I hate tight lies. As a matter of fact I would rather be in the rough than 40 yds to the pin in the fairway. Can any one tell me what degree of bounce on a wedge would be best for tight lies? I see wedges with 14,12,10, 8 etc..
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I hate tight lies. As a matter of fact I would rather be in the rough than 40 yds to the pin in the fairway. Can any one tell me what degree of bounce on a wedge would be best for tight lies? I see wedges with 14,12,10, 8 etc..
Niblick. I play high desert courses with mostly tight lies. I also struggled with tight lies. I picked up a 37* niblick ( equal to a 9 iron loft) from ebay. It's unbelievable how easy it is to hit tight lies with this club.
I believe that everyone who cares about being a better player goes through the "scared-of-tight-lies" phase and I think it's just another necessary evolutionary step.
I can remember when I would prefer fluffy lies in the rough, no matter how deep, to anything sitting on grass that had no business being cut so close to the ground.
But as I got better and began to understand the benefit of hitting a ball with the entire clubface contacting it, I slowly (and grudgingly) began to try to work with tight lies. In the beginning, just like most other people, I was topping and chili-dipping everything in sight and getting quite frustrated in the process.
But that was actually a blessing because it pointed out to me that my swing wasn't as good as I may have thought it was and that I needed to tighten things up more than just a bit. As I worked on tightening things up, I began to hit much better shots because I was making much better contact - "ball first" contact and that opened up a whole new world.
Not long afterward, I began to actually prefer tight lies and that's when I knew that I had reached another plateau in the game of golf and from my new vantage point, the game looked quite a bit different.
I could now actually aim at targets and know that the ball would behave in a specific way because I was able to hit it cleanly and didn't have all that grass in between it and my club's face, so I could not only hit a specific shot, but I could reproduce it over and over and that opened up a world of possibilities.
So just like the "mulligan phase" (something else we all go through), the "fluffy lie" phase is another necessary step along the way and just like "hitting another one", the need for a fluffy lie becomes less and less important over time until it actually becomes more annoying than the tight lie itself used to be. When that happens, you're well on your way to becoming a golfer instead of just someone who plays golf.
-JP
Niblick. I play high desert courses with mostly tight lies. I also struggled with tight lies. I picked up a 37* niblick ( equal to a 9 iron loft) from ebay. It's unbelievable how easy it is to hit tight lies with this club.