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Re: Merion 5th Hole

• FarFoo 2,920 Posts

  Wed, Jan 15 2014 5:55 PM

  Front pin: Smart shot is short then pitch to pin. guaranteed par / possible bird with a little practice. Although I often tend to have a go at the pin with second shot for the hell of it. (which gets me a bogey sometimes)
  Pitch: http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=5d361041-77b1-4f6b-9365-a2a100cb590e
  Back pin: Only thing I can add is that there is a sweet spot if you land at the pin. So long as wind is not pushing ball left / forward too much.
  Obviously depends on balls/ clubs. This shot was with R11's not the new irons which have more bs.
  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=cc987762-9414-4a91-8fb1-a27f01377d15

• donsprintr 2,063 Posts

  Wed, Jan 15 2014 6:40 PM

  I would bulldoze that green flat-er .... and #6 ... some greens are just insane. 

  List:

  • Merion #5
  • Merion #6
  • Bethpage #15
  • Cabo Del Sol #18
  • Many on Whistler but #12 stands out like a sore toe ....

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Wed, Jan 15 2014 9:49 PM

  SweetiePie:

  courteneyfish:

  Well i aim short and left if it's the front pin, then flop close. If it's the back pin I go slightly long and flop close again. You don't want to leave a putt over 3 or 4 feet on that hole.

   

  I agree with CF. There are many more par & birdie chances and rarely more than than a  bogey, with the flop in hand.

  2ft or less putt on champs can be deadly.  

  Suppose I agree too, but I always aim right (front pin) and try to get the ball rolling up and around towards pin.  One day I will get it right....lol

  Most of the time it will roll off the green, then the flop comes in handy.  I found using the other types of shots...  if you don't hit it hard enough, the ball will roll back to your feet.

  -Roger

• JasonNumber100 2,909 Posts

  Wed, Jan 15 2014 11:41 PM

  Thanks, guys.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Fri, Jan 17 2014 11:34 AM

  Yep, for the front hole placement just land short and right of the hole:

  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=503e0804-41b9-479d-9656-a1d6015a0ebf

   

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Fri, Jan 17 2014 12:45 PM

  Apex is right...

   208 yd 4-iron eagle

• JasonNumber100 2,909 Posts

  Fri, Jan 17 2014 1:45 PM

  Wow. Nice shots, guys. Almost identical.

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Fri, Jan 17 2014 3:51 PM

  Jason, thanks very much.  For the back pin you want to use backspin and land on the right edge of the green just past the hole.  The ball should funnel down and leave an uphill putt for bird.

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Fri, Jan 24 2014 7:49 AM

  SweetiePie:

  with the flop in hand.

  Isnt that another name for 'brewers droop'??