Matt, this is top-notch content. More often than not TH-cam golfers get caught up on club reviews or swing thoughts. This is gold and can help anyone play better regardless of what equipment or swing. Cheers!
Way back about 25 years ago, when I was young, I played 9 holes with a small guy in his late 60s or early 70s. He couldn't hit the ball more than 200 yards with any club in his bag. He shot 1-over, and then only because one of the par-4s was too long to reach in 2 shots, and he missed his putt. He just hit every shot dead straight, and he knew exactly how far each shot would go.
Great advice Matt. Higher handicap players should not be playing from the tips so the par 5s they play should be in the 450 to 500 yard range. Lets say 475 for example. 180 off the tee and 160 second shot will total 340 yards leaving only 135 for the third. Even if you miss the green on the third shot you could still get up and down for par, but being a higher handicap player a chip and two put for a bogey is fine.
Great advice Matt, I particularly like your comment on the green about "Par or bogey is still a great score" I generally shoot 90 and keep that thought in my mind when golfing but will always take advantage of those par or birdy opportunities to shoot below 90, thanks!
Good gravy Matt. I love all this course management training. Breaking the course into bite size pieces is brilliant. I really dig the way to tell us,”you’re not tour pros so why are you trying to play like one”. Down to earth common sense golf for regular folks that are gonna make the game fun. You are a great teacher!
I love this type of video. It helps me feel good about my choices on the course. 530 yard hole. Fine. My friends hit driver I whip out the 5 wood and hit the fairway short of them and do it again and leave a wedge in.
Played yesterday. Par 5 hole 4 550 yards one of the hardest par 5s I’ve played undulating fairway, trees right, dead left. Went 5 iron, 7 iron, pitching wedge then 2 putted. Happiest I’ve ever been on that hole. Usually go driver, 3 off the tee!
Nicely played. It’s always fun playing a hole smart, betting yr par, and thinking, why haven’t I done this before - smart, simple, easy. Of course easier said than done. Good job👍
If I used those clubs, assuming I hit them all perfectly (unlikely) I would still have 200 yards left for my 4th. I am looking at driver, hybrid (can’t hit 3 wood off fairway), hybrid, 8 iron, chip and 2-3 putts, and the shots add up!
Great par and sensible play......I need to adopt that frame of mind on par 5's I not go to my hybrids for the second. A mid iron will get you closer and keep it in play......Great advice Matt👍
You are without doubt the best teaching golf pro on u tube you keep it simple and easy to follow,will try some of your tips on Tuesday thank you 🏌️♂️⛳️👏👏👍🙂
Done exactly this twice tonight, 2nd shots both on bare lie. So driver, 7iron, wedge, two putt PAR, yayyy!!! Leave your ego’s at home and start loving par 5’s. Great video as always, thanks
Good video Matt. Very true about golfers taking a 3 wood on their second shot and trying to reach the green and then ending up nowhere near it..Cheers mate.
Best Video for me thus far, I am good with my wedges but the putting, can't seem to grasp the breaks it all looks flat and if I think it breaks goes straight vice versa
Hi Matt, awesome content again, I totally agree with all that’s said, I have become a more consistent player by playing percentage golf, few drivers used and lots more in play golf with irons off the tee, great advice and great content 👍
This advice is perfect. Par 5s used to be my nemesis but by plotting your way down the hole and hitting good consistent iron shots and keeping yourself in play you'll much more likely walk off with a 5/6 as opposed to a 9/10. Great vid mate
Great course knowledge there we've got a 495 yard par 5 I play a 3 wood 8 iron then another 8 iron hopefully a 2 putt. Glad it's not just me who does that
Excellent advice. I am so guilty of almost everything he talked about. Next time I get out I will definitely change my way of looking at the course and manage my play better.
My buddies make fun of me for hitting 7-7-PW on Par 5's but i'm the one putting for birdie while they are looking for their balls. I appreciate the solid advice for those of us playing bogey golf
You must be hitting your 7i very far! I play to a handicap of 18, so my club selection really depends on the hole. I play hybrid-8i-PW-PW on a 500m hole, but it all just depends on how I can set myself up for an easy approach. Good to see people following a safe strategy!
Best advice I ever got which came from a scratch golfer I played with regularly many years ago was to NOT hit the ball and go for the green on my second shot, even after a great drive, when the chance, given my skill level, of getting on was probably 5%.... and usually resulted getting somewhere close to the green but then having a tricky pitch shot over a bunker requiring finesse (with my next shot frequently catching the bunker) , or in the bunker with a tough sand shot....The advice was to hit it to 100 yards or so, and then hit a full sand wedge in, which I was pretty good with..... I think my score on par 5's improved a stroke after I started playing that way.....and I only went for it in 2 if the hole was under 500 yards, I was in good position after a strong drive, and there was clear access to the green. Great advice all around from Matt!
Great lesson Matt - playing a newer to me course lately and have used this method to work the longer 4’s and the 5’s. What do I need for a good approach shot and work back from there.
You make the game seem so easy. Tried your driver tips the other day and this morning. They left me with a baby fade which I loved. Well apart from one where I tried booming a par 5 lesson learned.
As a new golfer mate, forget handicap. You'll get hooked up on it. Just concentrate on playing n hitting the ball better then you can think about handicap. Your handicap right now is your brand new
Love this, our 5th at Berrington has a very inviting tee shot elevated tee, lots of fairway bang 210 of the tee 290 left so for me, 6iron 165 leaves 125 to the green 9 iron 2 puts job done why then do I take a 3 wood an hit it 50 yards after 40 years I should know this but it will be a big shout for me to pull that 6 iron out next Tuesday
Love this video. Never gave it much thought before but regardless of my drive I always grab my 3 hybrid for my second shot. Thinking I will blast it. I hit it decent about 50% of the time but it can be a disaster and then unreachable green with an iron next shot. Im thinking about leaving it at home. I have an older set of Pings with a 3 and a 4 that I can hit decent consistently. Think I will start employing this get to the green in 3 or worst case 4 and not trying to get there in 2 and mess it up. Would appreciate other thoughts.
I find I score the best on par 5s, when after the drive I divide by 2. 2nd shot is a practice for the third. Takes eagle out of play, but also takes the big scores out as well
Thank you for a great reminder video to not mistake my game for Tiger Wood's. Seriously, very good video. I will admit that I was unsure if you still down in the UAE or not as your more recent videos have been in cheery old England.
I recently learned this lesson play shots back from the green so your 3rd shot (on par 5) to the green is within your comfort yardage. For players it may be 100 yds, or 80 yds, or for others 60 yds. So what I did is practice my PW from 60-120 yds. full swing, 3/4 or half swing and know your yardage. Since this change been making more pars with a few birdies. But the main thin is I'm not throwing away strokes.
Matt: You have a similar philosophy about golf, as I have been "preaching" to my Relatives & Friends. I call it "Happy Golf." Before I go to the first tee, I physically change the Pars, on the scorecard to 5's, for every hole. Even Par for me is around 90, so if I score a 5 on every hole, I shoot 90 for even Par. The Par on the scorecard is for the Pros, not me or my friends. I started my son, at 11 years old, shooting 8's on every hole. He rarely "bogeyed" a hole and he was happy! When he started shooting 5 "under Par," I had him reduce the pars on the Par 3's, to 7. When he started to shoot 5 "under Par" again, I had him reduce the par 4's to par 7. When he shot 5 "under Par" again, we then changed all of the pars to Par 7 and started over. By the end of the year, he was breaking 100. If you start to shoot 15 under par, when all holes are Par 5, you're shooting 75! Find the Par that works for your ability and you will always be golfing happily. Remember, when you play Par 5's, if you bogey a real Par 5 and the next hole is a real Par 3, then a real Par 3, shot by you, will be an Eagle and you are 1 under Par, after 2 holes. This would make any golfer be happy! Play and think within your ability, not what the scorecard says you are supposed shoot. Happy Golf is playing the way that always make you happy.
I'm re-reading 'The Inner Game of Golf' by W Timothy Gallwey so and thanks, Matt for reinforcing the thought, 'A successful round is more often a case of mindset over mechanics'.
Very good advice. Most instructors plus the equipment industry put far too much emphasis on distance. I make no apologies for playing a club or two below people I play with.
I use similar tactics on long low stroke index par 4s where I have a shot. I see so many golfers hit a 220 yard drive and then try to hit the green from a similar distance with a 3 wood off the deck. Better to hit two wedges get on the green in 3 and play for an easy 5 or possible 4.
I actually had the opposite problem of the first putting tip my last round of golf. I wasn't playing great that day anyways, but cost myself a decent par chance by not giving it enough oomph and leaving it too short. It ended up being a bogey and one of my better holes that day and bogey is still a good score, but what could have been.
I find figuring out where your best miss is even on putts and erring in that direction helps eliminate three-putts. Rather have a straight uphill putt than a downhill slider any day.
Loooooove your videos Matt. New sub but long time viewer thanks to Rick. But I can’t see you though :( position the camera better if you can. Keep up the great coaching mate!
My biggest problem on par 5s was thinking I had to hit driver on every par 5 even when I’m not hitting my driver well. Now I’m more comfortable hitting 3 wood or 3 hybrid. Obviously I’m not hitting as far off the tee but I’m keeping the ball in the fairway and avoiding out of bounds
We have a hole in my home course called 'thread the needle'. It's a relatively short par 5 with a very narrow fairway. I tee off with a 3 hybrid. I'm more accurate with the 3 hybrid, and if I DO go left or right, I don't go as FAR left or right, so I'm likely to be on the left or right fairway, not in rubbish. My second shot is another 3 hybrid, and my third shot depends on where I end up. Regardless, I nearly always par the hole and I'm a high handicapper.
Good to hear! There’s a par 5 in my town I call lucifer’s corner, because I realized the best way to play it is with three six irons. Off the tee, the fairway doglegs just 170 on the inside corner (downhill and around big trees), and 210 on the outside. Then the fairway tightens, up a hill, (with trees right) and way too many golfers will hit as much as they have, into trouble. The best option is another six up the hill, and a six (at the most) into the green. This tough hole becomes an easy bogey or par with this strat.
Playing to my handicap. I aim for a 6 on par 5's. That way it takes the pressure off, plus I have a handicap that tells me, a 6 is fine. This is how I play par 5's. I use driver down to 4 iron off the tee. Than use my second shot to get me inside a 140 mts, and then i can use my short wedges which I am pretty good with to get on the green and then putt. My problem is off the tee, erratic and not long, so I work out what's best for my good tee shot and my worse tee shot.
Not even remotely the same thing, but I used this advice on the Par 5 I was playing on Mario Golf and it went great! Now I just hope I can remember when I actually go golfing again
I usually make several mistakes on every par 5. I do play backwards from the hole quite often though. Meaning I'll duff it so bad the ball damn near goes backwards.
One of the first lessons I ever got from my brother was on a par 5 off the tee . Put the driver back in the bag take out the 5 wood and hit two 5 irons , worst case scenario I'd be chpping from 30 yards left or right guaranteeing a 6 ruling out a 7 and maybe getting a par .
I’m watching Matt stand over the second with that range finder in hand and picturing the yardage to (or over) the next bunker as the only thing that matters.
Anything over 500y is unreachable for me on 2 but I like to typically hit Driver 230y and hybrid 4 180y for a I9, PW or AW/GW for 3rd. Par 5 shall be par opportunities.
This video takes for granted that, us, amateurs are all about shooting lower scores. The fact is that we are not. I, for example, rather double bogey 7 out of 8 par 5s to get my odd eagle. The thrill of having a chance at eagle can be worth 5 to 10 extra shots on the score card. I also gotta say that my topped 3 wood shots go the same distance as my 7 iron, but often straighter.
Par 5s are all a mind game, hit a solid drive doesn't need to be a bomb but 250ish is fine. Then your longest comfortable club into the green. 50/50 you hit the green or land close to the greens edge with a 3rd shot left for GIR.
I understand what you’re saying that you’re playing the percentages to get the better shot, but the best percentage to get up and down for birdie is to hit 3 wood up close to the green. Even if it’s in the greenside bunker. You have a better chance to hit a bad bunker shot closer than a bad 80 yard wedge shot.
I carried a 4 for a bit over 20 years...and even though I was very long off the tee ( I am 6'6" and a pretty big guy ) I always played Par 5's the same way I played Par 4's...from the green back to the tee! I seldom hit driver off the tee because I had a 13° 3 wood that I could hit around 260 yards off the tee. So my second shot was usually a 5 or 6 iron to set me up to hit a 9 iron or PW for my third shot. Also...most golfers I see on the practice range spend most of their time hitting their driver instead of practicing their short game! Big mistake! If your golf course plays to Par 72...with 4 Par 5's & 4 Par 3's...you're only hitting your driver on 14 holes! The rest of the round you're hitting irons or your putter! So why hit 30 balls or more with your driver on the practice ranger?
Quite right, if I can get up in two, I will try but, that is often not the case. Even when its a shortish par 5 , with a tight drive and a well defended green, I will do as you say. Plot my way to the green. You talk a lot of sense , most of the time, lol
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Matt, this is top-notch content. More often than not TH-cam golfers get caught up on club reviews or swing thoughts. This is gold and can help anyone play better regardless of what equipment or swing. Cheers!
Way back about 25 years ago, when I was young, I played 9 holes with a small guy in his late 60s or early 70s. He couldn't hit the ball more than 200 yards with any club in his bag. He shot 1-over, and then only because one of the par-4s was too long to reach in 2 shots, and he missed his putt. He just hit every shot dead straight, and he knew exactly how far each shot would go.
Great video! Good to see a TH-cam golfer preach course management and not churn out endless videos about their quest for more swing speed.
This video hit home, boy those thoughts have been prevalent for years. Great teaching, thankyou so much.
@Matt Fryer Golf your explanation is very good. Your instructions are priceless
Great advice Matt.
Higher handicap players should not be playing from the tips so the par 5s they play should be in the 450 to 500 yard range. Lets say 475 for example. 180 off the tee and 160 second shot will total 340 yards leaving only 135 for the third. Even if you miss the green on the third shot you could still get up and down for par, but being a higher handicap player a chip and two put for a bogey is fine.
Great advice Matt, I particularly like your comment on the green about "Par or bogey is still a great score" I generally shoot 90 and keep that thought in my mind when golfing but will always take advantage of those par or birdy opportunities to shoot below 90, thanks!
Good gravy Matt. I love all this course management training. Breaking the course into bite size pieces is brilliant. I really dig the way to tell us,”you’re not tour pros so why are you trying to play like one”. Down to earth common sense golf for regular folks that are gonna make the game fun. You are a great teacher!
I love this type of video. It helps me feel good about my choices on the course. 530 yard hole. Fine. My friends hit driver I whip out the 5 wood and hit the fairway short of them and do it again and leave a wedge in.
Played yesterday. Par 5 hole 4 550 yards one of the hardest par 5s I’ve played undulating fairway, trees right, dead left. Went 5 iron, 7 iron, pitching wedge then 2 putted. Happiest I’ve ever been on that hole. Usually go driver, 3 off the tee!
Nicely played. It’s always fun playing a hole smart, betting yr par, and thinking, why haven’t I done this before - smart, simple, easy. Of course easier said than done. Good job👍
If I used those clubs, assuming I hit them all perfectly (unlikely) I would still have 200 yards left for my 4th. I am looking at driver, hybrid (can’t hit 3 wood off fairway), hybrid, 8 iron, chip and 2-3 putts, and the shots add up!
Great advice I'll try this today on the par 5s
Great lesson Matt on attacking the mighty par 5 👍
Excellent advice Matt, I'll be taking that advice to the course today.....
Great par and sensible play......I need to adopt that frame of mind on par 5's I not go to my hybrids for the second. A mid iron will get you closer and keep it in play......Great advice Matt👍
You are without doubt the best teaching golf pro on u tube you keep it simple and easy to follow,will try some of your tips on Tuesday thank you 🏌️♂️⛳️👏👏👍🙂
Done exactly this twice tonight, 2nd shots both on bare lie. So driver, 7iron, wedge, two putt PAR, yayyy!!! Leave your ego’s at home and start loving par 5’s. Great video as always, thanks
Good video Matt. Very true about golfers taking a 3 wood on their second shot and trying to reach the green and then ending up nowhere near it..Cheers mate.
Digging the sensible golf angle. I spent yesrs learning swing and now im finally able to focus solely on course management thanks for the helpful tips
Best Video for me thus far, I am good with my wedges but the putting, can't seem to grasp the breaks it all looks flat and if I think it breaks goes straight vice versa
Hi Matt, awesome content again, I totally agree with all that’s said, I have become a more consistent player by playing percentage golf, few drivers used and lots more in play golf with irons off the tee, great advice and great content 👍
This advice is perfect. Par 5s used to be my nemesis but by plotting your way down the hole and hitting good consistent iron shots and keeping yourself in play you'll much more likely walk off with a 5/6 as opposed to a 9/10. Great vid mate
Great advice, and presented well.
Great course knowledge there we've got a 495 yard par 5 I play a 3 wood 8 iron then another 8 iron hopefully a 2 putt.
Glad it's not just me who does that
Excellent advice. I am so guilty of almost everything he talked about. Next time I get out I will definitely change my way of looking at the course and manage my play better.
My buddies make fun of me for hitting 7-7-PW on Par 5's but i'm the one putting for birdie while they are looking for their balls. I appreciate the solid advice for those of us playing bogey golf
You must be hitting your 7i very far! I play to a handicap of 18, so my club selection really depends on the hole. I play hybrid-8i-PW-PW on a 500m hole, but it all just depends on how I can set myself up for an easy approach. Good to see people following a safe strategy!
The 9th at Doha Golf Club is nearly 700yds off the blues. Driver, 3i, 5i. 😂👍
If I tried that, and crushed each shot (unlikely) I would still be 200 metres from the green.
Awesome advice made a lot of sense thank you!
Incredibly well explained thank you for the great video !
Best advice I ever got which came from a scratch golfer I played with regularly many years ago
was to NOT hit the ball and go for the green on my second shot, even after a great drive, when the chance, given my skill level, of getting on was probably 5%.... and usually resulted getting somewhere close to the green but then having a tricky pitch shot over a bunker requiring finesse (with my next shot frequently catching the bunker) , or in the bunker with a tough sand shot....The advice was to hit it to 100 yards or so, and then hit a full sand wedge in, which I was pretty good with..... I think my score on par 5's improved a stroke after I started playing that way.....and I only went for it in 2 if the hole was under 500 yards, I was in good position after a strong drive, and there was clear access to the green.
Great advice all around from Matt!
Great advice - thanks!
Very sensible - I’ll try this today
Lots of solid advice here.
Great lesson Matt - playing a newer to me course lately and have used this method to work the longer 4’s and the 5’s. What do I need for a good approach shot and work back from there.
You make the game seem so easy. Tried your driver tips the other day and this morning. They left me with a baby fade which I loved. Well apart from one where I tried booming a par 5 lesson learned.
Good advice. I like your teaching style. Very collegial and confidence boosting. Thanks Matt.
Great video Matt! Ready to hopefully make a par/bogey on tomorrows round (new first - ever golf player only played 2 rounds - 44 hcp’er)
As a new golfer mate, forget handicap. You'll get hooked up on it. Just concentrate on playing n hitting the ball better then you can think about handicap. Your handicap right now is your brand new
Good luck thou dude. Hope you enjoy the game as much as so many others do. Its frustrating but that first birdie you'll feel like Ronaldo on cocaine
Love this, our 5th at Berrington has a very inviting tee shot elevated tee, lots of fairway bang 210 of the tee 290 left so for me, 6iron 165 leaves 125 to the green 9 iron 2 puts job done why then do I take a 3 wood an hit it 50 yards after 40 years I should know this but it will be a big shout for me to pull that 6 iron out next Tuesday
"Dont think that drive has to go 300 yards" i am glad for 170 yard-tee-shots 😅
Sound advise. Thanks for tip.
Great tips thanks! I know my big mistake is the second shot using woods, I will try iron on lofty hybrid and see what happens.
very much needed
Great advice
Love this video. Never gave it much thought before but regardless of my drive I always grab my 3 hybrid for my second shot. Thinking I will blast it. I hit it decent about 50% of the time but it can be a disaster and then unreachable green with an iron next shot. Im thinking about leaving it at home. I have an older set of Pings with a 3 and a 4 that I can hit decent consistently. Think I will start employing this get to the green in 3 or worst case 4 and not trying to get there in 2 and mess it up. Would appreciate other thoughts.
I find I score the best on par 5s, when after the drive I divide by 2. 2nd shot is a practice for the third. Takes eagle out of play, but also takes the big scores out as well
Excellent advice. 👌
These playing lessons are relly good and something that many teachers overlook. An easy way to lower scores before doing any swing work.
Awesome advice! I still have trouble making the these decisions but this will definitely help. Thanks Matt!
Great advice, too often I just try to hit the ball as long as I can regardless of the next shot I'm left with.
Great tips Matt.
Great advice. Play to your strengths/comfort level.
Play to my what? I don’t have those.
Thank you for a great reminder video to not mistake my game for Tiger Wood's. Seriously, very good video. I will admit that I was unsure if you still down in the UAE or not as your more recent videos have been in cheery old England.
Brilliant! Thank you.
I recently learned this lesson play shots back from the green so your 3rd shot (on par 5) to the green is within your comfort yardage. For players it may be 100 yds, or 80 yds, or for others 60 yds. So what I did is practice my PW from 60-120 yds. full swing, 3/4 or half swing and know your yardage. Since this change been making more pars with a few birdies. But the main thin is I'm not throwing away strokes.
Matt: You have a similar philosophy about golf, as I have been "preaching" to my Relatives & Friends. I call it "Happy Golf." Before I go to the first tee, I physically change the Pars, on the scorecard to 5's, for every hole. Even Par for me is around 90, so if I score a 5 on every hole, I shoot 90 for even Par. The Par on the scorecard is for the Pros, not me or my friends. I started my son, at 11 years old, shooting 8's on every hole. He rarely "bogeyed" a hole and he was happy! When he started shooting 5 "under Par," I had him reduce the pars on the Par 3's, to 7. When he started to shoot 5 "under Par" again, I had him reduce the par 4's to par 7. When he shot 5 "under Par" again, we then changed all of the pars to Par 7 and started over. By the end of the year, he was breaking 100. If you start to shoot 15 under par, when all holes are Par 5, you're shooting 75! Find the Par that works for your ability and you will always be golfing happily. Remember, when you play Par 5's, if you bogey a real Par 5 and the next hole is a real Par 3, then a real Par 3, shot by you, will be an Eagle and you are 1 under Par, after 2 holes. This would make any golfer be happy! Play and think within your ability, not what the scorecard says you are supposed shoot. Happy Golf is playing the way that always make you happy.
Awesome Matt. Thank you!!
Thank you for the great video! This was spot on. Lots a good advice!
I'm re-reading 'The Inner Game of Golf' by W Timothy Gallwey so and thanks, Matt for reinforcing the thought, 'A successful round is more often a case of mindset over mechanics'.
My favourite Golf book
Wise words especially for a guy of my age and ability. Great vlog Matt!
Cheers
I played a par 5 today exactly like you said not to. Going to take advice when play tomorrow
Good advice, thank you
Some excellent advice Matt
Great tips as always Matt
Wonderful advice my friend!!
Great Mat I have taken my 3 wood out of the bag this year starting with the 5 wood instead
Good video matt. Well done.
Good video. Thanks for sharing!
Very good advice. Most instructors plus the equipment industry put far too much emphasis on distance. I make no apologies for playing a club or two below people I play with.
I make no apologies for hitting my 4 iron as far as others hit their 6 iron. I play to my skill level, no one else's.
Good advice Matt .I am awful with a driver so I stick to a seven iron and I am usually accurate
I use similar tactics on long low stroke index par 4s where I have a shot. I see so many golfers hit a 220 yard drive and then try to hit the green from a similar distance with a 3 wood off the deck. Better to hit two wedges get on the green in 3 and play for an easy 5 or possible 4.
Great approach!!
I actually had the opposite problem of the first putting tip my last round of golf. I wasn't playing great that day anyways, but cost myself a decent par chance by not giving it enough oomph and leaving it too short. It ended up being a bogey and one of my better holes that day and bogey is still a good score, but what could have been.
Always attack the par 5 with the same way. With what you've explained will change my mindset now. Thanks matt👏
Great video
I find figuring out where your best miss is even on putts and erring in that direction helps eliminate three-putts. Rather have a straight uphill putt than a downhill slider any day.
Loooooove your videos Matt. New sub but long time viewer thanks to Rick. But I can’t see you though :( position the camera better if you can. Keep up the great coaching mate!
My biggest problem on par 5s was thinking I had to hit driver on every par 5 even when I’m not hitting my driver well. Now I’m more comfortable hitting 3 wood or 3 hybrid. Obviously I’m not hitting as far off the tee but I’m keeping the ball in the fairway and avoiding out of bounds
Thanks Matt.
We have a hole in my home course called 'thread the needle'. It's a relatively short par 5 with a very narrow fairway. I tee off with a 3 hybrid. I'm more accurate with the 3 hybrid, and if I DO go left or right, I don't go as FAR left or right, so I'm likely to be on the left or right fairway, not in rubbish. My second shot is another 3 hybrid, and my third shot depends on where I end up. Regardless, I nearly always par the hole and I'm a high handicapper.
Good to hear! There’s a par 5 in my town I call lucifer’s corner, because I realized the best way to play it is with three six irons. Off the tee, the fairway doglegs just 170 on the inside corner (downhill and around big trees), and 210 on the outside. Then the fairway tightens, up a hill, (with trees right) and way too many golfers will hit as much as they have, into trouble. The best option is another six up the hill, and a six (at the most) into the green. This tough hole becomes an easy bogey or par with this strat.
@@keernhaslem1845 yup, i guess many people just pull out the big gun automatically.
Playing to my handicap. I aim for a 6 on par 5's. That way it takes the pressure off, plus I have a handicap that tells me, a 6 is fine. This is how I play par 5's. I use driver down to 4 iron off the tee. Than use my second shot to get me inside a 140 mts, and then i can use my short wedges which I am pretty good with to get on the green and then putt. My problem is off the tee, erratic and not long, so I work out what's best for my good tee shot and my worse tee shot.
Not even remotely the same thing, but I used this advice on the Par 5 I was playing on Mario Golf and it went great! Now I just hope I can remember when I actually go golfing again
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I usually make several mistakes on every par 5. I do play backwards from the hole quite often though. Meaning I'll duff it so bad the ball damn near goes backwards.
One of the first lessons I ever got from my brother was on a par 5 off the tee .
Put the driver back in the bag take out the 5 wood and hit two 5 irons , worst case scenario I'd be chpping from 30 yards left or right guaranteeing a 6 ruling out a 7 and maybe getting a par .
I’m watching Matt stand over the second with that range finder in hand and picturing the yardage to (or over) the next bunker as the only thing that matters.
Usually looking to make eagle even though I bogeyed last 3 holes
Don’t we all😂😂😂😂
Brilliant
Great, non preachy advice!
Saving my life on par 5’s
Anything over 500y is unreachable for me on 2 but I like to typically hit Driver 230y and hybrid 4 180y for a I9, PW or AW/GW for 3rd. Par 5 shall be par opportunities.
This video takes for granted that, us, amateurs are all about shooting lower scores. The fact is that we are not. I, for example, rather double bogey 7 out of 8 par 5s to get my odd eagle. The thrill of having a chance at eagle can be worth 5 to 10 extra shots on the score card. I also gotta say that my topped 3 wood shots go the same distance as my 7 iron, but often straighter.
Par 5s are all a mind game, hit a solid drive doesn't need to be a bomb but 250ish is fine. Then your longest comfortable club into the green. 50/50 you hit the green or land close to the greens edge with a 3rd shot left for GIR.
I understand what you’re saying that you’re playing the percentages to get the better shot, but the best percentage to get up and down for birdie is to hit 3 wood up close to the green. Even if it’s in the greenside bunker. You have a better chance to hit a bad bunker shot closer than a bad 80 yard wedge shot.
I'm guilty with my second shot I'll take the advice, cheers Matt.
Guilty as charged Matt, my next game I’m going to try 7 iron off the tee and go from there, I’m currently playing off 28 and want to get lower,
Good job Matt,, I believe your talking alot of golfers language!!! Ty
I carried a 4 for a bit over 20 years...and even though I was very long off the tee ( I am 6'6" and a pretty big guy ) I always played Par 5's the same way I played Par 4's...from the green back to the tee! I seldom hit driver off the tee because I had a 13° 3 wood that I could hit around 260 yards off the tee. So my second shot was usually a 5 or 6 iron to set me up to hit a 9 iron or PW for my third shot. Also...most golfers I see on the practice range spend most of their time hitting their driver instead of practicing their short game! Big mistake! If your golf course plays to Par 72...with 4 Par 5's & 4 Par 3's...you're only hitting your driver on 14 holes! The rest of the round you're hitting irons or your putter! So why hit 30 balls or more with your driver on the practice ranger?
Thanks Matt? ✌️
Quite right, if I can get up in two, I will try but, that is often not the case. Even when its a shortish par 5 , with a tight drive and a well defended green, I will do as you say. Plot my way to the green. You talk a lot of sense , most of the time, lol
I make these mistakes to many time!
you hit it on the head Matt!!!
As soon as I stopped aiming at the pin on the chip and just trying to land on the green my score went down by 10