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**trilochana.nejman** · 08-10-2009, 07:18 PM

Long rough is not trouble? Having to chip out of long rough from behind a green into a green that slopes back to front will most certainly cost all but highly skilled golfers at a least a stroke. While bunkers in front of greens may be more common, it seems to me that there is most always an area of fairway open to the green in front. Leaving a ball just short of a green on the short grass leaves easier up and down possibilities than chipping from behind the green in most cases. At least where I play.

Just short of a green in the short grass=Better chance at up and down par.

Kevin

To each his own I guess but I've never considered rough (long or otherwise) as "trouble". An inconvenience? Yes. But not trouble in the same sense as a water hazard or being stuck under a bush or stymied by a group of trees.

I also don't think of bunkers as trouble either in most cases, but given the choice between having to chip (and I emphasize chip) from a greenside bunker or chip from tall grass, I'd still prefer the grass.

But as I say, to each his own.

-JP

08-10-2009, 07:18 PM	#17
trilochana.nejman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 578 Senior Member	Long rough is not trouble? Having to chip out of long rough from behind a green into a green that slopes back to front will most certainly cost all but highly skilled golfers at a least a stroke. While bunkers in front of greens may be more common, it seems to me that there is most always an area of fairway open to the green in front. Leaving a ball just short of a green on the short grass leaves easier up and down possibilities than chipping from behind the green in most cases. At least where I play. Just short of a green in the short grass=Better chance at up and down par. Kevin To each his own I guess but I've never considered rough (long or otherwise) as "trouble". An inconvenience? Yes. But not trouble in the same sense as a water hazard or being stuck under a bush or stymied by a group of trees. I also don't think of bunkers as trouble either in most cases, but given the choice between having to chip (and I emphasize chip) from a greenside bunker or chip from tall grass, I'd still prefer the grass. But as I say, to each his own. -JP
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