2 Tips To Get Your Golf Ball Out Of The Deep Rough

It is a great feeling to get into your own Club Car golf cart or one of the club's cheap golf carts (like their Bag Boy golf carts) with your friends and drive out onto the golf course for a round.

It might also be great, if a bit boring, if you could keep your golf on the fairway and out of the bunkers and rough all the way to the green but in the real world that simply does not happen even for the best of professional golfers.

We all hit a few shots, or in some instances many shots, off the fairway and into a bunker or the rough but the real problem comes when your ball winds up in the heavy rough with grass clear up to your knees. When this happens far too many golfers take several 'hacks' at getting their ball out and the hole becomes a total disaster.

However, anybody who has ever seen the professionals at work will know that this does not need to be a disaster. So, what then is the secret?

There are 2 secrets and the first applies when you are in the deep rough but still some way from the green and the second applies if your ball is relatively close to the green.

If you are still a considerable distance from the green then your aim should not be to gain distance from your shot but should simply be to get your ball out of the rough and on the fairway so that you are then in a good position to get yourself onto the green.

To do this you will have to make use of a a nine iron or wedge, both of which have sufficient weight to attack the tall grass and enough loft to get your ball up into the air and clear of the grass speedily.

You must also make sure that the club blade is open when you are addressing the ball because the grass will grab the club head as you make your shot. You then have to minimize the quantity of grass that you are swinging through which means making an upright back swing and a strong down swing that is controlled with a firm left hand. This particular shot will not get you a great deal of distance however it will pop your ball up into the air fast and carry it forward sufficiently to put you back onto the fairway.

If you are quite close to the green then this shot will again work extremely well but you must be careful that the ball does not roll straight through the green. In these circumstances therefore you have to aim to hit 2 to 3 inches behind the ball and ensure that your shot has a complete follow through. This produces a shot very similar to that which you would use to get your ball out of a bunker and will not only get your ball up into the air to clear the deep rough but will also produce a soft landing on the green and therefore minimize any forward roll.

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