sssteele:
I have difficulty with adjusting to the rough. 20-25% 40 to 50% how do you adjust for this?
Hi sssteele,
Adjust for rough is one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome in the game. Mainly because it's inconsistent, ambiguous, and, at times, non-existent.
On most courses, 20% rough and less won't even affect your shot (at least, if it does, it's very little), so I won't cover that.
As for 20-25%, it affects your ball very little. Usually I'll tack an additional 5% or less on to my shot, but it's typically not even that much.
As for 30-40%, the effects vary from course to course (I think the British courses react differently than the others). However, I usually add around 10-20% extra on my distance (for example, an 80 yard shot now plays roughly 92 yards).
40-50% is probably the hardest of all of the reasonable lies. Usually I add about 20-25% extra on my shot (so an 80 yard shot now plays 100 yards).
But like I said, it varies. The only way you can really get a hang of it is repetition, OR, the better solution: Don't hit it in the rough in the first place.