Do you have a plan?

garyinderry

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been struggling with the driver of late. decided I was going to use the 4 wood if I could off the tee last sunday. stuck to the plan until the 9th. needed the driver to make it around the dog leg. only hit it a few times the whole round. put a lot of pressure on approaches.

overall it didn't really help all that much. I could have scored a similar score hitting big hooks that were further down the hole than the 4 wood.
 

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Sort of. Always hit 3 wood off the tee on the 2 short par 4s and lay up with my second on 2 of the long 4s and the par 5s. Otherwise on the par 4s it is driver and then play the hole on its merits depending on where I am playing from and the prevailing conditions.
 

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No plan. Hit driver unless my driver goes further than the fairway/green. Then choose the club that will get me closest to the pin.
 

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Just been out for 18 holes on the Ashludie (5.30 tee time) and stuck to counting per my plan - made a mess on the seventh (three putted for a seven on the first green I encountered that had been cut this morning) - double bogeyed the second and the 11th but otherwise very steady 41 out 41 back while only holing one putt of over four feet.

And because I wasn't trying to batter anything I found out that I was hitting the ball much more cleanly - in fact biggest problem was that I was back of the green or just off the back on holes where I'd taken a club less than normal - if I'm going to hit the ball that well I'm going to have to re-assess my distances.

Off back to bed for an hour's kip before work.
 

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Just remembered something I heard Peter Alliss say which I think is probably the best overarching golf plan I am aware of

"Keep it on the short grass and don't 3 putt".

Happy days.:D
 

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You can't plan how to play every hole on the course up front. I would say I have course knowledge which I use when assessing the shot in hand.
 

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This is kind of my thinking behind it. If I create my own little yardage book with notes on etc will that actually give me the focus and mindset to play the correct shot rather than just smash it? Yes I now realise im a geek :o

If being a geek gets you nett birdies or pars, geek-away! It's what the pros do isn't it? Their yardage books tell them to miss left not right, or to hit a hybrid to fall short of the creek, or stick it right off the tee to allow for right-to-left fairways. As much as perhaps us mere mortals don't need such a in-depth course guide / planner, having notes to eliminate heroics or to confirm suspicions is always good!
 
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