Do rollers involve a bit of voodoo?

[mark996]

I voted no, they are not voodoo because I know you have to practice them to get good at them. When I played in west Texas every week (Plainview, Lubbock and Brownfield), I was starting to get "OK" at them, but back in DFW (where roots are everywhere) I don't even try. There's a hole at Harry Myers (17) and Paschall (7) that rollers would be beneficial on, but for two holes... I just can't justify the effort to learn.

Agreed. I've never attempted a roller on 17 at HM or at Paschal but can definitely see the benefit of hitting a nice long roller on those holes. The only roller I accidentally threw was on Hole 1 at Myers, that ended up going to the bleachers between the baseball field and playground, I just chalked that up to an errant throw and took a mulligan to restart my round.