Category: Hazards

Downhill Hazard

You are shooting short shot, downhill to the green but there is water or a bunker between your ball and the green.

Zigzag on Fairways

You hit the ball into a lot of hazards.

Skipping

You have a water hazard in front of you with tree limbs that are preventing a good hit over the water, onto the green.

In Greenside Water

Your ball is partially submerged in water near the green.

Greenside Cut Shot

There is a hazard or an obstacle blocking a clear shot to the green.

Island Greens

You need your ball to land on an island green.

The Perfect Shot

We love it when we make the perfect shot and often expect it to happen again every time we try to repeat it. When you fail duplicate that shot it causes your game to fall apart.

When to Switch Balls on the Course

If you are playing just to practice and you approach a water hazard or a tough shot, you switch to a dingy ball you found on the course. You are usually glad you did because the ball went just where you didn’t want it to go.

Learn to Ignore the Hazards

You have to make a shot over a water hazard or a sand bunker. Every time you approach a shot like this, you focus too much on what you do not want to do and somehow that is exactly what happens.

The Floater or Parachute Shot

You are in the rough with an obstacle blocking the green. So you need to hit the ball so that it flies high and short with a soft landing.