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**JeorgeNoxeref** · 09-21-2012, 08:41 PM

This goes against your rule #1, but I say to take one more club than you think you need. If you have a GPS that has front-middle-back yardage, go for the back every time. You are probably going to hit it shorter than you think you can hit it.

(This is obviously not for low handicappers, but the OP is a 20. I still take more club than I think I need.)

This is almost universally correct, we all (well, a vast majority of us) overestimate our distances. However, I'd sort of combine the two ideas, and say that you should pick your club based on where the worst trouble is.
If behind the green is trackless waste or OB, then taking an extra club may not be the safest play. In the above example, I'd be hitting for middle yardage, maybe even the front, and hitting more than I think I need to get there...instead of overclubbing for the actual pin or back of the green.

09-21-2012, 08:41 PM	#18
JeorgeNoxeref Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 369 Senior Member	This goes against your rule #1, but I say to take one more club than you think you need. If you have a GPS that has front-middle-back yardage, go for the back every time. You are probably going to hit it shorter than you think you can hit it. (This is obviously not for low handicappers, but the OP is a 20. I still take more club than I think I need.) This is almost universally correct, we all (well, a vast majority of us) overestimate our distances. However, I'd sort of combine the two ideas, and say that you should pick your club based on where the worst trouble is. If behind the green is trackless waste or OB, then taking an extra club may not be the safest play. In the above example, I'd be hitting for middle yardage, maybe even the front, and hitting more than I think I need to get there...instead of overclubbing for the actual pin or back of the green.
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