Shankster Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I grew up playing on bluegrass mix grass fairways, and maybe some fescue. Al tightly mown. I am not getting the top quality strikes with my wedges off of this fluffy fairway stuff. It’s like the ball is tee’d up, and there isn’t a bottom... never ending pit. Weird... Any players who play strictly on Bermuda? What’s your secret? I’m having trouble getting used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMookie Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I grew up playing on bluegrass mix grass fairways, and maybe some fescue. Al tightly mown. I am not getting the top quality strikes with my wedges off of this fluffy fairway stuff. It’s like the ball is tee’d up, and there isn’t a bottom... never ending pit. Weird... Any players who play strictly on Bermuda? What’s your secret? I’m having trouble getting used to it.I play on Bermuda all the time, it ours is tight, so the “bottom of the pit” is only about 1/2” down. Add to this, it’s usually hardpan, I play wedges with low bounce!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Shankster 1 Quote Driver: Ping G430 Max 9*, Ping Tour 70X Fairway: Ping G425 15*, Ping Tour 70X Hybrid: Ping G425 22*, Ping Tour 80X Irons: Ping i230 4-GW, TT DG X100 Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 Ball: Titleist 2023 AVX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEZIPR23 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I have played on Bermuda my whole life. When you figure it out let me know please! Shankster 1 Quote Stealth 2+ 9 (Diamana PD 60 S 45") Stealth 2+ 15 (Diamana PD 70 S 43") G425 19 (Raijin 2.0 85x) G425 22 (Raijin 2.0 85x) ZX7 5-9 (KBS C Taper S) Vokey SM9 45 10 F (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 49 08 F (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 55 08 M (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 59 04 T (KBS 610) Spider GT Splitback 34" ProV1 #23 Twitter @THEZIPR23 "One thing Golf has taught me, is that my muscles have no memory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 I have played on Bermuda my whole life. When you figure it out let me know please!Yeah, feels like I have to purposely hit it thin...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEZIPR23 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, Shankster said: Yeah, feels like I have to purposely hit it thin...? Pretty much, only real success I have had is sweeping everything. The problem is that then the ball sits down and sweeping is not an option. There are many shots where I look down and have hit it about 1 groove from top of club. It's a guessing game. I play lowest bounce possible but not sure that is the best approach. Shankster 1 Quote Stealth 2+ 9 (Diamana PD 60 S 45") Stealth 2+ 15 (Diamana PD 70 S 43") G425 19 (Raijin 2.0 85x) G425 22 (Raijin 2.0 85x) ZX7 5-9 (KBS C Taper S) Vokey SM9 45 10 F (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 49 08 F (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 55 08 M (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 59 04 T (KBS 610) Spider GT Splitback 34" ProV1 #23 Twitter @THEZIPR23 "One thing Golf has taught me, is that my muscles have no memory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfertrb Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I have played on Bermuda my whole time of playing and I have a very shallow approach to the ball - my miss is actually thin more than fat by a large margin. As others have said, I tend to have a low bounce lob wedge and a mid bounce gap wedge to give me options. The lies tend to be very fluffy or hardpan it seems so I tend to take small divots. On fluffy lies it's really hard to compress the ball but most of our fairways and areas around the green are tightly mown so it's not as much of an issue there. I tend to hit a lot of knockdown type shots which has helped with contact and direction. A good example: last week I had missed the fairway and had a birds nest type lie you often get in Bermuda. I had 134 into a 15 mph wind (which helped) - I took 8 iron and opened it up quite a bit, put the ball back in my stance and hit a little knockdown, hold off type of shot which worked really well. It's a lot of trying different shots and getting to know the grass.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Shankster 1 Quote Ping G400 LST 8.5* Graphite Design DI 6 stiff 45" Taylormade RBZ Proto 14.5* Oban Kiyoshi 85 04 42.5" Adams 4555 19* Matrix Ozik Altus 80 S/X 42" Ping G410 Crossover 2 Project X Even Flow Blue 85 6.0 40" Ping i500 4-8 Modus 105 Stiff Ping Blueprint 9-P Modus 105 Stiff Fourteen RM-12 53* and 58* Tour Issue Black Onyx s400 Odyssey Tour Black Series 9 35" Flatso 1.0 Srixon Z Star XV 2018 Ping Hoofer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 D grind Shankster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmikecpa Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I play a high bounce wedge in Bermuda rough. The MD4 X grind works well for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Shankster and MDGolfHacker 2 Quote WITB 2024 Driver: Qi10 LS 9* Ltd. HZRDUS RDX Smoke Blue 60 TX Fairway: BRNR Mini Driver Copper 13.5* Evenflow Black 75g 6.5 Fairway: Sim 19* HZRDUS Red 75g 6.5 Hybrid: 0317x 22* KBS Proto 95x Irons: X Forged CB 5 - PW MMT 105 TX Wedges: Jaws Raw 50*, 54* & 58* TTDG "OG" Spinner Putter: Toulon Madison BGT Fire 34.75" Ball: Z Star Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I don't generally have problems in the fairway; the rough is a killer. You can end up with a ball that sits on top or sinks to the bottom. For those that sink, you have to hit down and hold on so the head doesn't rotate. For those on top, you have to sweep it at the right depth and hit slightly up on the ball. This is part of why I struggle so much with my shortgame. Shankster, THEZIPR23 and MDGolfHacker 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 Looking at that K grind... Vokey shop has a 56/16 MDGolfHacker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmikecpa Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Looking at that K grind... Vokey shop has a 56/16The D grind is a more versatile K grind and worth a look. I had the K grind in the lob wedge and it limited the shots I could hit around the green. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Shankster and golfertrb 2 Quote WITB 2024 Driver: Qi10 LS 9* Ltd. HZRDUS RDX Smoke Blue 60 TX Fairway: BRNR Mini Driver Copper 13.5* Evenflow Black 75g 6.5 Fairway: Sim 19* HZRDUS Red 75g 6.5 Hybrid: 0317x 22* KBS Proto 95x Irons: X Forged CB 5 - PW MMT 105 TX Wedges: Jaws Raw 50*, 54* & 58* TTDG "OG" Spinner Putter: Toulon Madison BGT Fire 34.75" Ball: Z Star Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfertrb Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 The D Grind is great - similar to a M Grind but with more bounce. A really solid choice. Quote Ping G400 LST 8.5* Graphite Design DI 6 stiff 45" Taylormade RBZ Proto 14.5* Oban Kiyoshi 85 04 42.5" Adams 4555 19* Matrix Ozik Altus 80 S/X 42" Ping G410 Crossover 2 Project X Even Flow Blue 85 6.0 40" Ping i500 4-8 Modus 105 Stiff Ping Blueprint 9-P Modus 105 Stiff Fourteen RM-12 53* and 58* Tour Issue Black Onyx s400 Odyssey Tour Black Series 9 35" Flatso 1.0 Srixon Z Star XV 2018 Ping Hoofer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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