# Strategy Off the Tee · Golf Level 5: Upper-Intermediate

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Strategy Off the Tee in Golf (Level 5: Upper-Intermediate) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: driver or not; doglegs and angles; and more.

Planning the tee shot: the value of length, doglegs and angles, hazards from the tee, and par 3s.

## Test 1: Driver or not

- A wedge from rough beats a long iron from fairway on average. (Source: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (2014))
- Made popular by long hitters in the 2000s. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Then a shorter club takes the hazard out of play. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Total distance matters less when carrying trouble. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Architects often put bunkers there. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))
- A long drive can roll through into trouble. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Leaving a full wedge rather than a tricky pitch. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Each club leaves a longer approach. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Where the fairway runs out decides the club. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Architects defend it with bunkers. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))

## Test 2: Doglegs and angles

- The shape matches the hole. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Shorter, but with more risk. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- The cost is a longer approach. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Some angles open up the flag, others bring in bunkers. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))
- From the left the approach comes in away from the bunker. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- The more you bite off, the shorter the hole. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))
- The bend leaves no fairway ahead. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- The inside is shorter but riskier. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Two numbers bracket the choice. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- A goes over the corner. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))

## Test 3: Hazards from the tee

- Plan on a normal strike, not a perfect one. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Allow for the usual curve too. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Length is given up for safety. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Aim so the usual miss goes there. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Deep rough often means a wedge out. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Leave a favourite distance. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Out of bounds means stroke and distance. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rules 17 and 18)
- Out of bounds costs stroke and distance. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rules 17 and 18)
- The margin covers a less than perfect strike. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- Clear the water first. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))

## Test 4: Par 3s

- Just above the grass is enough for an iron. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 6.2b)
- Short is the costly miss there. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- A tour pro's odds are far shorter. (Source: National Hole-in-One Registry (USA))
- Named after the 15th at North Berwick. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))
- One of the shortest holes in Open golf. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))
- Then it is a single putt. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A flat stance helps a clean strike. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Roughly 112, 125 and 141 metres. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))
- Teeing up comes after the club choice. (Source: Course-management teaching (PGA guides; DECADE, Scott Fawcett; VISION54, Nilsson and Marriott))
- The island green of the Players Championship. (Source: Golf course architecture references (template holes of Macdonald and Raynor; famous holes))

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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