You might have rolled into someone else's pitch mark - in which case, I think you're SOL.

If my ball was sitting down hard like that in the fairway (and I have to assume it's NOT my pitch mark), then I would most likely play a low bounce wedge, get it out of that hole, and work out my next shot.

Ball in the earth, downhill slope, there's no way I would have taken a swing for the green, unless there was no trouble AT ALL. The problem is, especially with a downhill lie, you have no idea how hot that ball will come out. That's not even taking into consideration the fact that the ball is sitting down - so now you have to chop hard.

Layup would be the answer, to me.

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