Lesson #14 TROWS FROM SAD LIES

There's nothing so soul satisfying as getting ea nice long one out of the rough with
a wood, unless it's seeing your opnonent ask for a wood when he's in the same sort
of spot. For while we thrill for hours over the occasional one we do accidentally
get away with we. know that only one out of ten comes out right, so we just love to
see the other guy ask for a wood and start whaling away. If you want to play this
game right stop taking those ten to one chances, for rough is’ supposed to impose
only a one shot penalty so why gamble for two or three. Incidentally a carefully
played iron shot that will assuredly take you out is sound, and the next one from
the fairway has a chance of holing out. So if you have that sambling instinct why
be a piker with a measly ten to one chance, why not forget that and play an iron
and take the thousand to one chance of holing the next one, or at least getting it
Close enough for a sure par.

Playing irons out of the rough is simple; just think your shot out. ‘You realize
of course that thick grass will hold the club head back and na;r even open the blade.
So toe your club in a little so this is offset. You also realize that the ball must
be gotten into the air quickly so that the grass ahead will not deflect it, there-
fore you hit down, and because the ball may be pretty well hidden you know a deeper
faced club will be surer. So you forvet distance take an iron of good depth and
firmly hit down at the ball. The toed in or closed blade will keep it straight.
You also realize thet when this rough shot is close enough to get hone that grass
between the blade and the ball will cause the bali to run more than normal. If the
green is closely trapped you may use a more loftec iron and play short and try to
get the next one dead, because a long iron out of the rough will seldom hold the

green, and you'll usually find a lot of trouble in the rough Dehind the green.