Pin high!
Probably the most obvious difference between the pro game and the weekend golfer is the ridiculous distances that the top players hit their irons nowadays. Even swinging at 80 percent of their speed, we get used to seeing a caddy pull an eight or nine iron out of the bag when his master is still 160 meters from the green.
Never mind that lofts of clubs have been surreptitiously changed by manufactures so actually our wedge nowadays is the same as an old time 9 iron, nevertheless for the average club player, that's nothing like enough club.
In fact, most players would be better off hitting an easy swing with a five iron from that distance. But week in, week out, I see club golfers hitting far less club than they actually need! especially on par threes.
It's one of the most common things you hear from professionals talking about their pro-am partners. Being pin high and having hit "the right club" is no good if you are thirty yards off line and short sided.
In fact, most players would be better off hitting an easy swing with a five iron from that distance. But week in, week out, I see club golfers hitting far less club than they actually need! especially on par threes.
It's one of the most common things you hear from professionals talking about their pro-am partners. Being pin high and having hit "the right club" is no good if you are thirty yards off line and short sided.
As a rule, very few par threes have trouble beyond the hole. Most will be aggressively bunkered at the front perhaps with two or three positioned thirty yards short to give you a false idea of where the green starts, but few penalise you for being long.
The simplest tip for playing any par three, no matter how scary looking, is this...
The simplest tip for playing any par three, no matter how scary looking, is this...
Take More Club.
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