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**LeslieMoran** · 08-10-2009, 08:45 AM

Nothing wrong with that.

In fact, Jack Nicklaus once said that if you're going to miss a green, it's better to miss it long than short because on most courses there's a lot less trouble behind a green than in front of one.

-JP

Really? Maybe that used to be true but I don't see that being true on most of the golf courses I play. In fact there is usually a ton of trouble long, I would much rather be just off the front edge and chipping uphill than down the back trying to lob it up out of the woods or up a steep slope or worse losing it in a creek or other hazard behind the hole. A large percentage of the greens that I see slope down towards the front edge so you want uphill chips and putts both when possible. I almost never want to go over. Relying on my GPS for yardage to the front edge I play whatever club will get me just over that front edge of the green a lot of the time and always play it that way if I don't know exactly where the pins are. The only time I club past the middle of the green is if there is obvious trouble in front that I want to avoid or I know exactly where the pin is and I am going for it.

08-10-2009, 08:45 AM	#12
LeslieMoran Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 604 Senior Member	Nothing wrong with that. In fact, Jack Nicklaus once said that if you're going to miss a green, it's better to miss it long than short because on most courses there's a lot less trouble behind a green than in front of one. -JP Really? Maybe that used to be true but I don't see that being true on most of the golf courses I play. In fact there is usually a ton of trouble long, I would much rather be just off the front edge and chipping uphill than down the back trying to lob it up out of the woods or up a steep slope or worse losing it in a creek or other hazard behind the hole. A large percentage of the greens that I see slope down towards the front edge so you want uphill chips and putts both when possible. I almost never want to go over. Relying on my GPS for yardage to the front edge I play whatever club will get me just over that front edge of the green a lot of the time and always play it that way if I don't know exactly where the pins are. The only time I club past the middle of the green is if there is obvious trouble in front that I want to avoid or I know exactly where the pin is and I am going for it.
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