{"id":1683,"date":"2018-05-17T20:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T20:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebureaugh.com\/addons\/thegolferonline.com\/golfer\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2018-05-17T20:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T20:04:13","slug":"three-shots-that-will-get-you-out-of-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/blog\/2018\/05\/17\/three-shots-that-will-get-you-out-of-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Shots that Will Get You Out of Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m guessing you\u2019ve hit a miracle shot once or twice. Maybe you threaded it through the trees, or nipped a wedge off a cartpath. Before I joined the PGA Tour, I had a lot of fun making trick-shot videos with my brother, George. I\u2019d hit golf balls in midair with a driver, skip them across ponds to a target on the other side, bank them off trampolines\u2014you get the idea. Miracle shots are really hard to pull off, but when you\u2019re playing for a score, you need to improve your odds. I\u2019ll show you three stroke-saving trick shots that will look miraculous to your playing partners and opponents, but if you follow my advice, you\u2019ll feel comfortable hitting anytime. \u2014<\/span>Wesley Bryan<\/a>, winner of the 2017 RBC heritage at Harbour Town.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Tight Flop Shot<\/span><\/p>\n

When there\u2019s no choice but to hit one high from a very tight lie, even a tour player like me sweats a little. This shot can lead to thoughts of blading it over the green and into the subdivision behind it. But by keeping in mind a couple of simple factors, you can dramatically increase your chance of success.<\/p>\n

When you blade a pitch, most of the time it\u2019s because you changed the distance between your body and the ball during the downswing. To prevent that from happening, keep your lower body very quiet and use an upright, arm-dominated swing. Open the face slightly at address, and then let the clubhead release through impact with some speed (left). You want to feel the sole of the club, not the leading edge, sliding along the turf.<\/p>\n

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The Emergency Hybrid<\/h2>\n

Hybrids are awesome for making longer shots easier to hit than if you used a 3-iron or 4-iron. But you can run into problems using a hybrid when the ball is sitting down in the rough. Unlike irons, the bigger head and wider sole can get caught up in the grass, and the ball goes nowhere.<\/p>\n

The way I use a hybrid from deep grass is to set up and play for a fade. To copy me, open your stance and the hybrid\u2019s clubface (right). Also, adjust your aim for the fade and play the ball slightly back of center in your stance to encourage a steeper downswing. You\u2019re trying to make contact with as little grass as possible before your club strikes the ball.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that it\u2019s natural to think you\u2019ll need more help than these adjustments to get the ball to the green. But resist the urge to overswing or try to help the ball in the air with a wristy, back-foot swipe.<\/p>\n

Depending on the depth of the rough, you can hit it close to normal fairway distance. You\u2019ll launch a flier that rolls and rolls.<\/p>\n

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The Rescue Pitch<\/h2>\n

You have a pitch shot that doesn\u2019t need to travel very far, but the ball is way down in the grass. This shot can really lock up a weekend player. How do you swing with enough speed to get the ball out of the rough, but send it only 20 to 30 yards?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how: Set up like you would for a normal pitch shot, but open the face of your wedge as if you were about to play a bunker shot from the same distance. And just like a sand shot, you\u2019re going to want to blast the club through the grass, keeping the clubface pointing skyward throughout. Feel like your hands are swinging around your body and moving toward your left pocket through impact.<\/p>\n

The speed created by making a bunker-type swing will help the club easily cut through the high grass, and you\u2019ll hit a shot where the ball pops up and comes down soft without much spin. When it lands and stops by the flag, your friends will say you couldn\u2019t do that again if you hit a bucket of balls. You\u2019ll just smirk and say, \u201cYup, it\u2019s a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By Wesley Bryan, Golf Diges<\/a><\/span><\/span>t<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m guessing you\u2019ve hit a miracle shot once or twice. Maybe you threaded it through the trees, or nipped a wedge off a cartpath. Before I joined the PGA Tour, I had a lot of fun making trick-shot videos with my brother, George. I\u2019d hit golf balls in midair with a driver, skip them across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-golf-tips"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}