Two Tips To Get Your Golf Ball Out Of The Thick Rough

It is a great feeling to jump 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 head out onto the golf course.

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

All of us hit a few shots, or in a few cases numerous shots, off the fairway and into the rough or into a bunker but the true problem arises when your ball winds up in heavy rough with grass clear up to your knees. When this happens many golfers take several 'hacks' to get their ball out and the hole becomes a complete catastrophe.

However, anyone who has ever watched the professionals in action will know only too well that this does not need to be a disaster. So, what is the secret?

Well, 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 whenever the ball is relatively close to the putting green.

When you are still some distance from the putting surface then your objective should not be to increase distance from your shot but should just be to get your ball out of the rough and onto the fairway so that you are positioned to then get yourself onto the green.

To do this you will need to use a wedge or a nine iron, both of which have plenty of weight to tackle the long grass and adequate loft to get your ball into the air and clear of the grass speedily.

Also, you must ensure that the blade of your club is open when you are addressing the ball because the grass is going to take hold of the club head as you make your shot. You then have to minimize the amount of grass you are swinging through which means making an upright back swing and a hard down swing which is controlled with a very firm left hand. This particular shot will not get you much distance however it will pop your ball up into the air swiftly and carry it forward sufficiently to get you back onto the fairway.

If you are relatively close to the putting surface then this shot will again work extremely well but you have to take care that the ball does not then roll clear through the green. In this instance therefore you need to aim to hit 2 to 3 inches behind your ball and make sure that your shot has a complete follow through. This will produce a shot which is very similar to that used to get the ball out of a bunker and will not only pop your ball up into the air to clear the deep rough but will also create a soft landing on the green and therefore reduce any forward roll.