Even the best golfers have a shot shape they are comfortable with.
It is rare that they will look to hit iron shots which is a draw on one approach or a fade on another.
A sensible approach to course management will improve your scores. Remember, even the best players in the world don't attack every pin.
If you have time on a practice round, play nine holes with two balls on approach shots.
On each hole, play one to the sensible, 'safe' part of the green away from the trouble and strike the other straight at the pin.
Mr Pars likes to keep a count of his hit and missed green tallies and is happy with his even par consistency which earned him another US$13,000 at last week's Zozo Championship.
Our golfing brains are extremely sensitive for example, what happens when it is said don't think of US President Donald Trump's face -- I bet a picture flashed through your mind -- when you see water on the right-hand side of the green?
What's between our ears is fickle and when we are told not to think of something, the only way that our brain can process that command is to first think of the very thing that you are told not to think about, so as to know what not to think about!
So next time when you have a golf lesson and you hear "don't swing back too far at the top of your backswing" or "don't take the club too much on the inside," what are you going to think and what's going to happen?
This is obviously discouraging for the student to hear from their teacher, therefore avoiding the use of word "don't" was one of the first important things drummed into me when I started out as a coach many years ago -- as the mere hint of this word causes a student to do the very thing that they DO NOT want to do.
Out of Bounds: Blessed is the golfer who has learned how to laugh at himself for he shall never cease to be entertained.