2 Secrets On How To Get Your Golf Ball Clear Of That Heavy Rough

 

It is a marvelous feeling to jump into your own Club Car golf cart or one of the club's cheap golf carts (like their Bag Boy golf carts) with your friend and family and head out onto the golf course.

It would also be lovely, but some people would say a little boring, if you could keep your golf on the fairway and out of the bunkers and rough all the way to the green but in the real world that simply does not happen even for the best of professional golfers.

We all hit the occasional, or in a few instances numerous shots, off the fairway and into the rough or into a bunker but the real problem comes when your ball winds up in the heavy rough with grass clear up to your knees. Here all too many golfers take several 'hacks' to get their ball out and the hole becomes a total disaster.

However, anyone who has ever watched the professionals in action will know that this does not need to be a disaster. So, what is the secret to success?

There are 2 secrets and the first applies when your ball is in the heavy rough but is still some way from the green and the second applies whenever the ball is relatively close to the putting green.

When you are still some distance from the flag then your objective should not be to gain distance from your shot but should just be to get your ball out of the rough and on the fairway so that you are positioned to then get yourself onto the green.

In order to achieve this you are going to have to make use of a a nine iron or wedge, both of which have plenty of weight to attack the tall grass and sufficient loft to get the ball into the air and clear of the grass quickly.

You must also make sure that the club blade is open when you are addressing the ball because the grass will grab the club head when you take your shot. You then have to minimize the quantity of grass you are swinging through which means making an upright back swing and a strong down swing that is controlled with a very firm left hand. This particular shot will not get you much distance but it will get your ball up into the air swiftly and carry it forward enough to put you back onto the fairway.

If you are close to the putting green then this shot will also work very well but you need to take care that your ball does not then roll clear through the green. In this case therefore you have to aim to hit 2 to 3 inches behind the ball and make sure that your shot has a complete follow through. This will produce a shot which is very similar to that used to get your ball out of sand and will not only fire your ball into the air to clear the deep rough but will also result in a soft landing on the green and so reduce any forward roll.