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How often do you pull the driver on your local course’s par 5 holes before you’ve even stepped out of the cart? While the driver certainly has its place on many par 5s, there are just as many where it’s not the smart play — no matter how far you hit it.
In this golf strategy video, I walk you through playing one of the par 5s at Windermere Country Club and share the thinking process I go through when deciding how to approach the hole. This kind of course management separates golfers who shoot consistently low scores from those who wonder why easy holes keep producing bogeys.
The hole I’m playing in this video is the par 5 15th. In the image below, you can see the layout of the hole and the lines I play on it.
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The first shot off the tee puts me in the perfect landing area that leaves me with a wide-open approach to the green — with about the same yardage as my tee shot. So I typically hit a 4 iron off the tee and a 4 iron into the green.
Both shots are around 220 yards, and that’s the key. While the hole reads 526 on the scorecard, for me it plays only 440 because of my tee shot placement and the angle of approach for my second shot.
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