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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I agree 100%. Sure, if you're practicing every day, you can develop the various partial swings in order to master them all. But most recreational golfers don't get anywhere near enough practice. That is the beauty of choosing a layup distance (100 for me, but it can be whatever you want), you can focus on mastering that distance.
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So, you’re telling me, that a golfer who doesn’t practice, and isn’t very good, can have the accuracy to lay it up to 100 yards in the fairway, and then will hit it close to the pin from that distance? You’re saying a person can master the certain distance but you’re also saying that same person doesn’t practice enough. That’s the basic outcome of the study. It’s saying golfers don’t practice enough. Because of that they have a better chance of getting closer to the pin from 75 yards than they do from 125 yards because they mi#### it more often. As such, when they are choosing to layup or hit it closer to the green (but still short of the green) it makes mathematical sense to have your next shot from 75 yards rather than 100 or 125 yards.
In practical sense, how often do you see a 20 handicap golfer hit it to 100 yards and then shank/duff it? It’s all the time. Now if he is hitting from 50-75 yards out, he is able to have a greater margin of error, but still hit it closer to the hole. That is what the math is stating upon thousands of golfers hitting approach shots.