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Golf · Level 5: Upper-Intermediate · Sub-level 5.5

Scoring Zones

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

Where scores are made and lost: inside 100 metres, par 5s, saving par and bogey, and avoiding big numbers.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Inside 100 metresTake a test

  1. Wedges, chips, pitches and putts.

    Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999) · recall

  2. Dave Pelz's counts put it around six in ten.

    Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999) · recall

  3. A tour statistic for iron play.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages · recall

  4. A chip back down the slope is hard to stop.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  5. Lay-ups can be planned to it.

    Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999) · recall

  6. Greens in regulation create them.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages · recall

  7. Often below the hole and inside a few metres.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  8. Closer shots finish closer.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages · applied

  9. Plan the lay-up for the wedge you trust.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  10. Most strokes are played inside it.

    Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999) · applied

Test 2Par 5sTake a test

  1. Long hitters reach many in two.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages · recall

  2. Plans then focus on the third shot.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  3. Distance alone is not the goal.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  4. An awkward 30 metres is harder than a full 90.

    Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999) · recall

  5. A bad strike can find trouble far away.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. On a par 5, a putt for a three.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  7. Eagle and birdie chances follow.

    Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014) · recall

  8. Going for it brings the most risk.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  9. Par 5s play under par on tour; long par 4s over.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages · applied

  10. Drive, lay up, pitch on.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · applied

Test 3Saving parTake a test

  1. A measure of the short game under pressure.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages · recall

  2. The tour average is near 60 percent.

    Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages · recall

  3. A sure bogey beats a likely double.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  4. Big numbers come from a second mistake.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  5. Getting on is the first job.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  6. A second shot in the trees is the real danger.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  7. Taking the medicine keeps the damage to one shot.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  8. The safest play gives up the most distance.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  9. The gap decides the shot.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  10. A low shot back to the fairway.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

Test 4Avoiding big numbersTake a test

  1. The second error does the damage.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  2. Give up a shot to avoid losing two.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  3. The stroke index shows which holes they are.

    Source: USGA and The R&A, World Handicap System (stroke index) · recall

  4. The ball has to be replayed from where it was hit.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 18.2 · recall

  5. Big risks cost more than they gain then.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  6. Within the relief area, pick the best lie and line.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 14.3 · recall

  7. Most club golfers lose more to doubles than to missed birdies.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  8. Each extra stroke counts the same, but they pile up.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

  9. Awareness first, then the plan.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · recall

  10. The miss away from the stakes costs least.

    Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott) · applied

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.

  • Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott)18
  • PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages7
  • Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999)5
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)5
  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)1
  • Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014)1
  • USGA and The R&A, World Handicap System (stroke index)1
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 18.21
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 14.31