# Trouble Shots · Golf Level 6: Advanced

Golf · Level 6: Advanced · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-6/trouble-shots/)

Trouble Shots in Golf (Level 6: Advanced) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: trees and branches; water and bare ground; and more.

Getting out of trouble: under and round trees, water, bare ground and divots, awkward stances, and special shots round the green.

## Test 1: Trees and branches

- Little loft keeps the ball down. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- With the hands ahead it flies even lower. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A practice swing away from the ball shows the room. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Fairly taking a stance is fine; bending or breaking to improve it is not. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 8.1)
- Removing loose straw near the ball risks moving it. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 15.1)
- The miss can leave a worse spot than before. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- From the pine straw right of the 10th fairway. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A short swing keeps contact simple. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Less loft keeps it lower. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Or declare it unplayable for a penalty. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 2: Water and bare ground

- Otherwise penalty relief is usually wiser. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Free relief applies in the general area. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 16.3)
- There is no grass to cushion a heavy strike. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Low bounce suits firm, bare ground. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Relief is a right, not a duty. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 16.1)
- No free relief: play it as it lies. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The club must get down to the ball. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Water is the hardest of all. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Steep in, ball first. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Expect to get wet. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 3: Awkward stances

- Grip down for the foot that is higher. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- One of the game's oldest principles. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 1.1)
- Used when the ball sits against an obstacle on the wrong side. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Swing near the ball, not at it. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Digging the feet in firmly is allowed. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 8)
- Solid contact first. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Stay down through the strike. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The worse the footing, the shorter the swing. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Footing comes before everything else. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Kneeling brings the hands much closer to the ground. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 4: Special shots near the green

- Hence the belly wedge or a steep putter stroke. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The leading edge strikes the ball's middle. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Useful to a flag cut just over a ridge. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Like a chip, ball first. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- It often flies across the green. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A practice-round tradition on the 16th hole at Augusta. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The 'Texas wedge' is at home on links. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The lob relies on the air. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The edge meets the ball's equator. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Putted with the wedge's edge. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

Sources: PGA coaching and general teaching guides, launch-monitor teaching material, sport-psychology research as used in golf, the Rules of Golf 2023 and Model Local Rules where a rule is named, and championship records for settled events; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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