WGT Pinhunters

This is a post from WGT player Puttluck. This was a good simple post on playing green side bunkers.

 

Firstly, I'm mostly using a L39 Z satin TP64 with an average distance of 50yds and I practice with starter balls, although when I use the L11 Srixon Z-star balls I get the same results.

 

(28) 24yds, 4ft up from 20% (+4)= 32 dropped 19(59%), ran 4…….-1 (30) 24yds, 6ft up from 20%(+5) = 35 dropped 21(60%) ran 4……..+1

 

These are just 2 of scores of examples I have where the 1st bracketed number is the combined length(yds) and elevation (feet are added as yards, not converted into yards). 20% is the maximum sand lie and the second bracketed numbers is the yardage I added to my swing to compensate for that lie. 'Dropped' is where the ball met the green.

 

In both examples, the ball ran 4yds and in the first example, the ball stopped 1yd short of the pin and 1yd over in the second example.

 

I've omitted explaining that the ball dropped 59% and 60% of the total hit because I got so many differing results that I couldn't see any correlation with these.

 

Therefore: From 20% sand I found that combined yardage (of distance and elevation) of over 35yds where elevation exceeds 6ft needs 3 yards added. (ball will roll further) Over 35yds (combined) with elevation lower than 6ft, add 4yds Less than 35yds (combined) and elevation is above 5ft, add 4yds Less than 35yds and elevation is below 5ft add 4/5yds.

 

So, to clarify. If the pin is 25yds away and 4ft above your lie, 25+4+5 = 34yd swing. Of course, uphill, downhill and greens that break hard left or right will need to be adjusted to.

 

I've also not mentioned wind either. Unless your playing in high winds, these figures are good in my experience.

 

From 40% sand. 34yds, 9ft up from 40% = 53 dropped 27(51%), ran 7……0

 

24yds, 4ft up from 40%(10) =38 dropped 19(50%) ran downhill 9…+4

 

In the 1st example I added 10yds and nailed it. In the 2nd example I added 10yds but didn't compensate for the downhill slope on the green. Although I holed it in the first example, it was traveling a fair bit so I recommend adding 9 instead of 10.