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.