Libre
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- Jul 29, 2007
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I can't disagree with you - for accomplished players, the fairway is the place to be, where one can take a "proper divot" and thus get the backspin to make the ball stop on the green.
At my level of play - which is, I'm happy to bogey a hole, the 1st cut is a fine place. True, the lie can vary, but it can vary in the fairway too - at least on public courses, and even on country club fairways, you can get a bum lie anywhere.
The main point, though, is whether you should exclude the woods from the bag, and I just can't see it.
Getting back to the architect's rewards and penalties - how about those holes where you MUST carry at least 200 to put the ball in the fairway, or to avoid a hazard? On many holes, left or right is no problem, but short is death. On higher slope courses, short is almost always bad. Mainly, I don't understand why a good player - as I can see you are from your posts, would want to give up on your most powerful weapons. Have you such little confidence in your big clubs? I see that as a problem to be solved, not avoided.
I can't disagree with you - for accomplished players, the fairway is the place to be, where one can take a "proper divot" and thus get the backspin to make the ball stop on the green.
At my level of play - which is, I'm happy to bogey a hole, the 1st cut is a fine place. True, the lie can vary, but it can vary in the fairway too - at least on public courses, and even on country club fairways, you can get a bum lie anywhere.
The main point, though, is whether you should exclude the woods from the bag, and I just can't see it.
Getting back to the architect's rewards and penalties - how about those holes where you MUST carry at least 200 to put the ball in the fairway, or to avoid a hazard? On many holes, left or right is no problem, but short is death. On higher slope courses, short is almost always bad. Mainly, I don't understand why a good player - as I can see you are from your posts, would want to give up on your most powerful weapons. Have you such little confidence in your big clubs? I see that as a problem to be solved, not avoided.