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Two Tips For Getting A Golf Ball Out Of The Heavy Rough
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It is a marvelous feeling to climb 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 friend and family and head out onto the golf course.
It would also be nice, but some people might say a little boring, if you could keep your ball out of the bunkers and rough and on the fairway all the way to the green but in the real world that simply does not happen even for the best of veteran golfers.
All of us hit the occasional, or in several instances numerous shots, off the fairway and into a bunker or the rough but the true problem arises when your ball ends up in heavy rough with grass clear up to your knees. When this happens all too many golfers take several 'hacks' to get their ball out and the hole becomes a total disaster.
However, anyone who has ever followed the professionals at work will know only too well that this does not have to be a disaster. So, what is their secret?
There are 2 secrets the first of which applies when you are in the deep rough but still a long way from the green and the second applies if your ball is relatively close to the putting green.
If you are a fair distance from the putting surface then your objective should not be to increase distance from your shot but should simply be to get your ball from the rough and onto the fairway so that it is in the best possible position to then get you onto the green.
In order to achieve this you are going to have to make use of a a nine iron or wedge, both of which have plenty of weight to attack the long grass and adequate loft to get your ball up into the air and clear of the grass quickly.
You will also need to make sure that the blade of your club is open when you address the ball because the grass will take hold of the club head when you take your shot. You then need to minimize the amount of grass that you are swinging through which means making a very upright back swing and a hard down swing that is controlled with a firm left hand. This particular shot will not get you a great deal of distance however it will pop your ball up into the air swiftly and carry it forward enough to put you back on the fairway.
When you are close to the putting surface then this shot will also work exceedingly well but you have to be careful that your ball does not then roll right through the green. In these circumstances 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 produces a shot very similar to that used to get the ball out of a bunker and will not only pop your ball into the air to clear the heavy rough but will also result in a soft landing on the green and thus reduce any forward roll.
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