Course Strategy · Strategy

Know your carry distances to fly a fairway bunker

The coach explains that the player hit driver to carry a fairway bunker, a roughly 285-yard drive over a bunker that was about 260 to carry, which the player carries around the 270 mark. Had he hit a three-wood or a shorter club, the ball would have finished in the middle of that bunker. He frames this as course management: understanding your game, your carry distances, and the course you're playing.