[smokeberly]

I always find one or two lies per round that make me sweat a bit thinking about how to hit them.. I finally used my brain long enough to snap a photo of it and thought it'd be fun to discuss how to hit out of different difficult lies..



The green is to the left here. About twelve yards of apron uphill, before the green. A max of about 20 yards to the hole.

My decision: I dropped down one wedge to a 54 and hit down and behind the ball, trying to hit it low forward enough to bounce off the fringe. Instead, it hit too low on the hill and stopped just short of the green. Almost!!

How would you hit it?

[Dwencejed]

Hybrid.

[BuyCheapest]

A hybrid does well here, or even a putter.

[Michaelnewerb]

For me thats a regular 58* wedge....open the blade just a little...take it back to about 9 oclock and let the club drop on the back of the ball....it comes out high, lands and rolls about 5 feet.

[TobaccoNUE]

9 iron chip-shot all day....

[Oberjej]

Bump and run 7i? I'm having a hard time picturing it exactly though so.

[Cajlwdvx]

Good thread Canadan, I like the hybrid ideas but I've never practised that shot so I would not attempt that. I would probably take my 54* wedges, open it up a little and hit it like a flop shot.

[Michaelnewerb]

Good thread Canadan, I like the hybrid ideas but I've never practised that shot so I would not attempt that. I would probably take my 54* wedges, open it up a little and hit it like a flop shot.

Great minds think alike....I never can pull off that hybrid shot...I almost holed out this exact shot today

[Sdzqerty]

Chip with 48 or 54 wedge, depending on how far it is to the hole

[smokeberly]

Good thread Canadan, I like the hybrid ideas but I've never practised that shot so I would not attempt that. I would probably take my 54* wedges, open it up a little and hit it like a flop shot.

Thanks. Hopefully everyone runs with it.. I've always wanted to see the brutal shots other people deal with.. Might make me more tolerant of the ones I get haha!

The biggest issue with the hybrid for me, is that if I catch it hot, it would roll through the green, which in this case = a creek.

[vulikox]

If I feel that I can get a hybrid on it and the line is conducive to a bump-n-run, I'd do that. Otherwise, I'd eliminate the split lie from my mind and treat it as the typical explosion shot from the rough. Open the face a bit, aim a little more left, swing more vertically. Think swing arc to look more like a "V" than a "U."

[JANALA]

How about a 3 wood with a putter stroke.

[ggdfgtdfffhfyj]

I had that exact lie in my match last Thursday, with the green about 20 yards in front and to the left of my position. I pulled my 52 and tried to go underneath and pitch the ball up to the green, but I s-worded it to the left and lost the match as a result. should have bumped it with a hybrid or a low iron.

[healty-back]

9i or pw chip if i am thinking. If I lose my mind, open up my 55 degree and give it a go.... (but i usually mishit that one poorly).

[tiereenny]

12 to the green and 20 to the hole? Sounds like I open the gap wedge a little to get through the rough and chip it.

[Zptmsemk]

open 60*, definitely my favorite shot.

[Xzmwskxn]

I'm trying to vision the hole but I think i would either come in steep with a 58 or take an 8 iron and try to hit into the hill and run it up.

[pumpineemob]

Use a hybrid like a putter. Just like any other club, you need to practice that type of shot.

[fd8IIys2]

Putter or hybrid with the right amount of touch.

[PaulRyansew]

Hybrid for me here as well probably. If I had to get it in the air I'd flop it.