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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.

was that a real dog?


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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.

Brian


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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.

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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.

Rick

"He who has the fastest cart will never have a bad lie."

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