Is breaking 80 in your first year a good sign?

[RyderJ]

Originally Posted by QuazerSKITS

Course management is paramount in getting low scores i think personally. I'd rather hit driver, 8i, W into the 510yard par 5 and hopefully putt for a birdie knowing that i'm less likley to mess up hitting low irons than trying to rip a 3w or Hybrid at the green in 2 which only happens 2/10 times... the other 8 times its a hook/slice/block/chilli dipper/thinned shot. lol. I think to many mid-high handicappers, like myself, make the mistake of going all out at every hole... which inevitably leads to mistakes which end in bogeys or worse!

This....assuming you can keep the ball in play.