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Water Hazard Tip: Leave Your Ego At Home

Sometimes playing a ball that has gotten into trouble means putting aside your ego and walking away from a potentially rotten second shot, especially when a water hazard is involved.

It happens to us all - a shot goes terribly wrong and lands in the water, yet you can still see the top of the ball. You want to get it back onto the green on the next go, but what usually ends up happening is a frustrated player with a messier second shot.

A Special Tip From An Old Pro

Tony Lema, one of the all-time great golfers who made headway in the game during the 1960s, once gave some very simple, yet effective advice. He said something to the tune of:

“The best way to play the ball out of the water is….. don’t.”

What the late Mr. Lema was suggesting, and the point of this article, is that if you are ever facing a ball that is almost totally submerged in a water hazard, but has just enough of the top of the ball to see it, don’t try to be the hero and attempt to whack it out of the water like a hammer.

This will do nothing but plop the ball up and back into the water so learn to take the penalty and get the ball back into a solid playing lie.

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