Playing Tips/Equipment
Bump and Run
The bump and run is a most useful shot on a Fine golf course, where the turf is tight and dry. It is so easy to skim or duff a wedge from a tight lie. The bump and run is the percentage shot and, if mastered, is an up-and-down shot saver.
Improve your game:
Many different clubs can be used from 3 woods (remember Hamilton from just off on the 18th at Royal Troon to win the Open?), jiggers, the mashie that Harold Hilton used, sometimes 5 irons but I maintain the 7 iron is the easiest, because it chips the ball one third of the distance and the ball runs out the remaining two thirds, thereby allowing the golfer to take more control of the shot.
May I suggest you try walking out to the side of the shot and, by raising your two hands, divide the distance between the flag and your ball into three. Keep your eye on the one-third spot as you walk back to your ball. Concentrate on pitching the ball on that spot and miraculously you will have a putt of under four feet to complete your up and down.
It is a bit mechanical but it helps you start to get a feel for the shot.
Quick play:
This manoeuvre needs to be done before your partners stop to watch your shot or you will soon be accused of slowing up play!
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Reader Comments
On June 18th, 2009 Martin Izzard Said:
The bump and run shot is one I feel is lost on so many younger players. I recently watched many lads up at Seacroft Lincolnshire flashing away with 60 degree wedges in a gale and had a little titter to myself. Still, I was young and inexperienced once!
On March 15th, 2010 Abe Mee Said:I recently read Ben Hogan’s Power Golf and have found his recommendation to keep one’s right elbow on one’s right hip throughout the chip shot to be marvellous advice for a right-hander. I expect this would assist with bump and runs.