uphill/downhill pin locations

[Young04]

Hey all...i have always had trouble judging which club to use with uphill/downhill pins, perpetually landing them long and short. anyone know of a good guideline? someone told me that if you're going uphill, apparently about 7 degrees of incline equals another 10 yards (125 to pin, 7 degrees of incline, play it like 135). he said he got that playing with a range finder. i'd imagine it would be different for downhill and in any case, non-linear for both downhill and uphill pins. anyway, if anyone knows of a good set of guidelines to go by, it would be much appreciated.

thanks a lot.

[iacas]

Hey all...i have always had trouble judging which club to use with uphill/downhill pins, perpetually landing them long and short. anyone know of a good guideline? someone told me that if you're going uphill, apparently about 7 degrees of incline equals another 10 yards (125 to pin, 7 degrees of incline, play it like 135). he said he got that playing with a range finder. i'd imagine it would be different for downhill and in any case, non-linear for both downhill and uphill pins. anyway, if anyone knows of a good set of guidelines to go by, it would be much appreciated.

7 degrees of incline on a 100 yard shot plays differently than on a 200-yard shot. That rule can't work very often... and it depends on the trajectory each individual hits their shots.

I've found by using MY range finder that slope plays very little into the distance, unless it's quite severe. My suggestion is to develop a feel for the distance. You'll be able to choose a club more confidently that way anyway, and the confidence will usually more than make up for any slight rounding errors in your "feel" that day. And it'll always beat a purely mathematical approach, given that you don't know the exact trajectory each of your irons takes.