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Conservative Vs Aggressive
Golfers get stuck in a mindset of either playing conservatively or aggressively. Conservative strategy is generally when you aim for the fattest parts of fairways and greens and specifically avoid challenging bunkers, water hazards, trees etc. Aggressive strategy is when you try to shorten courses by challenging bunkers and water hazards and aim for the pin regardless of the surrounding trouble.
Golfers get stuck in a mindset of either playing conservatively or aggressively. Conservative strategy is generally when you aim for the fattest parts of fairways and greens and specifically avoid challenging bunkers, water hazards, trees etc. Aggressive strategy is when you try to shorten courses by challenging bunkers and water hazards and aim for the pin regardless of the surrounding trouble.
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This course game is conservative versus aggressive.
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So as it sounds, basically what you're going to do is when you get to every tee
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or at predetermined holes before you start, you're going to play
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some holes conservatively, some holes aggressively. So if you're playing
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conservatively,
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that means you're going to swing easy and you're going to take less club.
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You're going to aim for either the fattest part of the fairway or the fattest
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part of the green.
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If you're playing aggressive, you're going to take more club. You're going to
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aim at the pins or aim
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at the tightest lines, basically trying to shortcut every dog leg.
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So you can either do front nine aggressive, back nine conservative,
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you could do evens, odds, or you can flip a coin on each tee box
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and see what goes from there. What you'll find is that you're going to grav
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itate
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more towards one style versus the other. And what you'll find is that
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even if you've been trying to play smart, if your skill level is caught up
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and you're doing better than you think you can, you may find that
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playing aggressively actually helps you shoot the lower scores. So this will
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help
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you kind of break out of comfort zones, or if you're struggling with your
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game, realize that playing conservatively can give you a
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bigger margin of air when you don't quite have your stuff.
Conservative Vs Aggressive
Golfers get stuck in a mindset of either playing conservatively or aggressively. Conservative strategy is generally when you aim for the fattest parts of fairways and greens and specifically avoid challenging bunkers, water hazards, trees etc. Aggressive strategy is when you try to shorten courses by challenging bunkers and water hazards and aim for the pin regardless of the surrounding trouble.
Golfers get stuck in a mindset of either playing conservatively or aggressively. Conservative strategy is generally when you aim for the fattest parts of fairways and greens and specifically avoid challenging bunkers, water hazards, trees etc. Aggressive strategy is when you try to shorten courses by challenging bunkers and water hazards and aim for the pin regardless of the surrounding trouble.
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This course game is conservative versus aggressive.
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So as it sounds, basically what you're going to do is when you get to every tee
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00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.000
or at predetermined holes before you start, you're going to play
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some holes conservatively, some holes aggressively. So if you're playing
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conservatively,
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that means you're going to swing easy and you're going to take less club.
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You're going to aim for either the fattest part of the fairway or the fattest
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part of the green.
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If you're playing aggressive, you're going to take more club. You're going to
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aim at the pins or aim
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at the tightest lines, basically trying to shortcut every dog leg.
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So you can either do front nine aggressive, back nine conservative,
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you could do evens, odds, or you can flip a coin on each tee box
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and see what goes from there. What you'll find is that you're going to grav
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itate
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more towards one style versus the other. And what you'll find is that
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even if you've been trying to play smart, if your skill level is caught up
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and you're doing better than you think you can, you may find that
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playing aggressively actually helps you shoot the lower scores. So this will
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help
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you kind of break out of comfort zones, or if you're struggling with your
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game, realize that playing conservatively can give you a
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bigger margin of air when you don't quite have your stuff.