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23 articles tagged “strategy”.
Multi-tier greens, with two or three distinct levels separated by steep slopes, can turn a routine two-putt into a nervy three or four. Putts up a tier come back if hit too softly; putts down a tier…
Being "short-sided" means missing the green on the same side as the hole, leaving very little green between you and the flag. It's one of the hardest situations in golf: a normal chip will run past…
Getting "up and down" means getting the ball in the hole in two shots from off the green: one chip, pitch or bunker shot, then one putt. It's the skill that separates golfers who turn missed greens…
The hole on every green moves regularly, and its position changes how the hole plays. Front, back and side pins call for different clubs and targets. Some courses use flag colours or pin sheets to…
Modified Stableford is a variation of Stableford scoring that rewards birdies and eagles more heavily and penalises bogeys and worse. It encourages aggressive, attacking golf and has been used in…
A yardage book, sometimes called a course guide or strokesaver, is a small booklet with a diagram and distances for every hole. Professional caddies make detailed books for each event, and many…
Morning fog can roll across a golf course and leave you unable to see the fairway, the green or the group in front. It's eerie, sometimes beautiful, and it raises real questions about safety and how…
Every golfer faces decisions: go for the green over water or lay up? Cut the corner or play safe? Aim at the flag or the middle of the green? Good decisions save more shots than most swing changes…
A forced carry is a shot where you must fly the ball over a hazard, such as water, a ravine, a canyon or a waste area, to reach safe ground. Island greens, completely surrounded by water, are the…
A blind shot is one where you can't see your landing area or target: a tee shot over a hill, an approach to a green hidden behind a dune or a shot over a ridge. They're common on links and hilly…
Good golfers seem to know where to hit the ball on every hole, even on courses they've never played. That's because they read the hole before they swing: where the danger is, which side is safe…
A dogleg is a hole that bends left or right, usually at the landing area of the tee shot. Doglegs test your strategy more than your power: hit it too far and you run through the corner into trouble…
