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**connandoilee** · 08-10-2009, 07:22 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

This is true of most of the courses I play. While there may be a bunker or short rough in front of the green, it's still easier to play to an upsloping green from in front than it is to a downslope from behind. And many of the greens on my home course are framed by trees around the back... sometimes deciduous, other times impenetrable spruce trees. Get into any of those spruces and you are dead meat. Even the less punitive trees will usually require a more imaginative pitch than the normal shot, something that most players don't do well anyway. Then add in the slope from back to front and even holding the green with a normal shot will be a challenge.

I'm a believer in doing as JP said and evaluating all of the factors before selecting a club or a shot. Too many players look at nothing but the distance, or they may add some wind or elevation into the calculation, but leave out such critical factors as green slopes, hole location (front, back left, right), and any trees or bushes near the green. They see a bunker, play away from it and leave the ball dead behind a tree on the other side. I'd rather be in the bunker.

08-10-2009, 07:22 PM	#18
connandoilee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 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 This is true of most of the courses I play. While there may be a bunker or short rough in front of the green, it's still easier to play to an upsloping green from in front than it is to a downslope from behind. And many of the greens on my home course are framed by trees around the back... sometimes deciduous, other times impenetrable spruce trees. Get into any of those spruces and you are dead meat. Even the less punitive trees will usually require a more imaginative pitch than the normal shot, something that most players don't do well anyway. Then add in the slope from back to front and even holding the green with a normal shot will be a challenge. I'm a believer in doing as JP said and evaluating all of the factors before selecting a club or a shot. Too many players look at nothing but the distance, or they may add some wind or elevation into the calculation, but leave out such critical factors as green slopes, hole location (front, back left, right), and any trees or bushes near the green. They see a bunker, play away from it and leave the ball dead behind a tree on the other side. I'd rather be in the bunker.
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