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Went out for a quick nine yesterday. Par 3 137 yards to the pin. Pin set in the back and a few paces from the edge. Pulled out the 9i,aimed and flushed it. Half way there I knew it was to much club and I nervously watched it land near the pin and roll off the green. Went up and saw the pitch mark about 2-3' pin high.

ball in the back about a yard off in the rough. With a downhill slope,a chip would have been a disaster. What the hell, I decided to try and putt it. Rolled just past the hole. putt for par.

 

I really never thought about putting from the rough but put a little bit of a steeper swing and swing down into the ball.

 

learnt a new trick.

 

Yes---- you can teach a dog....

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Let me tell you anytime I can get that putter in my hand around the green I am going to do it. All of us old schoolers do that. I also like in certain cases the belly wedge.

 

In the case you described us old farts would tell you "great play" as in being creative and making a good play for the shot at hand

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Absolutely use a putter around the green when I feel I have a better chance of getting closer to the hole then I would with a pitch. There are 14 clubs in the bag, and the scorecard doesn't tell you what you hit to get to whatever score you get for a hole, so use whatever works for you in whatever situation you put yourself in.

 

 

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Many golfers can benefit from putting around the green. I've had many good players and teachers recommend it as well as the theory of get the ball in the green and rolling as quick as possible.

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Green or fringe I am putting. Light rough close to fring and hole I might be putting. Just depends of the variables.

 

Puttrr in hand for sure when I can.

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I always putt if I can. I have more cofindence getting it close from the fringe with a putter. I can usually get a good roll out of the fringe but it gets "skippy" out of any rough. Whether this is a technique problem or a legitimate reason to not putt out of light rough, I don't know. Out of light rough or thicker I always chip. The chip shot always depends on he lie and grass but that is for a different thread.

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I always look to putting first, if I can get it rolling quick.

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Absolutely use a putter around the green when I feel I have a better chance of getting closer to the hole then I would with a pitch. There are 14 clubs in the bag, and the scorecard doesn't tell you what you hit to get to whatever score you get for a hole, so use whatever works for you in whatever situation you put yourself in.

 

 

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sometimes habits and stubborness get in the way. :D

For me, that is my downfall. 

But, hey, i learned something yesterday.

 

thanks for the reply

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thanks for the replies guys.

What's in my Mizuno BR-D2 bag

OFFICIAL TESTER FOR THE PING i500 CLUBS.

Currently playing Ping i500 w/ Alta CB graphite shafts 

  :mizuno-small: MP 25 - fitted w/ Project X shafts - stiff

  :titelist-small: 60  / 56  :mizuno-small: 52

  :titelist-small: 910 D2 driver - 9.5 degree -fitted13   F 3 wood 13.5 deg   :nike-small: CPR 3 hybrid

:nike-small: Method mallet

Dexterity:

I shoot left-handed so no one can ask me "Hey, can I try that club?" 

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Played with an above average guy today, he used his hybrid when just off the fringe. Mainly when he was on the apron and had a good distance to the hole. He got up and down 4-5 times using this method. Thinking of giving it a try, but I would imagine it takes a lot of practice.

 

 

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Played with an above average guy today, he used his hybrid when just off the fringe. Mainly when he was on the apron and had a good distance to the hole. He got up and down 4-5 times using this method. Thinking of giving it a try, but I would imagine it takes a lot of practice.

 

 

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From my experience this method is great to get the ball rolling but speed control is very difficult. I use my normal putting grip (left hand low) and treat it like a putt. It gets a little lift on the ball so it stays on top of the thicker fringe grass where a putter shot would get hung up in the grass. The face is very hot since it is a distance club so speed control takes a lot of practice. If you can prefect the speed this is a very useful technique.

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I suck at fringe putting and I mean flat out suck. I'm working on improving it but I'm just more comfortable taking a wedge or short iron on those little fringe shots and bumping it on the green.

 

 

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I found out today that I can putt from the fringe with perfect speed, the pin in, and the ball does a 360º lip out without touching the flagstick.  Just the typical luck I had today.

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For us amateurs always...

 

Putt when you can,

chip when you can't putt,

pitch when you have to.

 

I have never heard this before but this is literally what I do. Sometimes there is the outlier where I take too much club and end up 60 ft away on the fringe and I chip so I don't have to muscle it but for the most part this is money. Now I just need to be good at putting and this would matter a lot more. ; )

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Played with an above average guy today, he used his hybrid when just off the fringe. Mainly when he was on the apron and had a good distance to the hole. He got up and down 4-5 times using this method. Thinking of giving it a try, but I would imagine it takes a lot of practice.

 

 

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I tried it a few times. didn't work out so I just threw that idea out the window. Different strokes....

What's in my Mizuno BR-D2 bag

OFFICIAL TESTER FOR THE PING i500 CLUBS.

Currently playing Ping i500 w/ Alta CB graphite shafts 

  :mizuno-small: MP 25 - fitted w/ Project X shafts - stiff

  :titelist-small: 60  / 56  :mizuno-small: 52

  :titelist-small: 910 D2 driver - 9.5 degree -fitted13   F 3 wood 13.5 deg   :nike-small: CPR 3 hybrid

:nike-small: Method mallet

Dexterity:

I shoot left-handed so no one can ask me "Hey, can I try that club?" 

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If I can putt I will, and I use my putter. Fringe, second cut, etc..

 

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I always putt if I can but you aren't putting out of our rough this time of year. You won't get the club on the ball.

 

 

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I suck at fringe putting and I mean flat out suck. I'm working on improving it but I'm just more comfortable taking a wedge or short iron on those little fringe shots and bumping it on the green.

 

 

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That's because a lot of these folks are dealing with bent grass fringes and not the grainy Bermuda in Central Texas. I feel your pain from just off the green. Bermuda is tough because of how it grows and the thickness of the blade. Unless you are completely down grain, that ball isn't going to react the way you want it to. I just tell folks who play Bermuda to stick with their wedges as best you can. It just takes a lot of practice.

 

 

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I will sometimes use my 7iron or hybrid to putt when my ball is in thick fringe rough or has too much fringe to cover before the ball will hit the green. It has really helped me with understanding that creativity matters and is what helps make the game fun.

 

 

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I love using my putter around the greens. It is significantly more consistent than my other clubs and I find when putting on the fringe it makes me have a more confident stroke to get it through the fringe and to the hole.

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I tried it a few times. didn't work out so I just threw that idea out the window. Different strokes....

Practice it if you can. There may just come a time..............

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I suck at fringe putting and I mean flat out suck. I'm working on improving it but I'm just more comfortable taking a wedge or short iron on those little fringe shots and bumping it on the green.

 

 

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Everyone must play their own game and do whatever is comfortable to them. Absolutely nothing with the way you do it if you have confidence in it

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That's because a lot of these folks are dealing with bent grass fringes and not the grainy Bermuda in Central Texas. I feel your pain from just off the green. Bermuda is tough because of how it grows and the thickness of the blade. Unless you are completely down grain, that ball isn't going to react the way you want it to. I just tell folks who play Bermuda to stick with their wedges as best you can. It just takes a lot of practice.

 

 

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Exactly! I don't have a hard time with that little bump wedge either so I'm not losing sleep over it but I'm sure putting off the green would be an asset I could use if I ever traveled and played somewhere like that.

 

 

 

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Irons: Ben Hogan Ptx 22-46 degree (4-pw)stiff flex standard lie

Wedges: Callaway Mac Daddy 4 50,54,58 degrees

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I'll putt from the fringe if I'm a foot or less sometimes...but those little delicate chips are fun and I don't mind hitting them. I actually prefer to actually. But I'm not normal in that area. Some call me crazy....

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Okay, so it seems like most of us putt when we are just in the fringe. Do y'all chip when your are in a tightly mown collection are 10 yards off the green? I normally chip from those but do y'all putt?

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Callaway Rogue 3W Mitsubishi Diamana D+ LTD 80 stiff

Mizuno MP-18 MMC FLI-HI 2 iron UST Mamiya Recoil 95 stiff

Ping I200's 4-W Aerotech Steelfiber I110 CW stiff

Ping Glide 52* and 58* stiff

Bettinardi Studio Stock #38 Armlock

 

 

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Okay, so it seems like most of us putt when we are just in the fringe. Do y'all chip when your are in a tightly mown collection are 10 yards off the green? I normally chip from those but do y'all putt?

We don't have many collection areas and the bailout areas are normally a little thicker so I would typically use my 58.

I have a tendency to use a lot of clubs around the green depending on how much run out I'm looking for. If it was a tight lie and say a middleish pin I'm probably going gap wedge.

At the beginning of the year I had a 4 Iron obsession around the greens, but that has since faded for more traditional methods.

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Wood:    :cobra-small: F7 3 wood 14.5* w/ Motore F1 Shaft

Irons:   :titleist-small: T Series - T200 5 Iron
                                          T150 6-9 Iron
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Wedge:  Toura Golf - A Spec 53,37,61 degree 

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