really high rough

[jerry g]

there's a short par 5 at this course that i rarely play and to the right of the fairway is a cliff. they keep the rough really high to help keep balls from going over the edge, but it is hard to get out of there. i was about 180 to the green and decided to hit a 7 iron, more loft than i normally would, just trying to get it up somewhere near the green. well, i pulled/hooked it out the tall grass and ended up in the trees on the other side of the fairway. i had an opening to the green with my third shot but i wonder what i need to do from there. the best approach is probably going to a more lofted club, maybe a 9 or pw to just get out and into the fairway, not even worry about getting up near the green. do you think it would be possible to hit a 7 wood out of there, since it is heavier than the iron? that's some of the deepest rough i've seen so i dunno.

[Leftygolfer]

The longest club I will hit out of that sort of stuff would be a 7 iron. I just don't have the speed to hit anything longer.

[Scottydoint]

A wood is no good from the deep stuff. You need not only a lot of club head speed, but also a club that will cut through the rough better. A SW will be your easiest to get out with , but you need/wanted some distance on it, so a 7 iron was probably fine, you just didn't execute it. Come in the ball at a steeper angle to minimize the amount of grass you have to go through.

[Fourputt]

If you're in that deep, just wedge it back into play. More strokes are lost by players trying to do too much from an impossible situation than from any other reason.