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ripper said:
Not sure where to ask this, but anyway, I have heard people say they use a wood or hybrid on short par 4s, short par 5s. I am not clear on why, doesnt that just make the hole longer? Who wouldnt you want to be closer? I am sure there is logic here, I just want to understand so I can improve my course management.
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Some have already said hit to a number, but another reason is because the fairway might have hazards/bunkers etc at a certain yardage. If you can't fly them (and I don't mean on a perfect hit) and it's pretty tight in the landing area, it's easier to hit a shorter club that you can likely hit safely in the fairway than try and flirt with a tee shot that might require threading the needle.
 
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ripper said:
Not sure where to ask this, but anyway, I have heard people say they use a wood or hybrid on short par 4s, short par 5s. I am not clear on why, doesnt that just make the hole longer? Who wouldnt you want to be closer? I am sure there is logic here, I just want to understand so I can improve my course management.
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If I hit driver on a short par 4, I'm usually at a distance that I don't like. I'll hit 3W to make sure I have a PW (even a 9i) instead of a half or 3/4 54*.

Unless there is a severe dogleg or hazard on a short par 5, I'm hitting driver.
 
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Canadan said:
Soo... I haven't seen this yet, and I don't know whether it's already in here or not, but this had me rolling....

Also, spoilered for language:

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That dude is going far. "I'm used to... from being east coast"
 
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Custom Method said:
My youth leader won one of eight sets of the wilson d100s masters special edition irons off of twitter. He doesn't know what to do with em yet!
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He can donate them to me or have my R9s!
 
Not sure if there a better place for this, but if you are playing in a scramble/captain's choice tournament and two of your 4 teammates do not show up, are you just out of luck and you only have two shots or can the two players each hit twice?
 
Jeff Spicoli said:
Not sure if there a better place for this, but if you are playing in a scramble/captain's choice tournament and two of your 4 teammates do not show up, are you just out of luck and you only have two shots or can the two players each hit twice?
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I've seen it done both ways.
 
Wake said:
I've seen it done both ways.
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I was in this situation this weekend and we weren't sure what to do and there were no officials to be found.
 
Jeff Spicoli said:
I was in this situation this weekend and we weren't sure what to do and there were no officials to be found.
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I'd think 2 shots each would too big of an advantage.
 
Tbonafide said:
I'd think 2 shots each would too big of an advantage.
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Yeah. That is why we went with one shot each. I am an amazing 'B' ball player. :bye:Didn't play too bad actually but was curious as to what other people thought.
 
Jeff Spicoli said:
Not sure if there a better place for this, but if you are playing in a scramble/captain's choice tournament and two of your 4 teammates do not show up, are you just out of luck and you only have two shots or can the two players each hit twice?
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Sticky situation right there, but you seem to have handled it right. It wouldn't surprise me if most groups would go with two shots each.
 
Jeff Spicoli said:
Yeah. That is why we went with one shot each. I am an amazing 'B' ball player. :bye:Didn't play too bad actually but was curious as to what other people thought.
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Yeah, I might actually sink a putt if I got 2 tries!
 
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