Two Great Tips For Getting A Golf Ball Out Of The Heavy Rough





It is a wonderful feeling to jump into your own Club Car golf cart or one of the club's cheap golf carts (such as their Bag Boy golf carts) with your family and friends and drive out onto the golf course for a round.

It might also be lovely, if a bit boring, if you could keep your golf out of the rough and bunkers and on the fairway all the way to the green but in the real world that simply does not happen even for the very best of professional golfers.

We all hit a few shots, or in some instances a lot of shots, off the fairway and into a bunker or the rough but the true problem arises when your ball winds up in the heavy rough with grass coming up to your knees. Here many golfers take several 'hacks' to get their ball out and the hole becomes a total catastrophe.

However, anyone who has ever seen the professionals at work will know only too well that this does not necessarily have to be a disaster. So, what then is their secret to success?

Well, there are 2 secrets and the first applies when your ball is in the deep rough but is still some way from the green and the second applies when the ball is fairly close to the putting green.

If you are still a considerable distance from the flag then your aim should not be to increase distance from your shot but should simply be to get your ball from the rough and on the fairway so that it is in the best possible position to then get you onto the green.

In order to achieve this you are going to have to make use of a wedge or a nine iron, both of which have enough weight to tackle the long grass and sufficient loft to get the ball up into the air and clear of the grass quickly.

You will also have to make sure that the club blade is open when you are addressing your ball because the grass is going to take hold of the club head as you make your shot. You then have to minimize the amount of grass you are swinging through which means making a very upright back swing and a strong down swing which is controlled with a very firm left hand. This shot is not going to get you a great deal of distance but it will get your ball up into the air quickly and carry it forward enough to get you back on the fairway.

When you are close to the green then this shot will again work very well but you must be careful that the ball does not then roll straight through the green. In this case therefore you need to aim to hit two or three inches behind your ball and make sure that your shot includes a full and complete follow through. This is going to produce a shot very similar to that which you would use to get the ball out of sand and will not only get your ball into the air to clear the heavy rough but will also create a soft landing on the green and thus minimize any forward roll.

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