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Risk vs. reward By Andy North ESPN April 29 12:09pm ET | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Tour player is very good at understanding when to gamble and when not to, and that's something the average player needs to understand a little more -- whether it's going for a green over water vs. laying up, or chipping out of the woods vs. trying to play some hero shot.
You've got to play a shot that you can handle with your ability. Too often the average person thinks the pros go for every single pin and every single green. That's not the case. Sometimes, you need to take a chance and gamble. If it's the last hole, a par-5 over water, and by making a birdie or an eagle you can win the tournament, but by laying up the best you can do is birdie and you have a 50-50 chance of pulling it off, what the heck? You have to try it. But to try a shot you can hit one out of 100 times is stupidity. Five out of 10 is different. Quite frequently, a pro player will have a mental breakdown and try a shot he can't make. Usually, it happens when you're really trying to force something. But if you're close to the lead, and you're thinking and swinging well, you don't make those kinds of mistakes. Under pressure with the adrenaline flowing, sometimes you can hit a club five or 10 yards farther. That's where the experienced player has an advantage.
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