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Thank you @Ty_Webb! I hadn't thought about that it would increase when there's a need for the third shot, something that happens to me almost every time I play a par-5; it's pretty rare (bordering on never, but not quite) that I'm on or even within 30 yards for my third shot. But that makes a ton of sense: to be on or near in regulation, I need to hit at least two good shots and one not-bad one, preferably three good shots. Asking a professional to hit two good shots in short succession is nowhere near as tall an order. I'll continue to try for a second no-six round, but your post really did help me with the not beating myself up part, and I'll continue to be happy towards this when I have only one six (and no worse) in a round. -
Good topic. Couple of things to add. First of all, if you look at the plot of strokes to hole out vs distance, you can see how the curve gets a lot steeper between 200 and 300 than it is between 100 and 200. That's because at some point you breach the point where you can't get there anymore. If you can reach from 120 and 170 (as most can) then the difference is just between how hard the shot is. From 220 to 270, there's a pretty good chance you can get on or close from 220 but not reach at all from 270 and need a whole other shot to get the ball on the green no matter how good of a shot you hit. It's not a whole glaring shot difference mind you because not many greens are hit from 220 either, but the difference is bigger. This is a PGA tour player chart, but something analogous likely happens for 10 handicaps: There will also be something similar to that out at 450ish yards where reaching in two becomes unlikely. That's probably why you're seeing over 6 for score expectation for a 10 handicap on longer par 5s. 545 yards is a long way to go unscathed basically. Tour players eat the par 5s alive because they can cover that ground without getting into trouble. In a very simple fashion, the longer the hole the more chance there is to show how good (or bad) you are. One last thing - avoiding 6s is a good goal, but it's not all that easy. Going 18 holes without a 6 is not something that I do all that frequently. There's always a long par 5 floating around or a difficult par 4 that something bad happens on. For example there, I played a course I hadn't played before in US Senior Open qualifying recently. No 6s for 13 holes, then on 14 (long par 4 into the breeze) I leaked my drive a little right and it plugged under the lip of a fairway bunker. Had to play backwards and then was facing 220 into the wind and I made 6. It really wasn't that farfetched. One slightly loose shot at the wrong moment and you're done. As a 10, it's still a good goal to have, but I certainly wouldn't lose sleep over it. Rounds with only one 6 are pretty good too.
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