# Club Selection and Distances · Golf Level 5: Upper-Intermediate

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Club Selection and Distances in Golf (Level 5: Upper-Intermediate) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: knowing the numbers; and more.

Picking the right club: plays-like distances, the set of clubs, choosing between clubs, and distance tools.

## Test 1: Knowing the numbers

- The ball has to fly over it before it lands. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Two shots of the same length can play very differently. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A rough rule of thumb: one for one. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Slope modes must be switched off. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 4.3a)
- Fine in practice, not in a round under the Rules. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Front to back, not left to right. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Memory slips when nerves rise. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Then pick the club for that number. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Loft rises down the list. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The ball has to climb, so it lands sooner. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 2: The set of clubs

- A links might call for a driving iron, a parkland for another wedge. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The limit is fourteen clubs. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 4.1b)
- The ball runs a long way on hard ground. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- It fills the long end of the set. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- They replace long irons that are hard to get airborne. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A big gap forces awkward part swings. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A fifth wedge or a utility club can earn the slot instead. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Course first, clubs second. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Slower speeds favour more lofted woods. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A hybrid would fill it. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))

## Test 3: Choosing between clubs

- Few amateurs fly the ball past the flag. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Then short is the safe miss. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- It also flies lower and spins less. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Players often take one less club in big moments. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Deep greens can change the club by two or three. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- A local system, explained on the card or in the clubhouse. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Plan the landing spot, not just the finish. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Trouble can move the target before the club is chosen. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Back flags need the most club. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- C is at the back of the green. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 4: Distance tools

- The app turns them into strokes gained figures. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A laser needs a clear line to its target. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Usually to the centre or the front of the green. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Often 100, 150 and 200 to the middle of the green. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Deane Beman is said to have shown him the idea. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Hence the slope modes used in practice. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Allowed by default since 2019. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 4.3a)
- Books from the 1970s, lasers from the late 1990s, phone apps from the 2000s. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The reading is only the start. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A is farthest from the green. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))

Sources: PGA coaching and course-management teaching (DECADE, VISION54), strokes-gained research (Broadie), short-game counts (Pelz), tour statistics, course-architecture references, and the Rules of Golf where a rule is named; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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