You have one shot and must succeed. What would it be?

[baller7345]

Has to be the 7-iron on to the green for me.  I hit that shot on 3 of the 4 par 3's on my home course (if the flag is in the right place).

[paininthenuts]

I chose the 7 iron shot, albeit I am not very consistent at any of them. My best shot is a 2" put on a well manicured green.  

[colin007]

choked down, knockdown pitching wedge from 100 yards is usually ok for me.

[jkelley9]

34 minutes ago, paininthenuts said:

I chose the 7 iron shot, albeit I am not very consistent at any of them. My best shot is a 2" put on a well manicured green.  

With no wind. That's my JAM. 

[boogielicious]

The putt. This summer I was in a scramble. Our team had 16 one putts, 6 for birdie. I read them all for the team and made 6 myself. 

[phillyk]

100yd is my most comfortable distance.  A nice 3/4 52* wedge.  Next would be the 7-rion, but for me that's 180yds, so a few more factors are in play there.

[bkuehn1952]

6 minutes ago, phillyk said:

... Next would be the 7-iron, but for me that's 180yds, so a few more factors are in play there.

Yes.  For many of us shorter hitters, hitting a driver into the fairway or a 7-iron from 140 is easier because of the "angles".

[iacas]

With your later clarification…

9 hours ago, bkuehn1952 said:

Yes.  Someone can "game" the question by bunting a 75 yard driver or by chipping with a 7-iron from the fringe.  The question's intent is with which facet of the game is one most comfortable when under a bit of pressure and hitting one's standard shot. 

… I'm going to say the putt.

According to @GAME GOLF my strongest area of play is my putting, where I'm about 2.12 strokes better than the average scratch golfer.

[Patch]

I went with the 10 yard sand shot. I am pretty good at getting out of bunkers since I actually practice this type of shot on occassions. 

Don't mind being in the minority in this poll.    lol 

[Hardspoon]

Kudos on this question; the closeness of the vote indicates how well the options were balanced.

I wouldn't feel great about any of these, but I went with the putt.

[GolfLug]

I voted 7 iron but honestly could be a toss up between that and a 100 yard wedge to within 18'. These days I can throw my driver option in the mix too, which is a yoooge improvement...

[WUTiger]

With my new driver, I chose #1. Someone else must do the rest... My triple bogie yesterday came after I split the fairway with a solid tee shot.

On many days, a second would be the FW over the cross hazard. Jut don't ask me to get home in two.

A choice you didn't list: 50-yard wedge shot for one-putt. In a scramble, I'm usually good for one of these.

[David in FL]

52 minutes ago, Patch said:

I went with the 10 yard sand shot. I am pretty good at getting out of bunkers since I actually practice this type of shot on occassions. 

Don't mind being in the minority in this poll.    lol 

I'm actually surprised that more didn't choose that.  It's a close 2d or 3d for me.  A 30 foot sand shot, under good conditions just isn't that difficult....

[jamo]

I'm going to operate under the assumption that you can't "game" the question, because whatever you don't pick, someone else on your team will have to. Thus, hitting a 75-yard drive successfully into the fairway doesn't help anyone, nor does taking the 8-foot putt (because very likely we're all pretty equal at short putting, but I have a strength elsewhere that the rest of the team might not have). 

I'm taking the 7-iron. Second choice would be the 100-yard wedge. Third would be the driver. 

[rehmwa]

7 iron approach - because hitting approaches is the most satisfying shot for me - this year I hit those approaches rather consistently.  good year

good list - all about equally hard for me (driver being my most likely to succeed - if fact, when we do 4 man rotation shot in comps (usually on hole 17 and 18), I normally (almost always) get positioned to take the drive on the longest hole)

[MrGolfguy67]

I'm confident that I would be successful on 4 of those shots; I voted driver into fairway because that's where I'd be most confident -followed by 8 foot putt, 100 yd wedge, then 7 iron into green.

[Rainmaker]

I went with the drive - I'm not super long but I'm pretty straight.

Honestly - the rest of the shots, except maybe the putt, I have no chance at - it would be just lucky if it happened. 

[Lihu]

On 11/22/2016 at 6:36 AM, bkuehn1952 said:

You are a member of a golf “team.” You have one shot to contribute and must succeed.  What would it be?  Assume an “average” width fairway, “average” size green, “average” firm green, “average” speed green, etc.  Further assume that if you fail, your team loses.  So a driver that misses the fairway can't be saved by a recovery shot or a 7-iron to the fringe won't be salvaged by rolling the next shot close.  A miss results in a loss.

I'd take the driver in the fairway.  While no part of my game is particularly great, I do hit the fairway about 60% of the time.  I am not sure that any of the other options would result in a greater percentage.

How about everyone else?

I think statistically, the 7i sounds like the easiest shot for me. Or at least possibly on the fringe? Of course, what you mean by a 7i shot is possibly different than what I mean?

IDK, for me a 9i would be a decent approach shot. 7i is getting iffy on hitting a green. So, that's why I added on the fringe or possibly even just nearby?