Do you read the
slopes?
by Manny
Ok, you are safe in the middle of the fairway, 80 yards to the hole, normal-medium green and no wind or just a little breeze that will not affect your club distance. You choose a LW iron, hit a perfect snap (or decent at least) and…your ball doesn’t even reach the green! Instead, its goes up in the air like a balloon and spin back 10 yards after landing short. What happened?
Did you notice the yellow arrow in the slope indicator?
Well, that arrow has its secrets! In the figure below, the arrow shows an up
slope that can subtract 25 yards of distance. The smallest one that looks like
a ^ , will subtract up to 3 yards of
distance and the 
biggest one could take up to 30 yards! (Most
of the time it would be between 10 and 15 yards). There are 2 different methods
for that:
· Reduce the loft by clicking 1 down of default, with a bigger arrow equivalent to 2, 3 or more clicks.
· Adding more club according to the distance calculations.
Of course, try to get a good lie on the fairway!
Side hill lies
If
you play with your grid everywhere, All you have to do is count the number of
step transitions that your ball is lying on, For example if there is a small
arrow pointing to the right you would want to count each step in the line
directly left of the ball. Sometimes you might not be able to see them clearly
so all you have to do is hit your drop button in the menu and this will remove
the golfer and the swing meter, just make sure to hit cancel when done
counting. Each step transition is equal to one foot so you would just aim your
marker left, right of the hole this amount of feet.
Normally, we subtract one foot per inch of down slope from the club distance. However, you may consider adding some loft depending on the green conditions.
You have now an idea of how to play the slopes. You still need to practice, practice and…practice!