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• goeasyonme 169 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 12:14 PM

  hi guys

  i am on kiawah hole 2 laying in 20-25% rough use my 3 wood 240yd hoping to go at least 220...in front is deep weeds as far out as 175yd needed to clear it..my ball goes 169 lost ?

  go figure

• Richard4168 4,309 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 12:38 PM

  You should've played it safe and laid-up with a short iron.

• goeasyonme 169 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 12:45 PM

  with all due respect richard whether i played safe or not  25% rough does not take 71yds off your ball

• borntobesting 9,710 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 12:53 PM

  Are you sure it was 25% rough? Most of the rough @ # 2 Kiawah is 35/40 not 25%. But even if it was, much of your 3 wood distance just like your driver distance is roll so if you land where the ball can't roll you can lose that much distance even with only 25% rough

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 12:55 PM

  I never play a wood out of rough on the full. Just saying.

• renniw52 5,385 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 1:00 PM

  I didn't learn the first time, or the second time on that hole. I know better now. That is one of WGT's little ball depositories. Don't try it again, get it in the fairway, and try for par. Better safe than sorry.

• Richard4168 4,309 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 1:34 PM

  borntobesting:

  Are you sure it was 25% rough? Most of the rough @ # 2 Kiawah is 35/40 not 25%. But even if it was, much of your 3 wood distance just like your driver distance is roll so if you land where the ball can't roll you can lose that much distance even with only 25% rough

  renniw52:

  I didn't learn the first time, or the second time on that hole. I know better now. That is one of WGT's little ball depositories. Don't try it again, get it in the fairway, and try for par. Better safe than sorry.

  A 3 Wood is never the club of choice from any rough, IMO. Especially when there's a hazard to cross. Try and hit that shot again, even 10 times, your going to get the same results every-time. WGT is not at fault this time my friend.

• borntobesting 9,710 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 1:49 PM

  Richard4168:

  A 3 Wood is never the club of choice from any rough, IMO. Especially when there's a hazard to cross. Try and hit that shot again, even 10 times, your going to get the same results every-time. WGT is not at fault this time my friend.

  In most cases Richard you are right. But with the new R11 3 wood you can punch it out of the rough fairly effectively but not on Kiawah #2 or any hole where you have to clear weeds or other areas that would cost you a stroke and a lost ball. Where he had to have been the shot of choice is a 4 iron aimed to the left side of the fairway just to get it back in play. And in some cases just a punch 7 or 8 iron meant too land short of the ditch. Sometimes even a 4 iron out of that rough will get you just far enough to land in that ditch. 

• Richard4168 4,309 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 2:03 PM

  I agree for the most part Sting. However, for me, I would still elect to play a full or punch iron from the rough laying-up in front of a hazard and go for the par. Even with the R11 3 Wood, its easy to skull or top the ball from the thicker rough if you miss ding. JMO.

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Jan 14 2012 2:14 PM

  goeasyonme:

  laying in 20-25% rough

  The 3W loses more than you expect out of 20-25. Where the irons deal with it well, the wood loses a lot. I've been surprised a number of times by this and learned the hard way.