Golf question

[nervous]

I'm amazed at how many good long irons/fairway woods plaers we have here. It's the area that people need the most help with.

I'd say it's the hardest area for most golfers.

[battschr]

Maybe I should explain my previous post. You should pick approach shots unless you are just extraordinarily bad at another phase. Even if you hit a horrible drive, odds are Tiger could get you near or on the green from just about anywhere. However, I suppose there are some good ball strikers out there who just can't put, so maybe approach shots isn't always the right answer.

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I'm amazed at how many good long irons/fairway woods plaers we have here. It's the area that people need the most help with.

I'd say it's the hardest area for most golfers.

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The point of the question was that you get Tiger's help for one shot per hole. Even I, a crappy golfer, do not have cause to hit a long iron/fairway wood more than a couple times per round, so his assistance would be wasted.

[antidan444]

I can only drive 220-240 yards, but usually I'm pretty good at hitting the fairway.

At most courses I play on, the holes aren't long enough to force me to have to hit long irons.

I'm a very good chipper (probably the best element of my game), adaquate at pitching and ... OK, I can't hit out of sand to save my life.

When I'm playing consistently, I can putt OK. Right now, I couldn't three-putt from 20 feet.

Still, I'm taking approach shots. If I drive like I usually do, and Tiger sets me up from 10-15 feet with his approach, I can handle the putting.

[Guy Incognito]

I am around the green in 2 on most every hole (par 4), but my chipping/pitching is pretty bad, so I would have him do that. He's going to put it within a few feet of the hole, and I make a hell of a lot more 3-4 foot putts than I do 10-15 foot putts.

Also, if you hit a huge drive on a short par 4, does your next shot of 30 yards or so count as an approach or a chip/pitch?

[touchfaith]

Putting from the fringe with a fairway wood. It's the only part of my game I need him for...



















...or this...

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FWIW, I voted approach shots. I think this applies more to the courses I play. If I hit a good drive, he'd most likely stiff it with a short iron, and if I hit a poor drive, he'd recover better and more frequently than I could.

If I were forced to play the courses he plays, from the tees he plays , I would definitely want him to tee off, because I doubt I'd ever reach the fairway on some of those holes with a long carry.

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(fixed a little bit...I'd still tee off if on his courses, but from the whites...)

[CrazyEyez]

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i can drive as long as tiger, so i dont need help there

but my iron play sucks a$$

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I'd be wanting the accuracy of his drives more than the yardage.



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He's 168th in driving accuracy this year. But 4th in GIR. That's how incredible his iron play is, and hence I believe approach shot is the correct answer for the majority of players.

[RacersEdge]

One more - are people assuming the par 3 shots are approach shots? If so, that would swing me toward having TW hit the approach shots.

[Danenania]

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One more - are people assuming the par 3 shots are approach shots? If so, that would swing me toward having TW hit the approach shots.

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Yes I'd consider Par 3's approach shots.

[RacersEdge]

OK, switch me from drives to approach shots..