Category: Obstacles

The Low Runner

Needing a low and dependable shot with irons during high wind or you need to shoot under an obstacle on the course.

Tight Fairways

You are about to tee up but notice that the fairway is very narrow or there is brush obstructing a clear shot.

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.

How to Punch

There is a crosswind, a headwind, or your ball is stuck in the rough and under a tree or another obstacle, forcing you to take a short and low shot.

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.

Sand Bunker Behind a Tree

Your ball is in a sand bunker and you must hit past a tree in order to make it to the green.

How to Hit a Ball While on Your Knees

You need to hit under trees or other obstacles and you do not want to take a penalty for an unplayable lie.

Hit From a Powderly Lie

Your ball is in or surrounded by pine needles, twigs, leaves, or dirt. Remember, you cannot move the ball without taking a penalty. If you remove anything from under the ball and it moves, you need to replace the ball and add a on a stroke before even taking the shot.

Hit Over a Water Hazard

You need to hit over a water hazard. Most mistakes occur here because you do not take enough club. Players are afraid of over shooting and getting in trouble but you will have even bigger problems if you do not take a long enough club.

Hitting the High Draw

Need to avoid obstacles in the fairway or make it around a dogleg with a powerful shot.