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• club578 570 Posts

  Mon, Dec 12 2016 6:42 AM

  hi i am wondering how many yards to take off on approach shots so the ball doesnt roll past the pin ty for your help

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Mon, Dec 12 2016 6:50 AM

  club578:

  hi i am wondering how many yards to take off on approach shots so the ball doesnt roll past the pin ty for your help

  Practice and take notes, there are no shortcuts I'm afraid.

• CEverett12 14,177 Posts

  Mon, Dec 12 2016 7:01 AM

  It depends on your clubs and ball , If you use full backspin you will need to add a few yards .

• Robert1893 7,729 Posts

  Mon, Dec 12 2016 7:04 AM

  club578:

  hi i am wondering how many yards to take off on approach shots so the ball doesnt roll past the pin ty for your help

  
  
  Too many variables at play; impossible to provide a set number.
  
  Even so, with your clubs, I wouldn't think you'd have to worry too much about roll, even playing the starter balls. And if you were to purchase a decent ball (for example, the Callaway Chrome L33+), I would think you should be able to pretty much stick your approaches and wedges without that much difficulty.  

• lonniescott711 4,207 Posts

  Mon, Dec 12 2016 7:22 AM

  club578:

  hi i am wondering how many yards to take off on approach shots so the ball doesnt roll past the pin ty for your help

  You are a L101 Legend and this is your 3rd post asking how to hit shots that you should know how to play . You display all the signs of a red tee Legend . You took the short cut to get to the tips and missed the lessons needed along the way . That short cut that you took was the long way around because now you have to go back and learn what you missed . Good luck with your game . 

   

• HackWilson1930 1,437 Posts

  Mon, Dec 12 2016 7:58 AM

  You need to be very specific to get a good and accurate answer.  Besides your club and ball, things like green slope and wind change dynamics of a golf shot. Do you want to play topspin or back spin or no spin. Really want to learn, do practice rounds, playing multiple mulligans with as many variations of all of the various and assorted shots that your mind can conceive.

• alosso 21,088 Posts

  Mon, Dec 12 2016 8:28 AM

  Usually, you don't want too much roll, and with some high quality combinations, "dart golf" is quite common.

  As a standard measure for shots of a wanted distance (mostly with iron) I add a tad backspin to the ball. Without that, the roll may be unwantedly tremendous.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Dec 15 2016 12:00 PM

  club578:

  hi i am wondering how many yards to take off on approach shots so the ball doesnt roll past the pin ty for your help

  What club (brand/model/loft), what ball, what ball spin, what slope where the ball lands, how much and what direction is the wind relative to the line of flight of the ball, is the green above or below the lie, did you aim such that you needed to Ding! Excellent the hit or to purposely hit early/late the Ding! Excellent line on the meter bar?

  Try this on for size. The ball can't go in the hole if it doesn't get to, or past, the hole.

   

   

• PhilEStein 1,269 Posts

  Thu, Dec 15 2016 1:34 PM

  More commonly known as NUNI.

  Try this on for size young Apex.  Picture the first at St A.  My 2nd got to the hole but still ended in the Swilken Burn. How come. You have ten seconds starting now. Then click below.

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  And yes the odd expletive may have passed my lips.

• K7JBQ 1,469 Posts

  Thu, Dec 15 2016 1:45 PM

  Well, you hit the flagstick, for one thing. Had the same thing happen at Congressional #6. Drowned that one too.