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Originally Posted by Eracer  I like this thread. Maybe we can keep it going with other situations that require a little "caddie work."
Here's one I faced yesterday:
My ball came to rest 15 feet from the left edge of the green, thirty feet from the pin, next to a bush that impeded my backswing. The ball rested on dirt, right in front of a cantaloupe-sized pile of pine needles. There was a bunker on the opposite side of the green.
How would you play this shot? |
Hit a better approach?
I most likely would have pulled out my 8 iron, and chipped it. With the 8 iron (depending on the speed of the green) you normally don't need to swing that hard. Thus requiring less backswing. With the loft of the 8 iron you should be able to carry the 15 feet between you and the green. If you needed to fly it longer, and had a little more room for your backswing you could use a 9. This is just me though. I love using 7/8/9/PW around the greens.