How To Get Out Of Deep Rough
I have heard so many cliches about what to do with your full swing shots from deep rough that I thought I would share a few thoughts with you that will help. First, there are three kinds of lies in deep rough. You could have a buried lie (all sitting down), a teed up lie (ball sitting up) or a somewhat normal lie.
Let’s start with the buried lie. Remember the Rules of Golf states that you are not allowed to press down on the grass behind the golf ball. When you walk up to your ball and determine that the leading edge of the golf club is resting above the equator of the golf ball, that is a buried lie.
When you have a buried lie in the rough, the chances of you making solid contact with the golf ball are very small. It is time for you to grab a wedge and hack the ball out. If the lie is really bad you might have to aim sideways, back to the fairway.
To insure a decent shot, #1-place the ball back in your stance, #2-weight on your left side, #3-swing the club up in the backswing and chop down in the downswing. Keep one thing in mind. Your number one goal is get OUT. Hitting a quality shot is probably not going to happen. Don’t take any chances with this shot. Using a wood is out of the question.
Let’s move on to the teed up lie. Every once in a while you will hit a shot in the rough only to arrive and find the ball sitting up as thou it was on a tee. A very tall tee. This is a tricky shot to hit solid. Most of the time you will swing the golf club too steep in the downswing and the clubhead will slide underneath the ball. The result will be a high lofted, short shot.
To hit a solid shot from a lie that is sitting up in the rough you have to do three things. #1-Make sure you are sitting back on your heels at address. #2-During the backswing the club has to swing around you and not up and down. #3-During the downswing the arms have to release before the right shoulder turns. One last thing, you can hit any club in your bag from the sand wedge to the three wood.
Some times when you are in deep rough you will have a lie that is your standard deep rough lie. Not to buried and not sitting up. When you are faced with this shot there are a couple of things to remember. The chances of you getting the clubface on to the back of the golf ball squarely are pretty small. Most of the time you wind up hitting these shot fat.
Remember to do a couple of things for a solid shot out of deep rough. First, take a lofted club. The flatter the face the more difficult to get to the bottom of the ball. The second thing to remember is to choke down on the club. By choking down you have to stand closer to the ball and this will alow the club to swing steeper. The last thing to remember is to follow through low. By finishing low the clubhead will have a chance to find the bottom of the ball and not the top.
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