| These are sneaky holes. You can think you have a | | | | deliberately play short of the green and chip on for |
| good chance at a par, and walk off the green with a | | | | your bogey or possible par, rather than challenge the |
| double bogey, easy as pie. The key to a good score | | | | hazards and end up with a double bogey or worse. |
| is choosing the right club to hit off the tee. Base your | | | | If the green you're hitting into has no safe place to |
| club selection on the listed yardage plus seven yards. | | | | bail out to, hit a knockdown. Take one more club, |
| That's the yardage to play the hole at regardless of | | | | and swing it back three-quarters. Think of the club |
| where the pin is, unless it's a deep green. Say it's a | | | | head continuing straight toward the target after |
| 148-yard hole. Your 150-yard club will be short. Take | | | | contact. Finish with your hands in front of you. |
| one more club to get hole high. | | | | When you miss the green, think carefully about the |
| Tee up the ball. Never hit it off the ground. The | | | | chip. If it looks like it will be difficult to get the ball |
| height of the tee should be no more than a half inch. | | | | close, find a portion of the green you can get the ball |
| Less than that is better. All you're trying to do is give | | | | to and hit it there. You might well be giving up on |
| yourself a good lie. | | | | your par, but you're avoiding a down-in-four for a |
| The green on some par-3 holes is surrounded by | | | | double bogey. But still, if you get the ball on the |
| hazards - mounds, bunkers, high grass. Consider that | | | | green, no one says you can't sink the putt! |
| on holes like this it might be best for you to | | | | |