- Safety first. When playing every shot sometimes its best to go for a safety first attitude. For example why play a driver off the tee on a tight short par 4 when a 3 iron or 3 wood will get you on the fairway with a chance of birdie. You should consider hitting clubs of the tee that will get you on the fairway not OB or in the woods.
- Take enough club.This is probably one of the best golf tips for course management as a lot of amateurs come up short. When playing a round of golf you should know your exact average yardages and use them. If the flag is 150 yards away and you hit your 8 iron 150 on a perfect strike you should still use a 7 iron. That will get you pin high much more often.
- Don't go for sucker pins. If the flag is dangerously close to water or a bunker aim for a safer part of the green. You will hit more greens this way and still have a chance for birdie.
- Hit away from dangers. When playing a round of golf you should never aim at a hazard or danger because of the chances of hitting it. Instead aim away from it. For example there is OB all up the right of the fairway. Here you should aim up the left edge and hit it straight. Experienced players will aim up the left and fade it to the middle of the fairway. If they over fade it it will be on the right side of the fairway and if they pull it it will still be up the left side of the fairway.
- Lay up to your scoring shot. When playing long par5s or 4s instead of going for the green in to lay up to your best shot yardage. I.e. 100 yards. If you are good at nailing 100 yard shots aim to lay up there rather than hitting a harder club to a further harder to hit target.
Course management
Good course management is often overlooked. A sound course management will mean maximising opportunity and lowering risk. Here are my tips on course management.
