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You're 20 yards off the inexperienced at the end of the green, and here it is once more, that time of the round wherein you lose those valuable strokes, turning your tally into various too long to fit on a law score card.
Do you are taking out your pitching wedge and strive your great Phil Mickelson flop shot? Best go away that to Phil! Maybe you take out your putter, then grip it and rip it to sink that 60-footer from the green? Only if you're organized to twelve-putt.
Your quality bet? Take out a high iron and put together to bump-and-run.
The bump-and-run shot is simple to execute and carries pretty low threat, especially if you've got unique situations on your choose.
Condition #1: A green that runs towards you. In other words, a "backboard" to protect your ball, should you skull it. Don't worry, you're not going to skull it. (Ok, who are we kidding? You might skull it, but that's what the backboard is for!)
Condition #2: a slight hill running as much as the inexperienced, allowing your ball to "bump" before it runs.
You do not continually want those conditions to use, however having one or each will truly growth your probabilities of fulfillment.
I often use this shot on the second hole on my home course (Pine Meadows in Lexington, MA). This hole features Condition #2, a slight hill before the green, but lacks Condition #1, the backboard. The reason I often use the bump-and-run on this hole is because the green is a "turtleback" design. This means that the edge of the green runs away from the hole in all directions in a way that makes you want to travel back in time and slap the course architect and ask them what you did to deserve a green like this. ALL directions? Three wasn't enough? Sorry...back to our shot.
For the bump and run, I always use an 8-iron to present me sufficient loft to get the golfing ball inside the air, but nonetheless have a number of the ahead momentum I want. You can play the ball right from the center of your stance or closer to the interior of your back foot. Playing it too some distance forward should provide you with more lift than you want for this shot.
Now, choose a spot some yards brief of the inexperienced. If the pin is close to the slope you're aiming for, then you may both take some power off your swing or aim decrease at the slope.
Once you've picked your spot, take a quarter or half backswing and finish with your club low. If all goes to plan, the ball will have a low flight, hit the slope, and roll into the cup, as your golf buddies carry you triumphantly to the clubhouse until realizing that you're only on the second hole. The good news is that you've got sixteen more holes to bump-and-run!
Here is PGA Tour professional golfer Jim Furyk with a visual golfing tip at the bump and run shot.
BIO: Brian Adams
Brian Adams is a left-passed golfer and monetary expert from the Greater Boston area who sometimes writes, performs stand-up comedy, and directs music motion pictures as a way to scratch his inventive itch. You can locate a number of his movies on the Orange Aura Productions Facebook web page.
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