jamesfox1973:
paying my normal daily round of st andrews...224 yrd on the par 5 front 9...hit 1 2 iron (205 yrd)....vem went off the charts and it ended up going 300 yrd.
100th post. Okay, I did say I'd try.
I assume we're talking about the 5th here, if not I've wasted my time. Getting anything to stop here, apart from a brick, is nigh on impossible (from any distance out). There are two distinct bumps in front of the pin and it's easy to dismiss them as just that, bumps.
As you can see here though they are over four feet above the level of the pin. The red shaded area being a downslope, which if you land on, will propel your ball forwards into the next county. This shows almost everywhere directly in front of the pin to be dangerous.
Your best bet, from any distance out is to play into the near side of the first "bump", which will stop your ball, leaving a relatively easy pitch or flop at the pin.
Hopefully that's helped, if not, explained it a bit.
Cheers!
Rich
(Cheers Scott, got a half decent fit eventually)