Grass Burners

**Billiam** · August 19, 2008

How often do you hit a grass burner? Once a round? Five times a round? Once every few rounds?

For those who do not know what a 'grass burner' is, it can be defined by one of those ugly shots that doesn't go up in the air and skims it's away across the grass like a groundball in baseball.

**traviswise** · August 19, 2008

About 1-2 times a round if I am not concentrating enough and more interested in what the ball flight is going to be I tend to lift up out of my stance and top the ball as such.

**Finnstang** · August 19, 2008

I played 36 holes on Sunday, and I believe I had two. I tend to push/slice much more often.

**DirtCheap** · August 19, 2008

I did it a lot when I was starting out, but its down to about 1-2 times per round.

The poop of it is that it usually happens on the shots that I think are going to be really hard so I over-think them. I take too long in the box and after entirely too many practice swings and thinking, I usually hit a way worse shot then if I had just walked up and hit the ball.

**DJYoshi** · August 19, 2008

i'll do it once or twice in a round..especially if my ball is caught up in HEAVY rough. lately I've been hitting such bad shots that I keep getting stuck in the 2nd cut and having a ROUGH time getting out (no pun intended)

**Dent** · August 19, 2008

I play a round the other day and Couldn't hit a 4 iron for shit. I didn't grass burn it, but It was more of a in the air, 120 yard 4 iron.

**Eore** · August 19, 2008

usually once or twice a round. i did once today after hitting my best drive (a 250 yard three wood! ate my wheaties) i was hitting pitching wedge to the green.

i swung hard. i almost miss the ball. it burned the grass and killed some worms and rolled into extremely tall grass. i made up and down though (somehow.....drained a 40 footer from off the green)

**Smallville** · August 19, 2008

We always called them "worm-burners," and yeah, every so often one will rear its ugly head . . . never really did one out of the rough, my definition requires it to go a pretty good distance, just never getting off the ground. Happens to me if I try to hit a bigger slice than I am capable of controlling. Either that or I hit it perfectly straight and pretty and am now hitting 3 off the tee because it's waaaaaay left, maybe out near the interstate.

**CoolBreeze20** · August 20, 2008

I did it when I first started. Usually is the product of pulling your head up.....or swinging to hard with all arms (not transferring your weight to your left foot properly) cause you to stand up during your swing, instead of staying down. I still do it every now and again......usually with a long iron off the fairway. We always called them "worm burners" as well, or torpedos.

**JessN16** · August 20, 2008

Surprisingly, never, even given my high handicap.

That used to be my A-game shot when I was first starting out, though. (g)

These days, instead of hitting grass burners for my I-just-goofed-up shot, it's a major-league topped shot where I attempt to drive the ball straight down into the ground with the bottom of the club. I usually hit a two-hop chopper to the shortstop in that situation. Happens about 3-5 times a round.

Jess

**Billiam** · August 20, 2008

I used to only hit one-three a round but then as some of you know my swing went haywire so now I prolly hit about two dozen a round lol I'm working on it though

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