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My other poll thread which had me thinking about wind caused me to think of this as well.
Hers is what I mean. There are two ways to compensate for heavy cross wind as I see it. I don't know if either may be wrong or if there would be a wrong. Lets say you got a 7iron (or whatever) approach and the wind is heavy across. Do you play upstream and allow the wind to carry it back. Or do you play to turn the ball into the wind and therefore keeping sort of a false straight shot.
Of course we may often club down to make up some distance loss and also may club down even further to keep the ball low but the wind (if harsh enough) can still push it a very significant amount.
Would it be correct or not to use the wind vs turning the ball against it?
I would most often try to play into (use) the wind and than (hope) have the wind carry it back. Of course the best you can do is guestimate how much to play into it lol. But I also (just depending how I feel about things at the time and in the given scenario) have on rare occasion chosen to try to play a heavy draw or heavy fade against the wind. Not that I am real good at it but have had "some" success doing it this way too. I don't know what makes me do this. Its just for some reason on occasion what my brain feels like doing at the time. Would it be wrong to do this? Or is this method as normal for some players as the other way?
Hers is what I mean. There are two ways to compensate for heavy cross wind as I see it. I don't know if either may be wrong or if there would be a wrong. Lets say you got a 7iron (or whatever) approach and the wind is heavy across. Do you play upstream and allow the wind to carry it back. Or do you play to turn the ball into the wind and therefore keeping sort of a false straight shot.
Of course we may often club down to make up some distance loss and also may club down even further to keep the ball low but the wind (if harsh enough) can still push it a very significant amount.
Would it be correct or not to use the wind vs turning the ball against it?
I would most often try to play into (use) the wind and than (hope) have the wind carry it back. Of course the best you can do is guestimate how much to play into it lol. But I also (just depending how I feel about things at the time and in the given scenario) have on rare occasion chosen to try to play a heavy draw or heavy fade against the wind. Not that I am real good at it but have had "some" success doing it this way too. I don't know what makes me do this. Its just for some reason on occasion what my brain feels like doing at the time. Would it be wrong to do this? Or is this method as normal for some players as the other way?