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Lay up when the fairway favors your wedge strength

The guest recounts choosing a layup in a national-championship situation because it put the ball in the fairway with about 100 yards left, where he considered himself the strongest wedge player on the course. He contrasts that with a difficult back-right pin, where advancing near the green could leave an almost impossible recovery and where he estimated the green would be hit only about three times in 15.