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Bunker to pin advice

• ScottHope 10,441 Posts

  Sun, Feb 7 2016 3:17 PM

  web513:

  are.you.serious..who..the..hell.has that much time to figure that out???..Albert Einstein...what tier is he...SUPER DUPER WGT GOLF LEGEND???

  You obviously don't have a very high opinion of Albe if you consider that he would bother with such a trivial thing.

  @hatcojack, You insult Puttluck's post by calling it 'gibberish' and then quote it in full 3 times because you don't know what you're doing. At least he is trying to help people play the game better, what is it that you're attempting to achieve, apart from wasting server space?

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Sun, Feb 7 2016 3:57 PM

  ScottHope:

  I was only trying to make Puttlucks formula easier to understand, guess I shouldn't have wasted my time.  : (

  
  
  It wasn't a waste time. At least, not to me it wasn't. I was going to use that flowchart. Did you delete it because I don't see it anymore. Can you message it to me or do you have it posted somewhere else. It looked great to me. 

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Sun, Feb 7 2016 4:20 PM

  ScottHope:

  Puttlucks formula easier to understand

  It was.

  ScottHope:

  wasted my time

  It wasn't  ... I printed it :-)

• web513 79 Posts

  Mon, Feb 8 2016 6:21 AM

  my good friend there was no intent to hurt anyone's feelings....very simply sad I'm sorry...so in closing I will say...mangage the course....drive for show...putt for dough$$$...and most important of all...stay the hell out of the bunkers..and leave your slide ruler in your bag..later..and hit em' straight

• bubbsboy 6,879 Posts

  Mon, Feb 8 2016 8:39 AM

  Real steep golf bunkers are a doodle.

  Ask your mate to go to flag and hold it high so you can see it

  Shout that as you are up against face, and you will have to bend right into shot, thus disappearing from his view.

  In one hand take ball and mittfull of sand

  In other hand wave club

  Throw ball and sand out.

  Hey presto

  ;-)

  P.S Nice graphic Scott (ive got a mate who would have done that for you) ;-)

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Mon, Feb 8 2016 10:28 AM

  web513:

  stay the hell out of the bunkers..

  Well, if that's all it takes, what are people having all this angst about? ;-)

  Of course, one could also say, "no risk, no reward." And I've always found it easier to putt for dough when I'm closer to the hole. :-) 

   

   

• MrFunnyWobbl 894 Posts

  Fri, Apr 29 2016 9:04 PM

  Fantastic outline for getting out of bunkers. I looked at a couple of the replays mentioned in OP and wasn't able to discern whether they were all full shots or pitch/punch? Any tips for discerning when to use each shot type out of bunkers?

• siggipj76 2,989 Posts

  Fri, Apr 29 2016 9:27 PM

  Practice !! That is how most do it !!!

• tipotto 14 Posts

  Tue, Nov 1 2016 6:43 AM

  i undrstand your formula but what if i have a 12yard shot in 20pourcent sand what do i use

• duffputt 314 Posts

  Tue, Nov 1 2016 10:43 AM

  Most bunkers are 30/40% so here are carry distance and total distance on a flat green using a 60Y wedge full shot type full backspin (cleve wedge, nike ball).

  These figures are easier to use when noted on a piece of paper.

  45% 10y carry 16y total

  50% 12y carry 17y total

  55% 14y carry 20y total

  60% 16y carry 22y total

  65% 19y carry 24y total

  70% 23y carry 27y total

  75% 26y carry 31y total

  80% 29y carry 36y total

  85% 33y carry 40y total

  Experience will teach how to take slope into consideration. Remember green speed also has a little to say