Many of us can judge the roll of a golf ball better than we can judge its flight.
If this is the case with you, perhaps you will choose to pitch the ball onto the edge of the green and let it roll up to the pin.
So, which club should we use for such a stroke saving shot? The rule is that the further we are from the edge of the green, the more a golf club with loft is needed.
This means that if you are say twenty five yards form the edge of the green, you will use an eight or nine iron.
Conversely, if you are four or five yards from the edge of the green, you will use a five or six iron.
Have you ever tried putting with a three iron.
This shot is for when the ball is two or three feet from the green, and you have to go through some rough grass.
Putting with a three iron seems to negate the effect of the grass and the ball is not slowed by it at all.
It is like putting from that distance on the green.
Try using a three or five wood from further off th e green.
it the golf ball as though you are putting from that distance and you will be very pleased with the result.
I save a lot of shots thaos way.
The idea of these shots is to hit the ball so that it lands on the beginning of the green and runs up to the hole.
The grip to use is one of three - some use the orthodox grip, others use the putting grip, while others use the cross handed grip where the left hand is placed below the right in right handed players.