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Driver on the fairway?

• onlymarsden2 89 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 3:19 PM

  What is thoughts on this? How well have you played this shot?

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 3:21 PM

  Nice in the real game but not here.

  You can only punch it, and it will be shorter than a hybrid.

  I wonder how some seem to use it on the green.

• onlymarsden2 89 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 3:29 PM

  I understand the punch.. was curious if anybody plays this shot; and if so, what and when.

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 4:19 PM

  onlymarsden2:

  I understand the punch.. was curious if anybody plays this shot; and if so, what and when.

  Back when before I made legend and before they brought out the R11 3 wood I carried no 3 wood and would use the punched driver on a few Par 5 second shots. As long as you don't need to get over a bunker or hazard it works fairly well. Also the punched driver can be very effective from the tee on # 1 @ St. Andrews if you have heavy tail winds, Sneaky long there but safe.

   

  alosso:

  I wonder how some seem to use it on the green.

  For a putt of a foot or 2 just use punch and move the meter about 10% power and you get a topped drive that usually will go in the hole. I am almost up to silver choke relief doing that. The game counts that punched putt as a drive of under 100 yards.

• jeffmatulich 482 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 5:14 PM

  borntobesting:

  The game counts that punched putt as a drive of under 100 yards.

  and that explains it.....hahaha...learn somethin new everyday. LOL

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 11:05 PM

  I think they stopped that counting as a choke relief a few months back. 

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 11:29 PM

  borntobesting:

  Back when before I made legend and before they brought out the R11 3 wood I carried no 3 wood and would use the punched driver on a few Par 5 second shots. As long as you don't need to get over a bunker or hazard it works fairly well.

  Thus it may be more useful than I thought.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 6:17 AM

  onlymarsden2:

  I understand the punch.. was curious if anybody plays this shot; and if so, what and when.

  SA#1 always. It keeps you out of the water on any kind of mishit and also gives you a full shot to the green (as opposed to choking some other shot.)

  The 239 yard par 3 at RSG. A punched driver runs up nice.

  Any long par 5 fairway where there's room to roll and you're fighting heavy wind in a bad direction.

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 6:27 AM

  YankeeJim:

  The 239 yard par 3 at RSG. A punched driver runs up nice.

  Shh! Don't tell everybody.

• onlymarsden2 89 Posts

  Sun, Mar 31 2013 1:30 PM

  Thankyou to all that posted.

  I was more intrested in driver on the fairway... not the punch shot. I guess i was'nt that clear with my first post.

  I have played this shot in real golf with a 9.5 degree driver on a long par 5 (595 yards) because my 3 wood tends to hook a little.

  Yes; I've played the same shot with hybrids, 3 irons, 4&5 irons and 5 wood. even 6 iron when the warm wheather is here.

  I've yet to try (maybe in a pratice round) because i hate pratice... a driver of the deck (driver from fairway)

  Does anybody use this shot (in the game) and what are your results.