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Course Strategy · Strategy

Plan a suspected flyer to the front number

From 165 yards in rough that may produce a flyer or come out dead, the instructor chooses to plan for the flyer. He hits pitching wedge toward the 150-yard front number and intends to let it bounce up; the shot then carries all the way there.

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Why this context matters

The lie sits between a potential flyer and one that could come out dead.