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You asked about out of the rough - Pat O'Brien (Zach Johnson's putting/short game guru) gave me a shot that I had never seen before - experiment at your risk on varying degrees of rough. Take your highest lofted wedge around the green in deep rough where the above pitching techniques may  not work, for example, where the ball is sitting down in the rough. Get into your pitching setup, vertical shaft, etc., and turn your wrists so the club is wide open at address. Do not regrip. Take a square faced club at address and open it up by turning your wrists. Now take your swing and release the club as normal. For some reason, it works. Experiment, and as usual, your mileage may vary.

Out of deep rough and general nasty gunk lies I find that Utley's green side bunker technique works really well. Thump right behind it with the bounce and pop that sucker right on out.

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Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

Out of deep rough and general nasty gunk lies I find that Utley's green side bunker technique works really well. Thump right behind it with the bounce and pop that sucker right on out.

I use both, and find Pat O'Brien's method works more consistently for me out of deep, rough, not too thick stuff ...

Rough varies based on geography. I play out of deep bermuda, sometimes it is thick, at other times, not so thick. Out of thick bermuda, I use Utley but really have to thump down on it hard.

I picked up Utley's Art of the Swing and youtube vids to pick up on his latest ... picked up the Art of Putting (again), and will probably pick up the Art of the Short Game (again).

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