Golf Trouble Shots: How To Prevent A Blow Up Hole

You know how it is. You are in the middle of a great round of golf. It is your day. Your swing is working like a charm. Your buddies are in a state of shock over your great play. You have honors on tee box after tee box. Thoughts of your best round ever start to cross your mind now and then. It is one of those rounds you’ll remember and talk about for years to come.

But then it happens. From out of nowhere a disaster strikes in the form of a blow up hole.

It may not have even been your fault. Golf is a cruel game at times. It can happen that bad things come from a good shot. You struck the ball well. No slice or duck hook this time. But still the ball goes long and runs through the fairway into the woods or is in an unusual lie in a fairway bunker. Now you have trouble.

Or the one I hate the most is to nail it long and straight off the tee only to find your ball in a fairway divot. Can you make the right adjustment to hit the green and have a decent birdie putt?

It might be that you nailed the approach shot. Solid. Pure. Great contact. The kind of contact that goes click at impact. But the ball strikes a sprinkler head and bounces way over the green. Big trouble.

Then there is the self-inflicted trouble. Sometimes the swing is just off that day or the conditions are more difficult than usual. You come up short on your approach shot and find the ball buried in the bunker. A plugged lie is trouble.

Maybe you’ve hit a wayward tee shot. It happens to us all. But this time it is gone into the high grass. You’re lucky to have found it in that deep stuff. But now you need find a way to get this ball back onto the fairway with a clear shot to the green. You can still make par but should not make worse than bogey. Minimize the damage.

Golf course designers work to scientifically add challenges to each hole. Those challenges are intended to punish an errant shot. Whether it is a hilly fairway, a dogleg, a forced carry over water or a bunker golf course architects are not shy about making trouble for golfers like you and I.

You need specific knowledge for each and every obstacle they stick in your path to keep from taking multiple unnecessary shots when you fall victim to their designs. The blow up hole is avoidable every time. It all depends on your skill and knowledge to deal with those situations.

Dooley Duffer often says, “One errant shot doesn’t have to lead to another.” That is why he has written a ebook called How to Conquer Golf’s Trouble Shots. He helps struggling golfers to improve their games and play better golf by providing easy to understand steps on how to handle the toughest shots in golf.

If you wish to become a better golfer and avoid the costly blow up holes, the kind that add multiple strokes and can ruin an entire round, then you well to consider getting some special instruction on how to overcome these bad lies and tough shots without losing too many strokes.

Dooley wants to help you improve your game and lower your handicap by helping you with golf trouble shots.