Making Smarter Decisions in Golf

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so let’s talk trouble shots I’m about 120 yards out from the green here you could maybe see the flag between these two trees the LIE is reasonable although my feet are a bit below the ball here’s here’s the what you want to bear in mind never hit two bad shots in a row clearly I’ve hit one to get here and if I complicate that by hitting a little fat or catching the tree or something like that I’m going to make a very high score on this hole so play for safety we’ll give you one other thought here in a minute in other words get out of the trouble and then try to make it up on the subsequent shots rather than on this shot all the time the rule of thumb is when you’re going between trees if you feel like there’s less than a 90% likelihood you’re going to pull the shot off don’t try it the penalty is just too severe I mean hey if I hit that tree or hit these bushes or hit it fat or something I might as well pick up on the hole so in this case we’re going for a chip out I’ve still now got 60 70 yards to the green worst case perhaps a bogey