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  1. 1. where are you after the 2nd stroke?

    • on the green
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    • a chip away (5-20 yards from green)
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    • almost there (21-50 yards from green)
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    • kind of close (51-80 yards from green)
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    • i can clearly see the pin (81-120 yards from green)
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    • pw,9 or 8 hmmmm (121-145)
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    • is that the flag or a tree? (146-more yards from green)
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itzzzberny Dedicated Member

itzzzberny

Pretend your on a par 5 540 yards to pin.
conditions are no winds. the tee box,fairway and green are about level.
using only 2 strokes, starting from the tee box. how far can you go.
odviously,you cannot retee the ball on the 2nd stroke.

In my bag:
Driver: R9 TP Rombax Stiff
3 Wood: R9 TP 85g Stiff
3 hybrid: X
4-SW: X-20 Uniflex

SteelLW: Forged Chrome

Putter: White Hot XG #1

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FIJIGolf23 Well Established Member

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Assuming I have two fairly solidly struck golf shots, I can get there in two strokes.

Driver: 905R 9.5*
3-wood: 906F 13*
Irons: Forged Blades
Wedges: Black Satin SV Tour 52* , 56*, 60*
Putter: FuturaBall: ProV1x or One Platinum---------------------------------------------------------My 2008 Tournament Qualifiers:Tennessee State Match Play - Qualified - July...

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On a good day I'm on, but usually I'm a 60* away.

SiD

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What's in SiD's bag

Ogio Stand Bag
Driver
910D3 9.5 set to 8.5
907D2 9.5 VS Proto Stif

f3WoodCleveland XLS 15* Stiff

Irons TaylorMade Tour Preferred 4-9

Wedges Gun'd 48* & Vokey 58

Putter 34" XG #7

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lamebums Great Member

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Pretend your on a par 5 540 yards to pin.

With two well done strokes I can reach almost any par five in two. Problem is of course, making two good strokes. Usually I'd be 30-50 yards away and probably off to the side.

"Shouldn't you be going faster? I mean, you're doing 40 in a 65..."

Driver: Burner TP 9.5*
3 Wood: 906F2 15*
2I: Eye 23I-PW: 3100 I/HWedges: Vokey Spin-Milled 56*06, MP-R 52*07/60*05Putter: Victoria IIBall: Pro V1xCheck out my new blog: Thousand Yard DriveHome Course: Kenton County...
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My usual Driver + 3-Wood totals to about 390 yards for me. There are par-4s I can't reach in two, much less par-5s. This gives me about 130 yards left on a 520-yard par-5, which is about a 6-iron (despite clubs mentioned in the poll). This is why I love the 475-yard par-5 at a course I play: I can reasonably expect a wedge into the green after good shots of driver-hybrid or driver-3-wood.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Spectrums Well Established Member

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Put it this way; it's not a great question, for many reasons, but the most obvious answer is course management. Maybe I don't want to attempt a long 3-wood shot into a green. What is surrounding the green? Any slope of the green? Pin location?

I'd layup to about 110yds, my smooth PW length.
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Driver - Taylormade r7 Quad 10.5˚ Fujijura E360 Stiff
Woods - Sonartec SS 2.5 13˚ HST Penley Tour Stiff
Hybrid - Sonartec HB-001 19˚ HST Penley Tour StiffIrons - Mizuno MP-67 Forged 4-PW, DGS300Wedges - Callaway Forged 50˚ and 54˚, Walter Hagen 60˚Putter - Nike T130 O/S Mallet Ctr Shaft 33"B...
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I agree with Spectrums. Course management plays a big part in this one. I voted 121-145.

For me on average I would probably be 230 off the tee leaving 310 to the green. I would love to be 80 yards out for my third shot but I don't have a 230 game from the fairway right now. With 310 left I would hit my 170 club to give me a 140 shot to the green. Both shots I would be confident with. Anything longer than 170 from the fairway and I need to rethink or just take a chance.

If I get lucky and hit a 250 off the tee, which I do at times, then I would have 290 to the green. I might hit 160/130 for my next two shots giving me a better chance at making that second shot solid to set myself up for that third one to the green.

If the fairway is wide and the approach to the green is open I might try a hybrid from the fairway (which I'm inconsistent with at the moment) and see if I can get inside 130. Anything between 130 and 80 would put me in a good position for a solid shot at the pin.
In my bag:

Driver: FT-5, 9° stiff
Wood: Big Bertha 3W/5W
Irons: X-20 TourWedges: X Tour 52°/56°Hybrids: Idea Pro 2/3/4Putter: Black Series #2Ball: NXT Extreme/NXT Tour
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atrapasuenos Dedicated Member

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Today, in a par 5 of 560 yards took me two strokes, dirver and 3 wood to be on the green. But normaly... a chip away.

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Driver: 905R 9.5° (UST Proforce V2 Stiff) | Fairway: 906F2 15° (UST Proforce V2 Stiff) | Hybrid: 585.H 21° (S300) | Irons: AP2 4-PW (Project X 6.0) | Wedges: Vokey Design 52.08, 56.11 & 60.11  | Putter: Studio Select Newport 2 

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540? On a normal day i'll hit that no problem, smooth drive and 3w and ill be there.

Then its just a matter if it stays on the green and how far from the pin it is;).

But I usually lay up on par 5s. Make more birdies personally from say 105 than I will from any weird yardage around greens either way. At 105 I have a perfect punch sw that I can throw darts with.
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FIJIGolf23 Well Established Member

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Put it this way; it's not a great question, for many reasons, but the most obvious answer is course management. Maybe I don't want to attempt a long 3-wood shot into a green. What is surrounding the green? Any slope of the green? Pin location?

I think you are over-analyzing this question man. He was simply asking if you can get there or how much would you have left in if you couldn't reach in two.

Driver: 905R 9.5*
3-wood: 906F 13*
Irons: Forged Blades
Wedges: Black Satin SV Tour 52* , 56*, 60*
Putter: FuturaBall: ProV1x or One Platinum---------------------------------------------------------My 2008 Tournament Qualifiers:Tennessee State Match Play - Qualified - July...

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Spectrums Well Established Member

Spectrums

I think you are over-analyzing this question man. He was simply asking if you can get there or how much would you have left in if you couldn't reach in two.

True, but my distance won't let me get there in two. Besides, I play course-management, not grip-n'-rip.

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Driver - Taylormade r7 Quad 10.5˚ Fujijura E360 Stiff
Woods - Sonartec SS 2.5 13˚ HST Penley Tour Stiff
Hybrid - Sonartec HB-001 19˚ HST Penley Tour StiffIrons - Mizuno MP-67 Forged 4-PW, DGS300Wedges - Callaway Forged 50˚ and 54˚, Walter Hagen 60˚Putter - Nike T130 O/S Mallet Ctr Shaft 33"B...
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doublesuited77 Dedicated Member

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I could get there, however, I will score much better by laying up.

What's in the bag:

Driver: Adams 9064LS (project RIP Shaft) 9.5 degree
3 Wood: Titleist 909R 14.5 degree
Hybrid 3-iron: 19 degree Tour Professional (bent to 18 degrees)Hybrid 4-iron: 21 degree Tour ProfessionalIrons: Tour X-20 5-PW Project X 6.0 shaftsGap Wedge: Mizuno MP10 52.08 Sand Wedge: Mizuno MP10 58.10 Lob Wedge: Nike 62.06

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gbk56 Well Established Member

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Well, I guess I could get there on two on a good day. However, most of the time I would probably leave myself about 130 to 140 yards away hitting a Driver then a 4 iron. However, if I had a good drive, I was hitting the ball well and there was a lot of space for mishits, I may go for it in two.

I chose 130-140 with an eight iron.
In my bag:

Driver: R7 SuperQuad
Woods: RPM LP 3W & 5W
Irons: MX-25 4-SWPutter: Detour
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