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Course Strategy · Strategy

Take the statistical play when you're not fully confident

On a drivable hole, the host decides against going for it because he is not fully confident in the aggressive line. His heuristic: when you are not 100 percent confident, it is better to go with the higher-percentage, statistical play. A course-management rule for tee-shot decisions on gettable holes.

Channel: Micah Morris

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Why this context matters

Early in a stroke-play match; the host is applying course-management ideas he has been working on with his coach Ben.