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Proper club selection from different lies

• pinkgirl34 59 Posts

  Tue, Jul 14 2009 7:31 PM

  Improper club selection is likely something that beginners have learned the hard way, such when you try to use a wood out of the rough and it only travels a few yards. I'm not sure if these suggestions are already on the boards, but anyway, here are some suggestions:

  - A driver should only be used when you're teeing off.

  - A fairway wood should only be used when teeing off or hitting from the fairway.

  - A hybrid club should not be used to get out of deep rough or bunker. Use an iron instead.

  - A pitch or chip shot is always more effective than a flop shot.

  - When you putt from the fringe, make sure you use lots of power or the ball well come up well short.

• Snaike 3,678 Posts

  Tue, Jul 14 2009 7:56 PM

  All in all a very good list.  A good 'rule of thumb' if you will.

  I would alter one thing, though, and please don't take offense.

  NEVER putt from the fringe.  Always chip/pitch depending on length to the hole.

  Just my 2¢.

• iconian 599 Posts

  Wed, Jul 15 2009 9:43 AM

  hi

  while i appriciate you helping others, i only agree with your first coment in regard to driver.

  others are just wrong. the fringe thing with putter, has a quantifying force, so saying hitting it with "lots of power" is misleading:)

• sealseal 67 Posts

  Thu, Aug 13 2009 2:44 PM

  Another tip is if you are hitting into a head wind on a par 4 for your second shot, i usually use a bigger club than i need to use to get to the green and i wood put back spin on it.

• Faterson 2,902 Posts

  Thu, Aug 13 2009 5:01 PM

  Back spin? Are you sure? I heard the recommended practice was to use top spin when there's head wind (so that the ball "flies under it"), and back spin when there's tail wind. Works for me.

• Crusty56 136 Posts

  Thu, Aug 13 2009 5:24 PM

  If you want a lower trajectory when hitting into the wind, just move the ball back in your stance. lol

• sealseal 67 Posts

  Fri, Aug 14 2009 7:30 AM

  Ya but since there is a head wind, I used a bigger club than needed and put back spin on it, but thats what I do. I could try your way Faterson