# Scoring Zones · Golf Level 5: Upper-Intermediate

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Scoring Zones in Golf (Level 5: Upper-Intermediate) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: inside 100 metres; par 5s; saving par; and more.

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

## Test 1: Inside 100 metres

- Wedges, chips, pitches and putts. (Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999))
- Dave Pelz's counts put it around six in ten. (Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999))
- A tour statistic for iron play. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages)
- A chip back down the slope is hard to stop. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Lay-ups can be planned to it. (Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999))
- Greens in regulation create them. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages)
- Often below the hole and inside a few metres. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Closer shots finish closer. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages)
- Plan the lay-up for the wedge you trust. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Most strokes are played inside it. (Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999))

## Test 2: Par 5s

- Long hitters reach many in two. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages)
- Plans then focus on the third shot. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Distance alone is not the goal. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- An awkward 30 metres is harder than a full 90. (Source: Dave Pelz, Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible (1999))
- A bad strike can find trouble far away. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- On a par 5, a putt for a three. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Eagle and birdie chances follow. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Going for it brings the most risk. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Par 5s play under par on tour; long par 4s over. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages)
- Drive, lay up, pitch on. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))

## Test 3: Saving par

- A measure of the short game under pressure. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages)
- The tour average is near 60 percent. (Source: PGA Tour statistics glossary and season averages)
- A sure bogey beats a likely double. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Big numbers come from a second mistake. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Getting on is the first job. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- A second shot in the trees is the real danger. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Taking the medicine keeps the damage to one shot. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- The safest play gives up the most distance. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- The gap decides the shot. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- A low shot back to the fairway. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))

## Test 4: Avoiding big numbers

- The second error does the damage. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Give up a shot to avoid losing two. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- The stroke index shows which holes they are. (Source: USGA and The R&A, World Handicap System (stroke index))
- The ball has to be replayed from where it was hit. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 18.2)
- Big risks cost more than they gain then. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Within the relief area, pick the best lie and line. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 14.3)
- Most club golfers lose more to doubles than to missed birdies. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Each extra stroke counts the same, but they pile up. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Awareness first, then the plan. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- The miss away from the stakes costs least. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))

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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