Golf Course Strategy

Learn expert golf course strategy tips from Adam Bazalgette, 4-Time SWF PGA Teacher of The Year. Improve your game and lower your score today!

so second shots when you’re coming into the green and we’re going to give you a stat here 150 y from the Fairway this is 23 ft that’s what a tour pro would average 50 percentile distance from the hole from 150 yards from the Fairway is zero handicapper a scratch player is more like 31 ft that’s about there from the hole this holes as you can see is somewhat at the front of the green a 90 shooter averages 56 ft from the hole so let me just tell you you will always have better averages per cutting then you will chipping so if you’re this isn’t even a terrible pin placement if you’re aiming at all the pins and you’re averaging 56 ft from the hole I mean I could throw it down the hill and I’d be 56 ft or in the bunker but back this way I’d still be on the green so hey you’re playing for fun you don’t just want to have an ultra conservative second shot the whole day but I telling you in the long run aiming more for the middle of the greens even if it’s a relatively manageable shot you will hit more greens and you will score better