Asden105
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Any tips on how I can leave myself in better positions to allow for an easier short game and longer shots? Should I take a conservative approach?
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Any tips on how I can leave myself in better positions to allow for an easier short game and longer shots? Should I take a conservative approach?
Course management is about playing to your strengths. It isn't about bring conservative; conservative typically means to start trying to steer shots. You want to maintain the same "aggressive" approach on all you shots but hitting to specific locations
Course management is about playing to your strengths. It isn't about bring conservative; conservative typically means to start trying to steer shots. You want to maintain the same "aggressive" approach on all you shots but hitting to specific locations
Ok, all 65% of you (currently) that are choosing the answer of "knowing when to be aggressive and when not," I'm calling you out, because that is such a cop out answer. So now answer this. How do you know when it is time to be aggressive, and how do you know when it is not?
~Rock
Ok, all 65% of you (currently) that are choosing the answer of "knowing when to be aggressive and when not," I'm calling you out, because that is such a cop out answer. So now answer this. How do you know when it is time to be aggressive, and how do you know when it is not?
~Rock
Be, aggressive. B-E Aggressive!
I'm a firm believer that more people need to just go for it more. Take that riskier line off the tee, go for the pin. There's a difference between playing aggressive and playing stupid, so don't be stupid about it (unless it's casual play, then go for it, cause otherwise you never know if you could have hit that ball out of the bush). I feel like too many play not to lose, rather than playing to win.
I've never known anyone whose wife divorced them, girlfriend left them, or dog ran away, because they got aggressive, missed, and ended up with a double bogey.
~Rock
If I have an open fairway in front of me, I will play as aggressive of a shot that I feel I can do without incurring too much damage if it goes awry. If there is a chance at a big number from trying to do a little too much, I'll go conservative. No matter which route I take, the swing still is a healthy swipe at the ball. The club changes, the target changes, but that's about all.Ok, all 65% of you (currently) that are choosing the answer of "knowing when to be aggressive and when not," I'm calling you out, because that is such a cop out answer. So now answer this. How do you know when it is time to be aggressive, and how do you know when it is not?
~Rock
There isn't a single answer, you have to manage your way around the course by assessing your capabilities against what the ramifications of a poorly executed shot will be.
If I think I can execute the shot I am going to try 8 out of 10 times then I am going for it. Less than that I will take a more conservative approach. For example if you can only hit a fade and struggle to hit a draw would you try to draw the ball into a tight pin position. It also come with assessing what the results of a bad shot would be.
To each their own. If I am playing a casual round with my buddies and I have to try and hit a low shot under a tree branch to get on the green and try and scrape out a par after a crap drive I am going to go for it.
If I am in a competitive stroke play and have the same shot, I will probably going to punch out, take my medicine and make sure I take a bogey at worst.
Same thing for when I play match play, if I am hitting 2 from the trees and my opponent is in the middle of the fairway I am going to be more aggressive with my play than if the roles were reversed.
It also depends on the shot, I am a low ball hitter with my irons, so if I have a shot where I have to launch a 7I high (because that is the club I need to hit to get to the green) vs hitting a 9I that I know will clear but will likely leave me short... well depends on the circumstances.
I don't hit the ball particularly far so if I want to make a score (which is my goal every time out, make the best score I can make) then I am going to look at the percentages for me to try and play to my strengths.
Maybe that is a cop out, but I usually take that mentality to every shot I hit.
Play confidently to a specific target. But choose that target by being aware of where you want your misses to be. Better misses = lower scores.
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Here's another question. If you are the type of person who plays a fade, and the pin is tucked on the left side of the green, assuming no trees blocking your way, would you not just play the fade, knowing you can do it, to that pin location?
I only call it a cop out because I don't think it means anything. Everyone says it, but no one articulates when it is time to be aggressive, and when it is not. I wouldn't know based on that response what they are factoring in. Do they factor in the swings in their bag, pin location, how far in a match one is, quality of the other opponent? I don't understand what the answer means when people say it, and I still believe everyone should be aggressive, put themselves in a position to win, or have a PB, and that being aggressive does not mean being stupid.
~Rock
I think this is a prime example of what I'm getting at. One may have a conservative game plan for a hole, but one is still aggressive at hitting their target. Whether your target is 6 feet from the hole with a bunker behind and water in front, or simply laying up to the right side of the fairway to give themselves a 105 yard approach, in my mind, those are both still aggressive plays. They are small targets, which you intend to hit to have the least amount of strokes.
I for one rarely go for a par 5 in two. Part of the reason for that is that I trust my wedges to get me close for a chance at birdie. But I never got those birdie chances until I started picking my layup target.
Maybe the issue is, we need to define what aggressive and conservative is?
~Rock
Ok, all 65% of you (currently) that are choosing the answer of "knowing when to be aggressive and when not," I'm calling you out, because that is such a cop out answer. So now answer this. How do you know when it is time to be aggressive, and how do you know when it is not?
~Rock
Ok, all 65% of you (currently) that are choosing the answer of "knowing when to be aggressive and when not," I'm calling you out, because that is such a cop out answer. So now answer this. How do you know when it is time to be aggressive, and how do you know when it is not?
~Rock
I can play the smart shots when I need to, but I know when I need to go for it as well. There is a lot of calculated risks, but usually that only when I need to do so.