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I don't "hate" any lies. I believe that if you "hate" or "dread" a particular lie or situation, then you are beaten whenever you face that lie or situation. I have taught myself to accept whatever situation I have and do my best. I tailor my practice to improve my chances of success whenever I face difficult situations. The lie that gives me the most difficulty is the lie in deep rough when I have a distance more than about 180 yards over water. Golf is a mental game. You have to convince yourself that you can be successful at any given moment. So whenever I encounter a "tough" lie, I determine the play that gives me the best opportunity for success. Sometimes that may mean laying up from 180 yards in the rough. I have worked on my short game to the point that I am very confident that I can get up and down from almost anywhere. Look at some of my scores and I think you will be amazed how often I one-putt. I have one-putted as many as 10 or so times in a round.



I cannot count the number of times I have played with someone that hits his ball into a bunker for instance, and he laments that "I can't play this shot." It's almost guaranteed that he will hit a poor shot because he has convinced himself that he will. Work on your mental game, as well as your irons and putting, and your scores will improve.

I'm with gsollars on this. It is what it is, play it and learn from it. The only lie I dread is the one behind a tree. I hate having to punch out sideways. :)
Oh, the other lie I hate is playing in scrambles with cheaters that come in with ridiculous scores of 52 or 51. Give me a break, you birdied every hole on the course??

Don't hate em, but don't like em.. 2 lies. First, in a divot..Second, hard-pan from lack of ground maint.

i sam not fond of lies above my feet i measn way above I had one today i had 100 yards and it sqirted off

Dont particularly hate any lie, but I do dislike downhill lies over 200 yards, as it is very difficult to get a 3 Wood airbone from a severe downhill lie

Only ones that offer no shot toward the pin, especially if that's the result of well struck shot. It's a "fairness" thing I guess. I don't need to get into the debate over expacations of fairness, blah blah blah, it just a deflating event when a good shot stops in such a way as to be severely penalizing.

I had a particular bad lie in a golf tournament this year. I pushed my tee shot into a bunker...the ball stuck into the bank of the bunker under the lip of the grass on the high right side of a bunker on the right.

I had to stand with my back facing the green and hit the ball against the back wall of the bunker.

I hit the shot perfect...it hit the back wall and jumped dead left and nearly holed it. I settled for a miracle par.

You have to look at every bad lie as an opportunity. The worse position the better the recovery!

the lie i dread the most is the 1 foot in and 1 out of rhe trap with the ball fried in the sand tucked up under the lip. or the worst lie i ever had was on the high side of the bunker, sitting on a tuft of grass that had the ball suspended in the air literally at least 6 inchs. with 1 foot in the sand 1 foot up on the high side.1st stroke wiffed and the ball fell straight down into the bunker right on the lip, 2nd shot hit the lip and fell back another 2-3feet.3rd shot finally made the green,wish i could say it went in the hole but i think i 2 or 3 putted because of how pissed i was about my fate on that hole.

I hate the shot that got me in there not the lie itself.

For me, the dreaded shot is a downhill, tight lie on wet ground. The tendency is to not hit is crisp and be a little heavy.

Only ones that offer no shot toward the pin, especially if that's the result of well struck shot. It's a "fairness" thing I guess. I don't need to get into the debate over expacations of fairness, blah blah blah, it just a deflating event when a good shot stops in such a way as to be severely penalizing.

how can you add the photo on?

I hate the lie, when you know your playing buddy shot a 6 but they say they shot a 4.

oh,No,rcedrone.i write down a 6,and keep on playing.or tell them ot man up / woman up,and count again,lol