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When did you essentially stop shanking/duffing the ball?

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3 minutes ago, Valleygolfer said:

I stopped duffing and shanking the ball two weeks and 2 days ago. It oddly coincides with the last time I played golf...

Funny that as I was reading your first sentence, I was thinking independently of your second one. That's about right unless your a low single digit or scratch I guess? :-)

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natureboy Great Member

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On 4/15/2016 at 4:39 PM, Mop Bucket said:

No one ever stops completely, it just happens less frequently. 

Even the odd one pops out for the pros - and consistent ballstrikers at that (Stricker at the U.S. Open, Stenson at FedEx).

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1 minute ago, natureboy said:

Even the odd one pops out for the pros - and consistent ballstrikers at that (Stricker at the U.S. Open, Stenson at FedEx).

or Spieth,,,

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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natureboy Great Member

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1 minute ago, Valleygolfer said:

or Spieth,,,

That was a bad shot but I wouldn't call it a shank. Shanks go like 45 degrees right, Spieth's wasn't that far offline. But he's likely to hit one at some point as a pro if he hasn't already.

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Just now, natureboy said:

That was a bad shot but I wouldn't call it a shank. Shanks go like 45 degrees right, Spieth's wasn't that far offline.

It was a duff or fat shot.

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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natureboy Great Member

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1 minute ago, Valleygolfer said:

It was a duff or fat shot.

I don't think it was either of those either. More of as he describes it a flare - a weak push fade with probably contact not in the sweet spot.

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2 minutes ago, natureboy said:

I don't think it was either of those either. More of as he describes it a flare - a weak push fade with probably contact not in the sweet spot.

He can call it whatever he wants, it looked like a chunk shot.

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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2 minutes ago, Valleygolfer said:

He can call it whatever he wants, it looked like a chunk shot.

If you're talking about the one after the drop on 12, yes that was fat - but it definitely was not a shank. I thought you were talking about the tee shot.

These are shanks - notice the angle from the target right from impact (also notice the 'curse of the announcer jinx):

 

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4 minutes ago, natureboy said:

If you're talking about the one after the drop on 12, yes that was fat

 

Yes that is it. His drive was a push I believe.

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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