so many or so often that I remember any of them.