Course Strategy
344 verified teaching moments with direct channel credit and official-source links.
Flight approaches under cold windChannel: Micah Morris
Cap tee distance before through-fairway troubleChannel: gm__golf
Club up and swing less with a wedge into windChannel: Dan Grieve
Use the clubface to gauge launch angleChannel: Dan Grieve
Avoid or manage the yardages you are weak fromChannel: Mark Immelman
Ignore a tucked pin and aim left-centerChannel: Micah Morris
Check the flags near the green, not just the nearest flagChannel: Bryson DeChambeau
Check conditions before blaming your swingChannel: Mark Immelman
Match approach effort to green spinChannel: gm__golf
Know your carry distances to fly a fairway bunkerChannel: PorzakGolf
Use the ball line as a tee-shot aim guideChannel: PorzakGolf
Aim for the straight miss when playing a cutChannel: gm__golf
Take the statistical play when you're not fully confidentChannel: Micah Morris
Drawing into the wind costs you distanceChannel: Dan Grieve
Cut the corner to shorten a long holeChannel: stayhandsy- Use downwind math to pick the minimum carryChannel: Micah Morris
Aim down the right side if you draw the ballChannel: Club Champion
Aim for the middle of the green for a margin of errorChannel: Dan Grieve
Add height by taking more loft or opening the faceChannel: Golf with Aimee
Choke down to hit in-between yardagesChannel: Todd Graves
Factor green receptiveness into long approachesChannel: Grant Horvat Golf
Use tee grain to tune yardageChannel: Dan Grieve
Aim for the green, not a tucked pinChannel: Mark Immelman- Know the conditions that will spin an approach backChannel: PorzakGolf
Allow for a low-spin flyer from sitting roughChannel: Dan Grieve
Club down on a tight drivable par 4Channel: GoodGood
Use two five woods when a par five is unreachable in twoChannel: Dan Grieve
Land short-game shots closer on soft, slow greensChannel: Bryson DeChambeau
Favor the club that covers the green's middleChannel: GOLF's Subpar
Assess the lie before pulling a fairway woodChannel: Danny Maude
Check pin position from the tee to plan your approachChannel: Dan Grieve
Choose the option with the better bad resultChannel: Grant Horvat Golf- Punch a delofted iron back into playChannel: Dan Grieve
Come in lower on spongy greensChannel: Grant Horvat Golf- Match trajectory to pin positionChannel: Todd Graves
Club down when the driver landing zone narrowsChannel: Micah Morris
Club down for a flyer lieChannel: gm__golf
Choose less club when driver has no rewardChannel: gm__golf
Let the lie choose your loft and releaseChannel: Dan Grieve
Value driver speed more on wide-open coursesChannel: Club Champion
Use a two-iron as a fairway-finding tee clubChannel: Micah Morris
Pick your safe side and treat the rough as fairwayChannel: Danny Maude
Choose the easier scramble ballChannel: GoodGood- Read grain by grass color and adjust your flightChannel: Dan Grieve
Avoid chasing front pins with a 40-degree descent angleChannel: Club Champion
Hit a fairway finder under pressureChannel: Dan Grieve
Hitting it straight doubles your fairway marginChannel: Todd Graves
In wind, control peak height before spinChannel: Club Champion
Favor a higher, softer flight when a draw may releaseChannel: Grant Horvat Golf- Club down from a flyer lieChannel: Dan Grieve
- Bring it in low for the bankChannel: Grant Horvat Golf
- Add yardage for an uphill shot into the windChannel: PorzakGolf
Take more wedge and play for spin-backChannel: gm__golf
Choose the safer miss when attacking a pinChannel: Golf with Aimee
Shape your miss away from the trouble sideChannel: Club Champion
Land short when chipping under limbsChannel: Bryson DeChambeau
Recover to the fairway from an unpredictable lieChannel: gm__golf
Plan your next shot while walking to itChannel: PorzakGolf
Tee it low to eliminate one side off the teeChannel: Club Champion
Take more club from an uphill lieChannel: gm__golf
Lay up to a comfortable wedge distanceChannel: Micah Morris- Use the right side as a feederChannel: GoodGood
Take a higher-lofted club on a downhill lieChannel: Danny Maude
Ball above your feet: expect a hook, aim rightChannel: Dan Grieve- Shape into the fairway to widen your landing areaChannel: Club Champion
Add wedge effort only for a high soft shotChannel: PorzakGolf
Play the odds so a miss still leaves a makeable puttChannel: Todd Graves
Putt when you can instead of chippingChannel: SagutoGolf- Choose control when the bunker miss is severeChannel: Micah Morris
Start left and cut with a left-to-right windChannel: Grant Horvat Golf- Favor the right edge on a doglegChannel: Grant Horvat Golf
Carry past front runoffs on links approachesChannel: Dan Grieve- Aim at the room when blocked outChannel: Micah Morris
Use green contours to feed an approach toward the holeChannel: Todd Graves
Choose low or high wedge by course conditionsChannel: Micah Morris
Take more club into the wind, not lessChannel: Club Champion
Land short on a firm downhill greenChannel: Dan Grieve
Choose a 52 over a forced 56Channel: Danny Maude
Escape a bush: grip down, ball back, fold the trail armChannel: CraigHansonGolf
Tee it low to eliminate the left miss with driverChannel: GOLF's Subpar
Pick a conservative target instead of curving from troubleChannel: Mark Immelman
Expect a ball-above-feet lie to go leftChannel: Bryson DeChambeau- Skip driver when the par five is not reachableChannel: Dan Grieve
Lay up to your favorite yardage, not as far as possibleChannel: Mark Immelman
Put the ball in play when par can tieChannel: gm__golf
Expect left from ball above feetChannel: GoodGood- Aim left when the hole feeds hard rightChannel: Micah Morris
- Lay back to a comfortable approach yardageChannel: gm__golf
Lay up when the green target is tinyChannel: GoodGood
Lay up par 5s with two wedges as a high handicapperChannel: Dan Grieve- Commit to an aggressive swing from a sandy divotChannel: Todd Graves
Match wedge spin to pin position, front vs backChannel: Dan Grieve
Aim away from trouble beside the holeChannel: PorzakGolf- Use an iron to take a tee-shot bunker outChannel: gm__golf
- Keep a trusted fairway-finder under pressureChannel: Club Champion
- Define the bad misses when protecting a leadChannel: gm__golf
Aim away from water when wind helps that missChannel: gm__golf- Don't copy your partner's club off the teeChannel: Mark Immelman
- Land near the fringe on firm greensChannel: Grant Horvat Golf
Compute the full links-golf equationChannel: Club Champion