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**theonsushv** · 06-26-2012, 05:44 PM

you can be too conservative, just as you can be too aggressive

on a par 3, you should be aiming for the green (likely the center instead of the pin, aim to avoid bunkers)

if you can reach a green with a reasonable club you should try and put it on, no use trying to hit 3w to get on a green... but if you've got a 6i, you should be trying to put it on.

setting a goal of double bogey seems soft to me, the goal should be getting around in the least number of strokes and not worrying about individual hole scores. For just about all of us, par is just a reference and not something we actually shoot anyways.

I basically play bogey golf, but I'm going out trying to get a birdie when I can, a par when I can't get a birdie, and a bogey when I can't get a par... I get doubles and triples too... but that's part of the game.

06-26-2012, 05:44 PM	#17
theonsushv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 574 Senior Member	you can be too conservative, just as you can be too aggressive on a par 3, you should be aiming for the green (likely the center instead of the pin, aim to avoid bunkers) if you can reach a green with a reasonable club you should try and put it on, no use trying to hit 3w to get on a green... but if you've got a 6i, you should be trying to put it on. setting a goal of double bogey seems soft to me, the goal should be getting around in the least number of strokes and not worrying about individual hole scores. For just about all of us, par is just a reference and not something we actually shoot anyways. I basically play bogey golf, but I'm going out trying to get a birdie when I can, a par when I can't get a birdie, and a bogey when I can't get a par... I get doubles and triples too... but that's part of the game.
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