What Is A Flyer? (Video) - by Peter Finch
What Is A Flyer? (Video) - by Peter Finch

What is a flyer? Now when you get out onto the course and you find yourself in lie to the kind of semi-rough, you’ll find that you might get a flying lie. Now a flying lie is when a little bit of grass gets trapped in between the club face and the ball, the impact it reduces the backspin, but it certainly increases the distance that the ball flies. Now, flyers are a bit of a nuisance at times because you can hit a fantastic shot and the ball will fly well possibly up to 20 yards over your target, 20 yards over the green, into say a waiting bunker or water has it, or even out of bounds. So you can be punished for striking a ball very, very well.

When you’re in a flying lie, you just need to take stock and take a bit of a gamble that it will come out a bit hot and take less club and just hopefully get that flying lie and not finish a long way over the green. Now, a lot of people get confused and a mistake that a lot of people make and that you don’t want to make is how much grass needs to get caught in between the club and the ball for it to become a flying lie. If you’re in heavy rough and you’ve got a big chunk of grass caught in between the actual club and the ball, that won’t be a flyer, they’ll be too much material in between the face and the ball to have any effect at all, and that will just become a fatt shot and it won’t have any effects at all. You also can’t get a flying lie out of the bunker, because if you could get some sand trapped between the ball and the club face, the sand will deaden the impact and the ball will go less distance. So the only time you can get a flyer is at the light of the semi rough when there’s just that little bit of grass trapped in between the club and the ball. But like I said, when you’re in that situation, take a less club, gamble on that flying lie, and hopefully you’ll get the club spot on. If you go ahead and hit the same club regardless, the ball could travel a long way over the green and you could find yourself in a very difficult situation with a difficult shot back on. So learn to identify flying lie, take less club, and hopefully produce a very good shot. 2014-05-29

What is a flyer? Now when you get out onto the course and you find yourself in lie to the kind of semi-rough, you’ll find that you might get a flying lie. Now a flying lie is when a little bit of grass gets trapped in between the club face and the ball, the impact it reduces the backspin, but it certainly increases the distance that the ball flies. Now, flyers are a bit of a nuisance at times because you can hit a fantastic shot and the ball will fly well possibly up to 20 yards over your target, 20 yards over the green, into say a waiting bunker or water has it, or even out of bounds. So you can be punished for striking a ball very, very well.

When you’re in a flying lie, you just need to take stock and take a bit of a gamble that it will come out a bit hot and take less club and just hopefully get that flying lie and not finish a long way over the green. Now, a lot of people get confused and a mistake that a lot of people make and that you don’t want to make is how much grass needs to get caught in between the club and the ball for it to become a flying lie. If you’re in heavy rough and you’ve got a big chunk of grass caught in between the actual club and the ball, that won’t be a flyer, they’ll be too much material in between the face and the ball to have any effect at all, and that will just become a fatt shot and it won’t have any effects at all. You also can’t get a flying lie out of the bunker, because if you could get some sand trapped between the ball and the club face, the sand will deaden the impact and the ball will go less distance.

So the only time you can get a flyer is at the light of the semi rough when there’s just that little bit of grass trapped in between the club and the ball. But like I said, when you’re in that situation, take a less club, gamble on that flying lie, and hopefully you’ll get the club spot on. If you go ahead and hit the same club regardless, the ball could travel a long way over the green and you could find yourself in a very difficult situation with a difficult shot back on. So learn to identify flying lie, take less club, and hopefully produce a very good shot.