How To get The Golf Ball Out Of The Rough

Hi Golfer


These days, many golf course owners and superintendents try and toughen up their courses by allowing grass grow long off the fairway. This part of the course is called the rough and it poses some problems to golfers but knowing what to expect can make your game a bit better.

Now your first assessment of your shot is to check how deep the ball is sitting in the grass. This will determine basically how far you can advance the ball. If you have a long way to go and there are lots of grasses around the ball then you might consider taking your wedge out and chopping the ball back to the fairway.

However if the ball is sitting up reasonably then you should go for the green. There are a couple of tips to bear in mind. Firstly, a wood is easier to use to get out of the rough than an iron. The reason is that the wood will glide through the grass easily while the iron will get caught in the long grass.

Secondly, with the wood in this situation, the ball will come out with little backspin so it will not stop very quickly.

For shots around the green in long rough, this poses other problems. You could decide to treat the situation like sand shot and blast it out of the rough. This could be one solution to the problem. Using a lofted club and chopping it out is another. Remember that the ball will come out of the rough with a little spin and run quite a bit so you will have to allow for this.


Making good decisions on how the ball will react is as important as having a good swing when it comes to playing this game. Good golfing my friends.


Chijioke Onwunle

P.S. - Get a good golf instructor and read good golf books. You can't teach yourself golf. Read and practice what you have read under your tutor.Knowledge is power