GOLFTEC Tip of the Week: Stop aiming for the flag!

High handicap players can reduce blow-up holes with this one trick

By Jim Bebbington

When the best players in the world visited Pinehurst No. 2 recently – famous for the undulating, tortured greens – one summed up his strategy very simply: “The middle of the green doesn’t move.”

GOLFTEC’s pros have tips for what to do instead of reflexively aiming for the distance to the flag.


 

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