(. . . and it’ ain’t that much.)<\/p>\n
I want to give you, for your consideration, a new way of looking at distance. It’s a way of showing you how little of it you need to shoot good scores.<\/p>\n
There is a link at the bottom of this post to a spreadsheet which shows you that on a 6,200-yard course you can hit no shot farther than 120 yards and break 100. Or you can break 90 with no shot longer than 140 yards.<\/p>\n
Breaking 80 is a little more demanding, but not by anything huge. If your longest tee shot is 220 yards, and your longest shot from the fairway is 165 yards, you can break 80. <\/p>\n
Granted, this assumes that each shot is hit well and straight. And that you take two putts on every green. <\/p>\n
But no one does that. So what am I getting at here?<\/p>\n
I’m saying that accuracy trumps distance. If you’re accurate you can still score even if you don’t or can’t pound the ball. Being pretty good around the green won’t hurt, either.<\/p>\n
Not convinced? Try it. Play a round with nothing longer than your 140-yard club, and just hit it 140 yards, no trying to get more out of it than that, and see what you shoot. <\/p>\n
You may download this Excel spreadsheet<\/a> and put in data for your own courses. Cells with boldface entries may be changed. All other cells are locked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (. . . and it’ ain’t that much.) I want to give you, for your consideration, a new way of looking at distance. It’s a way of showing you how little of it you need to shoot good scores. There is a link at the bottom of this post to a spreadsheet which shows you … Continue reading The Difference That Distance Makes<\/span>