Golf Monthly UK – August 2019

Thepar-55thatSwinleyForest

canbereachedintwo,butyour

strategyshouldbeinfluenced

by a range of factors

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Youhavetoseeagolfcourseas
achangingentity.Ifthewindisinto
andthefairwaysaresoft,thebunkers
maybeinplay.Ifit’sdownwindandthe
fairwaysarefirm,youmightbeplaying
yoursecondfromwaypastthem.
Don’tgethunguponwhatyou’ve
doneinthepastandadapt
whenconditions
require it.

4

Notethepinpositionwhenyou

standonthetee.Ifit’stucked

behindthebunkerontheleft,loftis

requiredtogetitclose,soisthereany

pointtakingonariskysecondtotry

andgethome?Ifthepinisonthe

rightorattheback,it’spossibleto

rolltheballup,soitmightbe

worthpullingoutthe

fairway wood.

1

Manypeopleexpecttomake

birdieatareachablepar5,but

rememberparisstillaverygood

score–worktowardsthatandsee

anythingelseasabonus.Ifyou

don’tgetagooddriveaway,get

itbackinplayandaimtofind

thegreenwithyour

third shot.

How to play...

a reachable

par 5

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Ifyou’reashorthitter,there’sno

shameinlayingupshyofthepond.

You’dratherbeplayingyourthird

fromshortofthewaterwithachance

offindingthegreenwithalong-ironor

fairwaywoodthanplayingyour

fourthfromnotmuchcloser

becauseyou’vetriedtoclear

the pond with a lay up.

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THE GAME STRATEGY

AdvicebyGavinTullis,

European Tour caddie to Richard McEvoy