| Walt,
In my opinion, it's definately a situation dependant
choice. I for one, am not going to try and make a 25foot downhill
breaking putt for birdie. I would much rather get concentrate on
getting it close, for a good par putt, and if it happens to go in,
GREAT!!! The same goes for a difficult shot from off the green.
It depends totally on the situation at hand. If you are playing
match play, and your opponent has a 2 footer for par and you are
chipping for par, you'ld be crazy not to try and put it in. If
on the otherhand you were playing medal play, you would have your
choice. It all depends on the type of match you're playing, the
type of shot as compared to how well you play that type of shot,
your particular round that day, weather, course condition, to mention
just a few. I'd love to be able to go after every pin, no matter
wher I am, and not be worried about my next shot, but I don't play
on the PGA tour!!! :-)
I must admit though, there are times I gamble when I shouldn't,
and probably 70% of them don't pan out.
Beak
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| Kevin,
I too, would much rather be putting up-hill for my 2nd putt.
I didn't say that I would hit it short, just that I wouldn't try
to concentrate on actually *making* the putt, instead concentrating
on *getting it close*, for a good chance to make my next putt.
Obviously, a 5 footer down hill for par, following a 25 footer for
birdie, is not what I had in mind.
Beak
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| Beak,
I was hoping you would say it's more of a situation dependent
decision... and not, so cut and dry. I can torment myself sometimes
with the bad results from playing tooooo aggressive, trying to follow
the "never up- never in". The feeling always hits me on my backswing
... a little voice reminding me [ don't leave it short ] while my
thoughts are [ but if you go long, you go looooooooooonnnnngggg]
like a downhill chip for instance, which then results in a poor swing
/ miss-hit."When" to go for it, under what conditions/circumstances
/environment, I feel is so thrilling, and a BIG part of scoring...
It will be a lot less stressful for me now, knowing my gut feel about
the shot... ex. lagging a putt or chip to take the par, is "under
certain circumstances" the thing to do.
Walt
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