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Two Tips To Get Your Golf Ball Out Of That Heavy Rough
It is a marvelous feeling to jump into your own Club Car golf cart or one of the club's cheap golf carts (such as their Bag Boy golf carts) with your friends and head off for a round of golf. It might also be nice, although some people might say a little bit boring, if you were able to keep your ball on the fairway and out of the bunkers and rough all the way to the green but in the real world that simply does not happen even for the very best of professional golfers. All of us hit the occasional, or in some instances numerous shots, wide of the fairway and into the rough or into a bunker but the true problem arises when your ball ends up in heavy rough with grass clear up to your knees. Here far too many golfers take several 'hacks' to get their ball out and the hole turns into a complete catastrophe. However, anyone who has ever watched the professionals in action will know only too well that this does not have to be a disaster. So, what is their secret to success? Well, there are 2 secrets and the first applies when your ball is in the heavy rough but is still a long way from the green and the second applies whenever your ball is relatively close to the green. When you are still a considerable distance from the putting surface then your aim should not be to gain distance from your shot but should just be to get your ball out of the rough and onto the fairway so that it is in the best possible position to then get you onto the green. To achieve this you will need to make use of a wedge or a nine iron, both of which have sufficient weight to tackle the tall grass and sufficient loft to get your ball up into the air and clear of the grass rapidly. You must also make sure that the blade of your club is open when you are addressing your ball because the grass is going to grab the club head when you take your shot. You then have to minimize the quantity of grass you are swinging through which requires you to make a very upright back swing and a strong down swing that is controlled with a firm left hand. This shot will not get you a lot of distance however it will pop your ball up into the air fast and carry it forward enough to get you back onto the fairway. When you are quite close to the putting surface then this shot will again work very well but you need to take care that your ball does not roll clear through the green. Here therefore you have to aim to hit 2 to 3 inches behind your ball and make sure that your shot has a full and complete follow through. This will produce a shot very similar to that which you would use to get the ball out of a bunker and will not only fire the ball up into the air to clear the heavy rough but will also produce a soft landing on the green and so minimize any forward roll.
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