The Short Game - Downhill Pitch Shots from Rough

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Staring at a downhill pitch shot out of rough can be intimidating and may even seem hopeless. You’re not alone. We’ve all been there, and in this video, I’ll show you how to hit the perfect, lofted shot that’ll save you a ton of strokes. You’ll learn the 6 keys to hitting downhill pitch shots from the rough.

  • Weaken the Left and Right Hand Grip to Hold Off Release of Face
  • Use 60 Degree Wedge
  • Keep Face Open With Lot of Loft
  • Move Ball Back in Stance
  • Match Shoulders With Slope
  • Stance Open With Target
  • Steeper Swing to Match Slope

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Kyaw Thet
Is there any video related to stock shot from rough? Is that the same as RST?
August 3, 2020
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Kyaw. For stock shot in the rough. Stand a hair closer and firm up the wrists a little bit. This will create a slightly steeper plane/AOA and keep the club face from turning too much.
August 3, 2020
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Kyaw Thet
Hi Craig, Thanks so much for your reply. Squat to square and Post-up are the same as RST?
August 3, 2020
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Kyaw. Yes.
August 3, 2020
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Ronan
Hi, On shot like this or on any chip/pitch shots, do you want to be aiming for the hole or to select a landing spot and aim for it ? Ronan
January 25, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Ronan. Look for an aiming spot and how the green/break will take it to the hole.
January 25, 2019
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Ronan
Thanks Craig, Even from the Bunker ? Ronan
January 27, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Ronan. Unless you are trying to fly it in the cup. You need to judge how it will roll out and spin to leave yourself the best opportunity from its landing spot.
January 27, 2019
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Ronan
Thanks Craig, And how do you train your brain to aim a specific spot? I’ve always been better at judging the whole distance and to strike with feeling.. Last question, do you want to do the same when you roll a 6 iron for example or is it more on chip/pitch shots with open clubs?
January 29, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Ronan. I agree. You need to visualize and see the whole picture in your head. How it will roll out, break, check, etc. Once, you have the picture in your mind. Optimize the best spot for you ball to land to take the break and roll out the proper distance. It is a feel shot. Don't delete the feel, but visualize where the ball will have the best chance to go in, or leave you the best tap in spot. Usually with the longer clubs you won't have a lot of flight. Tougher to gauge landing spot. But, you still can pick the spot and see the ball roll out like a putt in your mind.
January 29, 2019
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GC
Did chuck even hit the ball? How similar is this to a bunker shot?
June 8, 2016
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Grant. Yes, he did hit the ball. You can see the ball fly under the slow motion conditions at about 4:55. Not very similar to the bunker. The ball position, stance and holding off will change.
June 9, 2016
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terrence
where was this taken? Great video, but I want to play this course.
November 26, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Terrance. The Golf Club at Black Rock in Coeur d'alene, Idaho. It is a fantastic track.
November 27, 2015
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Loran
My short game is terrible on the golf course. When I attempt to get the ball from downhill to the green, it always comes up short. Even worse, when the grass is so high, like weed-length, I don't know if I should hit at a steep angle or slide under the ball. Should I even attempt? Or just take a penalty?
May 29, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Loan. You need to get a steeper angle matching more of the slope. It will help you cut through the weeds and pop the ball out more.
May 30, 2015
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Loran
Ok. Should I limit my follow through so the ball will not be a flier? Is this technique mostly from feeling and experience?
May 30, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Mostly from experience. You learn to chop down on the ball to let it pop up versus full steam ahead which can result in the flier.
May 30, 2015
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Loran
When my lie is half in the rough and the other half in the fairway, greed for distance takes over and I am tempted to use my woods instead of an iron...what club should I select in this case?
May 22, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
You can use either one. The key is to know that the rough may grab the hosel or toe depending on ball location.
May 23, 2015
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Shane
What about weight distribution?
December 13, 2014
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Shane. The weight will tend to lean more towards the trail side.
December 13, 2014
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Shonn
What about a down hill tight lie on burmuda grass? Faced that one two days ago at Indian Wells and came up short after short siding my second shot.
October 17, 2014
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R.J. (Certified RST Instructor)
Shonn, I've been doing some reading on burmuda grass as it pertains to golf since you asked this question, which is why my response took so long. From what I have read, if it is buried and you don't have much green to work with, you might want to treat it like it's a bunker shot in order to get it to pop out of the grass. However, if it's not buried, the suggestion was to brush the top of the grass with your practice swings because if you get under it too much, you'll inevitably come up short. The reading that I was doing also suggested using a club with less loft (providing it's not buried) when you have more green to work with and treat it more like a bump and run shot. I'm from Pennsylvania and we don't get a lot of Bermuda grass up here like there is say in Texas so, my advice is solely from reading about Bermuda grass and not from personal experience. If you encounter Bermuda grass a lot, I would focus on hitting many shots out of this grass and play different shots to see which works best for you. I will get in touch with some of the other RST instructors and see if any of them have more of an expertise on playing out of Bermuda grass. Also, in my reading, shortening the backswing and accelerating through the ball was said to be paramount in getting desired results. R.J.
October 18, 2014
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ashish
can you do a video on uphill pitch shot from the rough.
October 9, 2014
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Thanks for the suggestion Ashish! We will put it under consideration.
October 9, 2014
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suresh
Very good technique and video. How does the setup and swing changes if we want to pitch from uphill ..... Thanks .. Suresh
July 19, 2014
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Suresh. Pretty much the opposite. Other than stance. Keep the stance slightly open. Shoulders level to the slope. More weight on the lead leg. Ball tends to be up in the stance. Don't want it back because of steep/chunk side effect. Club will naturally want to be lofted. Don't need to open it up as much. Keep the lead side going through.
July 19, 2014
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Jacek
It seems that you have a much wider stance than in any of the other videos I've seen thus far. This isn't addressed in the video from what I understood. Is that unique to an uphill or downhill lie?
June 11, 2014
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
His stance is a little wider in the video to support standing on such steep angle. It doesn't look that steep on camera, but I've been on that spot. A lot more downhill than it looks.
June 11, 2014
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lisa
Very good technique to handle this tough shot. What 's about technique for a 120 yard down hill shot, over a lake?. Thank you.
April 11, 2014
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
This sort of shot would take minor setup adjustments. You want to make sure that the shoulder plane is more level to the slope so you may have to adjust your access tilt. You also need to make sure the lower body is very sturdy and that you are trying to swing the clubhead down the plane of the slope through impact.
April 14, 2014
Downhill shots out of the rough are a very challenging shot for most people.

They don't know how to play them and there's a specific technique that you want to use that's going to really help you get out up and down.

When you hit a shot and you short side yourself and you have a really hard time getting the ball to stop quickly.

What happens nine times out of ten is that the clubface gets hung up in the rough and gets shut down.

You take all the loft off the ball, launches across the green and you're in big trouble.

There's a specific technique that I'm going to show you now that's going to help you with this shot.

And it's a few different things you've got to know.

The first one I'm going to show you is how to set up with the clubface and your grip.

Before we get into the ball position and all those things that I'm going to show you next, we're going to get the clubface and the grip set up perfectly correct.

So the first thing you want to do is you want to weaken your left hand grip.

This is important because what you want to do is you want to be able to hold off the release of the Clubface and not get the Clubface to shut down.

And be able to hold it firm enough that you can hold it through the thickness of the rough, and the rough won't shut it down as well.

This will also give you the added benefit of having a little extra loft coming through.

So you're not worried about launching the ball off the green because the downhill slope is already going to make the loft stronger than it normally is.

It's going to make it have a tendency to want to launch across the green.

And obviously because we're short-sided here, we want to hit a short, delicate shot.

So we want to have as much loft on there as we can so of course I'm using my 60 -degree wedge.

So, what I'm going to do first, I'm going to put my left hand grip on this, maybe my normal grip.

I'm going to weaken it and then I'm going to weaken the right hand to match.

This is going to allow me to be aggressive and hold a firm, flat left wrist while holding the clubface open through the hitting area.

So I'm not worried about de-lofting the club.

The second thing is I'm going to hold the clubface open just like I would in a bunker shot.

So you can see I won't, I'm not going to square up the clubface, that's going to take loft off.

I want a lot of loft, again because of the downhill slope.

So what I'm going to do with the Clubface open and my weaker grip is then move the ball back about two-thirds of the way back in my stance.

This is where a lot of people go wrong.

They play kind of where their normal ball position would be.

They get way on their front foot, That's going to make them have a very steep angle of attack, that's going to cause the clubface to lose loft.

And so, and then they're also going to get the club dragging through the grass too long.

The reason I move the ball back in my stance is for two things.

One, I want to make sure I get the ball as relatively clean as I can.

So I do want a steep angle of attack, but I don't want to get a lot of grass in between the clubface and the ball.

So, When I move the ball back in my stance, it allows me to make sure that I'm not going to go right underneath the ball.

That's a big fear.

When you have this much loft on there is that you just slip the blade right under the ball, the ball sits there and it gets just buried under a worse life.

Moving it back is going to allow me to have a steep angle of attack and get a lot of ball.

Before the clubface starts interacting too much with the grass.

Once I've got these three things set up, weaker grip, open clubface ball back two -thirds of my stance, then I just got to worry about this stroke.

And my swing is not going to be much different than normal, except I'm not going to have a lot of body turns, it's going to be a very wristy, Handsy stroke going back?

Because I want to pick the club up to get it up off the grass and allow me to have a lot of wrist angle coming down.

So that I have some power to get the club through the thick grass.

The last thing I'm going to do is I'm going to hold off the release, I mentioned that earlier with the grip, Is, as I come through, I'm going to hold the clubface open so that it doesn't flip over on me and launch the ball across the green.

Again, I'm wanting to maintain the loft as I come through.

So let's take a look at what this is going to look like.

Ball two-thirds of the way back in my stance.

Stance is open to the target, it's about 35 degrees or so roughly, that's a comfort thing.

Clubface open, laying back, weaker grip, And then, as I go back, I'm going to pick the club up relatively sharply and then come down and hold off the release of the club.

That ball comes out very nice and soft even though I'm on a pretty severe downhill lie.

The ball came out really nice and gentle and I've got a good shot at getting up and down for par.

So again, just work on your setup.

One thing I didn't mention there is your spine angle.

Typically you're going to want to try and match your spine with the slope.

Because I'm playing the ball back in my stance I'm not going to get it that severe.

So you'll notice that when the ball is back my spine angle is not exactly matching the slope.

That may be contrary to what you hear a lot.

But again, because the ball position and the way.

I'm holding off the release of the club and because I'm moving it back in my stance, I don't want to be this far forward.

Again, I'm trying to maintain loft.

If I get really steep on it, I'm going to come down even steeper, with a more steep angle of attack, and that's going to take more loft off.

So those are the keys to hitting a perfect short-sided downhill shot out of the rough.

Downhill shots out of the rough are a very challenging shot for most people.

They don't know how to play them and there's a specific technique that you want to use that's going to really help you get out up and down.

When you hit a shot and you short side yourself and you have a really hard time getting the ball to stop quickly.

What happens nine times out of ten is that the clubface gets hung up in the rough and gets shut down.

You take all the loft off the ball, launches across the green and you're in big trouble.

There's a specific technique that I'm going to show you now that's going to help you with this shot.

And it's a few different things you've got to know.

The first one I'm going to show you is how to set up with the clubface and your grip.

Before we get into the ball position and all those things that I'm going to show you next, we're going to get the clubface and the grip set up perfectly correct.

So the first thing you want to do is you want to weaken your left hand grip.

This is important because what you want to do is you want to be able to hold off the release of the Clubface and not get the Clubface to shut down.

And be able to hold it firm enough that you can hold it through the thickness of the rough, and the rough won't shut it down as well.

This will also give you the added benefit of having a little extra loft coming through.

So you're not worried about launching the ball off the green because the downhill slope is already going to make the loft stronger than it normally is.

It's going to make it have a tendency to want to launch across the green.

And obviously because we're short-sided here, we want to hit a short, delicate shot.

So we want to have as much loft on there as we can so of course I'm using my 60 -degree wedge.

So, what I'm going to do first, I'm going to put my left hand grip on this, maybe my normal grip.

I'm going to weaken it and then I'm going to weaken the right hand to match.

This is going to allow me to be aggressive and hold a firm, flat left wrist while holding the clubface open through the hitting area.

So I'm not worried about de-lofting the club.

The second thing is I'm going to hold the clubface open just like I would in a bunker shot.

So you can see I won't, I'm not going to square up the clubface, that's going to take loft off.

I want a lot of loft, again because of the downhill slope.

So what I'm going to do with the Clubface open and my weaker grip is then move the ball back about two-thirds of the way back in my stance.

This is where a lot of people go wrong.

They play kind of where their normal ball position would be.

They get way on their front foot, That's going to make them have a very steep angle of attack, that's going to cause the clubface to lose loft.

And so, and then they're also going to get the club dragging through the grass too long.

The reason I move the ball back in my stance is for two things.

One, I want to make sure I get the ball as relatively clean as I can.

So I do want a steep angle of attack, but I don't want to get a lot of grass in between the clubface and the ball.

So, When I move the ball back in my stance, it allows me to make sure that I'm not going to go right underneath the ball.

That's a big fear.

When you have this much loft on there is that you just slip the blade right under the ball, the ball sits there and it gets just buried under a worse life.

Moving it back is going to allow me to have a steep angle of attack and get a lot of ball.

Before the clubface starts interacting too much with the grass.

Once I've got these three things set up, weaker grip, open clubface ball back two -thirds of my stance, then I just got to worry about this stroke.

And my swing is not going to be much different than normal, except I'm not going to have a lot of body turns, it's going to be a very wristy, Handsy stroke going back?

Because I want to pick the club up to get it up off the grass and allow me to have a lot of wrist angle coming down.

So that I have some power to get the club through the thick grass.

The last thing I'm going to do is I'm going to hold off the release, I mentioned that earlier with the grip, Is, as I come through, I'm going to hold the clubface open so that it doesn't flip over on me and launch the ball across the green.

Again, I'm wanting to maintain the loft as I come through.

So let's take a look at what this is going to look like.

Ball two-thirds of the way back in my stance.

Stance is open to the target, it's about 35 degrees or so roughly, that's a comfort thing.

Clubface open, laying back, weaker grip, And then, as I go back, I'm going to pick the club up relatively sharply and then come down and hold off the release of the club.

That ball comes out very nice and soft even though I'm on a pretty severe downhill lie.

The ball came out really nice and gentle and I've got a good shot at getting up and down for par.

So again, just work on your setup.

One thing I didn't mention there is your spine angle.

Typically you're going to want to try and match your spine with the slope.

Because I'm playing the ball back in my stance I'm not going to get it that severe.

So you'll notice that when the ball is back my spine angle is not exactly matching the slope.

That may be contrary to what you hear a lot.

But again, because the ball position and the way.

I'm holding off the release of the club and because I'm moving it back in my stance, I don't want to be this far forward.

Again, I'm trying to maintain loft.

If I get really steep on it, I'm going to come down even steeper, with a more steep angle of attack, and that's going to take more loft off.

So those are the keys to hitting a perfect short-sided downhill shot out of the rough.

Los tiros cuesta abajo desde el rough son tiros muy desafiantes para la mayoría de las personas.

No saben cómo tocarlos y hay una técnica específica que debes usar que realmente te ayudará a salir adelante y a bajar.

Cuando pegas un tiro y te quedas corto y te resulta muy difícil detener la pelota rápidamente.

Lo que sucede nueve de cada diez veces es que la cara del palo se atasca en el rough y se bloquea.

Le quitas todo el loft a la pelota, la lanzas a través del green y estás en grandes problemas.

Hay una técnica específica que te voy a mostrar ahora que te va a ayudar con esta toma.

Y hay algunas cosas diferentes que debes saber.

Lo primero que voy a mostrarte es cómo prepararte con la cara del palo y el grip.

Antes de entrar en la posición de la pelota y todas esas cosas que te voy a mostrar a continuación, vamos a configurar la cara del palo y el grip de manera perfectamente correcta.

Entonces lo primero que debes hacer es debilitar el agarre de tu mano izquierda.

Esto es importante porque lo que desea hacer es poder retrasar el lanzamiento de Clubface y no lograr que se cierre.

Y poder sostenerlo lo suficientemente firme para que puedas sostenerlo a través del espesor de lo áspero, y lo áspero tampoco lo apagará.

Esto también le brindará el beneficio adicional de tener un poco de loft adicional.

Así que no te preocupa lanzar la pelota fuera del green porque la pendiente descendente ya hará que el loft sea más fuerte de lo normal.

Va a hacer que tenga tendencia a querer lanzarse a través del green.

Y, obviamente, como aquí tenemos pocos jugadores, queremos pegar un tiro corto y delicado.

Entonces queremos tener el mayor loft posible allí, así que, por supuesto, estoy usando mi cuña de 60 grados.

Entonces, lo primero que voy a hacer es poner mi agarre de la mano izquierda en esto, tal vez mi agarre normal.

Voy a debilitarlo y luego voy a debilitar la mano derecha para que coincida.

Esto me permitirá ser agresivo y mantener una muñeca izquierda firme y plana mientras mantengo la cara del palo abierta en el área de golpe.

Así que no me preocupa perder altura del palo.

Lo segundo es que voy a mantener la cara del palo abierta tal como lo haría en un tiro desde un búnker.

Así que puedes ver que no voy a cuadrar la cara del palo, eso va a quitarle loft.

Quiero mucho loft, nuevamente por la pendiente cuesta abajo.

Entonces lo que voy a hacer con la cara del palo abierta y mi agarre más débil es mover la pelota hacia atrás aproximadamente dos tercios del camino hacia atrás en mi postura.

Aquí es donde mucha gente se equivoca.

Juegan más o menos donde estaría su posición normal de pelota.

Se alejan demasiado del pie delantero, lo que hará que tengan un ángulo de ataque muy pronunciado, lo que provocará que la cara del palo pierda loft.

Y entonces, también van a tener que arrastrar el palo por el césped durante demasiado tiempo.

La razón por la que muevo la pelota hacia atrás en mi postura es por dos cosas.

Primero, quiero asegurarme de que la pelota quede lo más limpia posible.

Entonces quiero un ángulo de ataque pronunciado, pero no quiero que haya mucha hierba entre la cara del palo y la pelota.

Entonces, cuando muevo la pelota hacia atrás en mi postura, me permite asegurarme de que no voy a pasar justo debajo de la pelota.

Ese es un gran miedo.

Cuando tienes tanto loft, simplemente deslizas la hoja debajo de la bola, la bola se queda allí y queda enterrada debajo de una vida peor.

Moverlo hacia atrás me permitirá tener un ángulo de ataque pronunciado y recibir mucha pelota.

Antes de que la cara del palo comience a interactuar demasiado con el césped.

Una vez que tengo estas tres cosas configuradas, agarre más débil, cara del palo abierta y bola hacia atrás dos tercios de mi postura, entonces solo tengo que preocuparme por este golpe.

Y mi swing no va a ser muy diferente de lo normal, excepto que no voy a tener muchos giros de cuerpo, va a ser un golpe muy manual y de muñecas al retroceder.

Porque quiero levantar el palo para sacarlo del césped y permitirme tener un gran ángulo de muñeca al bajar.

Para tener algo de fuerza para hacer avanzar el palo a través de la hierba espesa.

Lo último que voy a hacer es mantener la liberación, lo mencioné antes con el agarre, es decir, cuando atravieso, voy a mantener la cara del palo abierta para que no se dé vuelta y lance la pelota a través del green.

Nuevamente quiero mantener el loft a medida que avanzo.

Así que veamos cómo se verá esto.

La pelota se encuentra a dos tercios del camino hacia atrás en mi postura.

La postura está abierta hacia el objetivo, es de unos 35 grados aproximadamente, eso es una cuestión de comodidad.

Cara del palo abierta, inclinada hacia atrás, agarre más débil. Y luego, mientras voy hacia atrás, levantaré el palo relativamente bruscamente y luego bajaré y mantendré el lanzamiento del palo.

Esa pelota sale muy bonita y suave a pesar de que estoy en una pendiente descendente bastante pronunciada.

La pelota salió muy bonita y suave y tengo una buena oportunidad de subir y bajar para el par.

Así que, una vez más, simplemente trabaja en tu configuración.

Una cosa que no mencioné ahí es el ángulo de tu columna.

Por lo general, tendrás que intentar hacer coincidir tu columna con la pendiente.

Como estoy jugando la pelota hacia atrás en mi postura, no voy a hacerlo tan severo.

Entonces notarás que cuando la pelota está hacia atrás el ángulo de mi columna no coincide exactamente con la pendiente.

Esto puede ser contrario a lo que se escucha mucho.

Pero de nuevo, por la posición de la pelota y la forma.

Estoy reteniendo el lanzamiento del palo y como lo estoy moviendo hacia atrás en mi postura, no quiero estar tan adelante.

Una vez más, estoy intentando mantener el loft.

Si me inclino demasiado, voy a bajar aún más inclinado, con un ángulo de ataque más inclinado, y eso va a quitarle más loft.

Así que esas son las claves para pegar un tiro corto cuesta abajo perfecto desde el rough.

Bergabschläge aus dem Rough sind für die meisten Leute eine große Herausforderung.

Sie wissen nicht, wie sie gegen sie spielen sollen, und es gibt eine spezielle Technik, die Sie verwenden sollten, um wirklich aus dem Tritt zu kommen.

Wenn Sie einen Schlag ausführen und dabei zu kurz geraten, fällt es Ihnen wirklich schwer, den Ball schnell zum Stehen zu bringen.

In neun von zehn Fällen bleibt die Schlagfläche im Rough hängen und wird abgeschaltet.

Sie nehmen dem Ball den gesamten Loft, er fliegt über das Grün und schon stecken Sie in großen Schwierigkeiten.

Es gibt eine spezielle Technik, die ich Ihnen jetzt zeigen werde und die Ihnen bei dieser Aufnahme helfen wird.

Und es gibt ein paar verschiedene Dinge, die Sie wissen müssen.

Als Erstes zeige ich Ihnen, wie Sie die Schlagfläche und Ihren Griff aufstellen.

Bevor wir uns mit der Ballposition und all den Dingen befassen, die ich Ihnen als Nächstes zeigen werde, werden wir die Schlagfläche und den Griff perfekt einstellen.

Als Erstes sollten Sie den Griff Ihrer linken Hand schwächen.

Dies ist wichtig, da Sie die Freigabe des Clubface hinauszögern möchten und nicht dazu führen möchten, dass das Clubface abgeschaltet wird.

Und Sie müssen in der Lage sein, es so fest zu halten, dass Sie es durch die Dicke des Roughs halten können, und das Rough wird es auch nicht blockieren.

Dies bietet Ihnen außerdem den zusätzlichen Vorteil, dass etwas mehr Loft durchkommt.

Sie müssen sich also keine Sorgen machen, wenn der Ball vom Grün abschlägt, da der Loft durch das Gefälle bereits stärker ist als normalerweise.

Dadurch wird der Ball tendenziell über das Grün fliegen wollen.

Und da wir hier zu kurz sind, wollen wir natürlich einen kurzen, feinen Schlag machen.

Wir möchten also so viel Loft wie möglich haben, also verwende ich natürlich meinen 60-Grad-Wedge.

Also, was ich zuerst tun werde, ist, dass ich es mit meiner linken Hand greife, vielleicht mit meinem normalen Griff.

Ich werde es schwächen und dann werde ich die rechte Hand entsprechend schwächen.

Dadurch kann ich aggressiv vorgehen und mein linkes Handgelenk fest und flach halten, während ich die Schlagfläche im Schlagbereich offen halte.

Ich mache mir also keine Sorgen darüber, dass der Schläger an Loft verliert.

Zweitens werde ich die Schlagfläche offen halten, genau wie bei einem Bunkerschlag.

Sie sehen also, dass ich die Schlagfläche nicht gerade ausrichten werde, das würde Loft verlieren.

Ich möchte viel Loft, wiederum wegen des Gefälles.

Was ich also mit geöffneter Schlagfläche und schwächerem Griff tun werde, ist, den Ball etwa zwei Drittel des Weges in meiner Haltung nach hinten zu bewegen.

Dies ist der Punkt, an dem viele Leute einen Fehler machen.

Sie spielen praktisch dort, wo sie normalerweise den Ball halten würden.

Sie geraten mit ihrem Vorderfuß zu weit nach vorne. Dadurch haben sie einen sehr steilen Angriffswinkel, was wiederum dazu führt, dass die Schlagfläche an Loft verliert.

Und dann schleifen sie den Schläger auch zu lange durch das Gras.

Der Grund, warum ich den Ball in meiner Haltung zurückbewege, sind zwei Dinge.

Erstens möchte ich sicherstellen, dass ich den Ball so sauber wie möglich bekomme.

Ich möchte also einen steilen Angriffswinkel, möchte aber nicht, dass sich zwischen der Schlagfläche und dem Ball viel Gras befindet.

Wenn ich den Ball also in meiner Haltung zurückbewege, kann ich sicherstellen, dass ich nicht direkt unter den Ball gerate.

Das ist eine große Angst.

Wenn Sie so viel Loft haben, schieben Sie die Klinge einfach direkt unter den Ball, der Ball bleibt dort liegen und wird einfach unter einem schlechteren Leben begraben.

Wenn ich es nach hinten verschiebe, kann ich einen steilen Angriffswinkel erreichen und viele Bälle schlagen.

Bevor die Schlagfläche zu stark mit dem Gras in Berührung kommt.

Wenn ich diese drei Dinge eingerichtet habe – schwächerer Griff, offene Schlagfläche und Ball zwei Drittel meiner Haltung zurück –, muss ich mich nur noch um diesen Schlag kümmern.

Und mein Schwung wird nicht viel anders sein als sonst, außer dass ich nicht viele Körperdrehungen machen werde. Es wird ein sehr handgelenkiger Rückwärtsschlag sein?

Weil ich den Schläger anheben möchte, um ihn vom Rasen zu heben und mir beim Herunterkommen einen großen Handgelenkswinkel zu ermöglichen.

Damit ich genug Kraft habe, um den Schläger durch das dichte Gras zu bekommen.

Als Letztes werde ich den Abschlag verzögern. Das habe ich bereits beim Griff erwähnt. Wenn ich durchkomme, werde ich die Schlagfläche offen halten, damit sie sich nicht umdreht und den Ball über das Grün schlägt.

Auch hier möchte ich den Dachboden beibehalten, wenn ich durchkomme.

Schauen wir uns also an, wie das aussehen wird.

Der Ball ist zwei Drittel des Weges zurück in meiner Haltung.

Die Haltung ist zum Ziel hin offen, sie beträgt ungefähr 35 Grad oder so, das ist eine Frage des Komforts.

Schlagfläche offen, nach hinten geneigt, schwächerer Griff. Und dann, wenn ich zurückgehe, werde ich den Schläger relativ scharf anheben, dann nach unten kommen und das Loslassen des Schlägers hinauszögern.

Der Ball kommt sehr schön und weich heraus, obwohl ich mich auf einer ziemlich steilen Abhanglage befinde.

Der Ball kam wirklich schön und sanft heraus und ich habe eine gute Chance, auf Par zu kommen.

Also noch einmal: Arbeiten Sie einfach an Ihrem Setup.

Eine Sache, die ich hier nicht erwähnt habe, ist Ihr Wirbelsäulenwinkel.

Normalerweise werden Sie versuchen, Ihre Wirbelsäule an die Neigung anzupassen.

Da ich den Ball in meiner Haltung zurückspiele, wird es für mich nicht so schlimm werden.

Sie werden also feststellen, dass der Winkel meiner Wirbelsäule nicht genau mit der Neigung übereinstimmt, wenn der Ball zurück ist.

Das widerspricht möglicherweise dem, was Sie oft hören.

Aber nochmal, wegen der Ballposition und der Art und Weise.

Ich halte mich mit dem Loslassen des Schlägers zurück und da ich ihn in meiner Haltung nach hinten bewege, möchte ich nicht so weit vorne sein.

Auch hier versuche ich, den Loft beizubehalten.

Wenn ich richtig steil werde, komme ich noch steiler herunter, mit einem steileren Anstellwinkel, und das wird noch mehr Loft wegnehmen.

Dies sind also die Schlüssel zu einem perfekten, kurzseitigen Abwärtsschlag aus dem Rough.

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