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| Created: | Tue Feb 15 1994 |
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Thought I'd start a topic that sure is true about Eastern (US)
courses, but the Mid-Western people might have different conditions.
The course I play my weekly league (Locust Valley) is in the
hardest and dry condition I've ever seen. Talk about roll!
I played the 2nd, par 5, with a driver NINE (9) iron last
night! The dry conditions with many shots actually make the course play
a little tougher. You simply cannot wander a shot in the fairway at
all. The hills come into play in that the ball simply does not stay on
the side of a hill, you always end up in the valley. I seem to hit my
long iron very well from this hard-pan, but my short (flip over a trap)
shots.... STINK! I either scull it or just get under it and flip it
right into the trap.
It certainly is a different game in these type conditions, and I
suspect any course that doesn't have water is in the same shape. You
kinda have to adjust your game for the type of condition, but going
from all hard-pan lies, to all nice fluffy lies (the course I play on
weekends) is a challenge.
Anyony else have any comments about how to play hard-pan courses?
Jerry
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1770.1 | Hit the ball first | CHRLIE::HUSTON | Fri Aug 27 1993 15:38 | 10 | |
On the hardpan stuff you have to hit the ball first, this goes for
burnt out courses as well. if you don't hit the ball first, you
risk the club bouncing into the ball. I tend to get lazy with this
since the course our league plays on, Passaconoway, is always
green and in great shape (of course the merrimack river seems
to be an endless water supply for it.)
--Bob
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