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**Uzezqelj** · 12-28-2009, 07:54 PM

Played 36 holes last Saturday and had one mission in mind, "stop trying to kill the ball off the tee."

Result... lost about 40 yards off the tee but walked away with an average of 80% FIR for both rounds.

I'm pretty impressed with the results, but the ego maniac in me is having trouble coming to terms with the loss of distance..

My average FIR for the year is around 35%.

Which would you rather have? Increased FIR and reduced distance or the opposite?

Fairway's in Regulation is a nice stat, but unless the Greens in Regulation stat goes up as well, then all the fairways in the world won't amount to a hill of beans.

Greens in Reg. is (arguably) the most important stat in all of golf.

If sacrificing some distance served to increase my GIR, then by all means, start cutting! But if cutting distance allowed me only to hit more fairways and made it harder to reach the greens, then it's not worth it.

Again, this isn't an either/or proposition because less distance means longer approaches which can end up being just as problematic as being too long or inaccurate off the tee in the first place.

-JP

12-28-2009, 07:54 PM	#15
Uzezqelj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	Played 36 holes last Saturday and had one mission in mind, "stop trying to kill the ball off the tee." Result... lost about 40 yards off the tee but walked away with an average of 80% FIR for both rounds. I'm pretty impressed with the results, but the ego maniac in me is having trouble coming to terms with the loss of distance.. My average FIR for the year is around 35%. Which would you rather have? Increased FIR and reduced distance or the opposite? Fairway's in Regulation is a nice stat, but unless the Greens in Regulation stat goes up as well, then all the fairways in the world won't amount to a hill of beans. Greens in Reg. is (arguably) the most important stat in all of golf. If sacrificing some distance served to increase my GIR, then by all means, start cutting! But if cutting distance allowed me only to hit more fairways and made it harder to reach the greens, then it's not worth it. Again, this isn't an either/or proposition because less distance means longer approaches which can end up being just as problematic as being too long or inaccurate off the tee in the first place. -JP
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