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Post by billybudd0623 on Aug 5, 2015 13:24:15 GMT -5
Just wondering what kind of adjustment to Doyley's 'roll out' yardages do you make when you play firm greens. I play on the Web and we don't get as many firm green situations as the PGA or Euro. It seems like I cannot get consistent getting the ball close to the pin in firm conditions. I play real golf, and sometimes I think the roll outs on tgc are a little unrealistic.
Is it trial and error, or do you have an idea before you play how much additional roll out you will get? You thoughts would be appreciated, if you don't mind sharing your secrets. As always, thanks.
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Post by Pubknight on Aug 5, 2015 13:49:17 GMT -5
This might sound overly simple, but I play a practice round.
I play a practice round to practice, not to score.
So there are certain things I'm trying to do... one of which is to hit various clubs into greens on approach shots to see how they react
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Post by Terry Grayson on Aug 11, 2015 15:33:29 GMT -5
I recently started doing this, and it has really helped me on some of the courses with fast greens...
171 yard approach I usually will take 2 or 3 yards off, so Ill play it around 168 to 169... I then loft up to maybe a 4 iron or a 3 iron with the loft set close to that yardage
and swing away... It normally lands very soft with minimal roll out.... This clubbing up added to draw and fade for the wind has really helped me get closer on these greens.. I don't sit and calculate
every shot every yard... Just the total to the pin, what I think the wind will add, then smash the ball..
An example (May not be a good one) is: My recent course I set the green speeds lightning fast... I had never finished under par on it... Using the above, I broke the course record (may have been broken since) with an -8..... That may not be a great score to most, but for an old hack like me in this game, it has made a world of difference....Putting is what normally gets me... a recent 6 putt from 8 feet can attest to that... ha ha...
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Post by blackaces13 on Aug 11, 2015 16:27:55 GMT -5
There are many factors, chiefly what club you are hitting, the wind (balls roll out much farther with a tailwind than into a headwind), contours of the green at the landing area and towards the hole, etc.
You have to take the totality of the circumstances in to account on a case by case basis.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2015 16:28:10 GMT -5
This is not at all the kind of firm I expected to be discussed in this thread.
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Post by settlerofcatan on Aug 11, 2015 16:46:03 GMT -5
This is not at all the kind of firm I expected to be discussed in this thread.  |
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