How would you play this shot?

[xOldBenKenobiX]

13 hours ago, LeftyRM7 said:

I’d putt it, but with my hybrid.


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I am going to have to practice the hybrid putt, I have heard of it before but never tried to pull it off my self.

[AceBino]

Bump and run with an 8 or 9 iron.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

13 hours ago, StrawberryShortCake said:

7 iron bump and run, try and hit 1 foot back from the fringe and she'll roll right up.

That is a great idea, I usually use the 7 or 6 from the first couple of feet of green-side rough for my bump and runs, I am going to have to try it from the fairway if the same circumstances repeat it self.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

2 minutes ago, AceBino said:

Bump and run with an 8 or 9 iron.

I don't think I've ever used my 9 iron for a bump and run, I am going to try that next time I am at the practice green.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

1 hour ago, tony@CIC said:

15 yds - depending on the elevation is a bump and roll with a 7i or 8i. If I was chipping, even with my 60*  I'd have a tendency for the ball to roll out past the pin. 

@tony@CIC Funny, my buddy Chris is also a lefty, That is my problem with the wedges in general, I cannot hit a consistent high spin where the ball will stop quickly, most of the time, the ball will roll way past my target spot.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

1 hour ago, Kenny B said:

I used to play a 58 but switched to a 60 two years ago.  It's all in the technique, and takes practice.  My 60 has 12º of bounce but a C-grind, and our turf is firm.  If I start blading the ball, I need to practice more.  

I have a 58 that was bent to close to 60, I am getting a lot of use from that club around the green and bunkers, I have a hard time opening the face and the more loft it means I can try using a square face, which is much easier for me.

 I think on my next wedge purchase, I am getting a true 60 with the appropriate bounce, most of the courses we play are fairly dry and great fairways.

[Kenny B]

1 minute ago, SnakeDoc said:

I have a 58 that was bent to close to 60, I am getting a lot of use from that club around the green and bunkers, I have a hard time opening the face and the more loft it means I can try using a square face, which is much easier for me.

 I think on my next wedge purchase, I am getting a true 60 with the appropriate bounce, most of the courses we play are fairly dry and great fairways.

I rarely open up my 60, even in bunkers.  I don't open my stance up much either.  I have always had a problem with that; the ball seemed to go in the direction I was standing, so always left of my target.  Even though the C-grind sole is supposed to help when you open the club, I feel like it has helped me hit the ball better from a square stance.  

[xOldBenKenobiX]

10 hours ago, Kenny B said:

That's in my 60º range so a little medium height shot that lands "soft like a butterfly with sore feet."  

I need to learn that butterfly landing approach, most of mine land like a monster truck in a mud pit.

 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

1 minute ago, Kenny B said:

I rarely open up my 60, even in bunkers.  I don't open my stance up much either.  I have always had a problem with that; the ball seemed to go in the direction I was standing, so always left of my target.  Even though the C-grind sole is supposed to help when you open the club, I feel like it has helped me hit the ball better from a square stance.  

With that modifies 58, I am able to keep mostly square at the ball and getting some good results.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

22 minutes ago, Sean! said:

Kill that into the hill and run it to the hole! 

That is a shot I do not possess just yet, but I am sure to try practicing 

[CarlH]

  From the image, the hole looks like there's not a lot of room, so a wedge would require too much precision with little room for error.  If there was more green to work with, I'd likely go with a wedge and fly it on the green, otherwise I'd opt to go with a bump and run with 7 or 8 iron.

[tony@CIC]

34 minutes ago, SnakeDoc said:

@tony@CIC Funny, my buddy Chris is also a lefty, That is my problem with the wedges in general, I cannot hit a consistent high spin where the ball will stop quickly, most of the time, the ball will roll way past my target spot.

I was watching a lesson that Rory was giving on GC - very similar shot. His strategy was to hit a chip (not sure what wedge he was using)  to the edge of the green and let the ball roll out. I've got a pretty good short game but I'd end up blading the wedge if I tried that - so I stick with the bump and run. 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

11 minutes ago, CarlH said:

  From the image, the hole looks like there's not a lot of room, so a wedge would require too much precision with little room for error.  If there was more green to work with, I'd likely go with a wedge and fly it on the green, otherwise I'd opt to go with a bump and run with 7 or 8 iron.

Yep the flag was only about 6 paces from the fringe that day, very easy to misjudge and hit it too far in.

The green is like a dome and a few feet past where the hole was cut, it starts dropping back and right, so if hit too hard, you might end up in the rough just off the fringe. 

[dlow206]

I would overthink it and either chunk it and be short of the green or blade it over the green

[DaveP043]

56 minutes ago, SnakeDoc said:

That was my thinking, I was trying to get my self in the green with an uphill putt

Many people have said it, your worst putt will be way better than your worst chip.  In my decision-making, this gets down to estimating the consistency of the fairway grass, and evaluating the lie of the ball from a pitching standpoint.  This is often a regional thing, some places have tighter (more predictable) fairway turf, others have a little more grass under the ball.  I would rarely "chip" this, to me its easier to estimate the roll of a putt than it is to estimate the first bounce of a chip landing short of the green.  I want to either carry it to the green itself, or roll it all the way.  

[AceBino]

1 hour ago, SnakeDoc said:

I don't think I've ever used my 9 iron for a bump and run, I am going to try that next time I am at the practice green.

I use the 9 for when I'm playing faster greens here in Northern VA.  Shaggy/bumpy greens I'd go with the 8.  

[ballplayer002003]

10 hours ago, TimoTe said:

Sometimes I even use my hybrid to just get the ball rolling above the grass. Works better than a putter when you have a lot of fringe to go through. 

This was interesting: 

 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

  

10 minutes ago, ballplayer002003 said:

This was interesting: 

 

 

James losing to Chris once again 

 

Edited June 9, 2020 by SnakeDoc

[LeftyRM7]

I am going to have to practice the hybrid putt, I have heard of it before but never tried to pull it off my self.

I highly recommend the hybrid putt. I feel like it’s a cheat code around the green. My chipping is definitely the strength of my game, but on those long putts from off the green, the hybrid eliminates a lot of variables. No worries about strike like with a wedge, and it’s a nice short putting stroke that’s easy to control.


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[DaveP043]

6 minutes ago, LeftyRM7 said:

I highly recommend the hybrid putt. I feel like it’s a cheat code around the green. My chipping is definitely the strength of my game, but on those long putts from off the green, the hybrid eliminates a lot of variables. No worries about strike like with a wedge, and it’s a nice short putting stroke that’s easy to control.

This is a shot I don't try, because I don't practice it, I'd rather putt with a putter if I'm choosing to roll the ball.  What advantage do you see in rolling it with a hybrid instead of a putter?  For me, I'd expect to have distance control issues with the longer club.

[DiscipleofPenick]

Mid iron bump & run. I use the 7, but anything could work

Take Dead Aim

[Jwhite86]

I'm bump it into the hill with a PW and then pray

[DaveP043]

2 hours ago, AceBino said:

I use the 9 for when I'm playing faster greens here in Northern VA.  Shaggy/bumpy greens I'd go with the 8.  

I'll use a 9-iron sometimes when I have 40 or 50 feet to the flag, and just 5 or 10 feet to the edge of the green.  But I tend to play that type of chip back in my stance and hit it fairly low, might be a 7-iron loft at impact.  So where in NoVa do you play?  I'm a member at Stoneleigh, out west past Leesburg.

[JDHolmes]

Putter if its cut close enough.

Thicker fringe grass and id probably use a 9 iron

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[Brian A]

I’d use my 56* and try to drop it close. That’s what I trust the most

[Shankster]

2 hopper low 56° is my first thought.

Second look is a high spinner land or as close to the flagstick as I could, I’d be aiming right for it. It would be a wide open 56°, so mega bounce there for a mistake assist.

[gavinski91]

7 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

This is a shot I don't try, because I don't practice it, I'd rather putt with a putter if I'm choosing to roll the ball.  What advantage do you see in rolling it with a hybrid instead of a putter?  For me, I'd expect to have distance control issues with the longer club.

I'm with you in that I don't see the benefit here. It's a shot I have in the bag, but I'd use it when I'm just off the fringe so that the ball can land on the fringe or green and bounce more predictably.

[PMookie]

Depends on how I feel when I get to the ball, but probably a “toed-wedge”. Possibly a 9 iron bump-and-run, but its running up there one-way or the other.

[gavinski91]

1 hour ago, PMookie said:

Depends on how I feel when I get to the ball, but probably a “toed-wedge”. Possibly a 9 iron bump-and-run, but its running up there one-way or the other.

I initially read this as a "toe-wedge", and assumed it was a new variant of the classic "foot wedge".

[LeftyRM7]

This is a shot I don't try, because I don't practice it, I'd rather putt with a putter if I'm choosing to roll the ball.  What advantage do you see in rolling it with a hybrid instead of a putter?  For me, I'd expect to have distance control issues with the longer club.

I choke up to the bottom of the grip like I would any other chip with my wedge, so the club length isn’t an issue. I find with the putter, the bigger the swing the more problems arise, like bad strikes and distance control issues. Instead of having to try to whack it out of the rough/fringe with my putter and guess how hot/far it will come out with half the swing you can get the ball rolling on the green. I’ll use my hybrid in a heartbeat on a long uphill put, especially if I’m going up a tier in the green, way easier to control distance.

Chris Dennis has done a few videos on his YouTube channel recently showing better proximity with a hybrid around the greens. I’ve had similar results.


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