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On 9/10/2016 at 10:59 PM, iacas said:

Odds are you aren't one of the exceptions.

I have definitely scored better on good driving days that resulted in a lot of these 75-95 yard shots (none of which were full, with the exception of 1 full lob wedge), then on days where I wasn't feeling it and was trying to lay up to 120 or so.  That being said on those days I may have not been hitting the ball well off the tee.  I have proved to myself recently that grabbing a wood or an iron doesn't guarantee a good tee shot and could actually / probably put me in worse conditions.

There are a few holes that I play that I need to be careful of reachable hazards and those are the only ones that will require either accurate /or manufactured shots with the driver or going with a different club off the tee.

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