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Golf Tips for Hitting Fairways:
Don't be afraid of using something like 5 or even 7 iron. If you are playing the correct tee for your ability, and you have to hit 7 iron off the tee, chances are your average par 4 will only be about 340 yards. Even if you only hit your 7 iron 130 yards, three 7 irons will get you on to the longest par 4 and you will be putting for par. Same goes for the par fives. Now your ego may not deal with this very well, but I bet your ego will like the score at the end of the round. This is not to say that you can never hit woods off the tee, that would not be much fun, but until you can consistently hit it straight and high, only use the woods when you know you will not be penalized too severely off the tee. If you hit 10 fairways a round and hone your short game, you will be making a lot of pars. Can you say that now? My very first golf tournament was my two day CPGA qualifying. The first hole was a 390 yard par four dog-leg with a small creek running in front of the green. The two guys I was playing with were both playing at US colleges and bombed drivers off the tee, hit the fairway and had sand wedges into the green. My tendency with woods when nervous is to pull hook. If I did this on that hole I would have been dead in three foot fescue grass. I took out my four iron and hit a relaxed, high, straight drive about 205 yards. As I was swallowing my pride making my playing partners wait while I set up my scary 180 yard 5-iron (probably my most consistent iron) over the creek, I tried to stay focused on my own game. I hit a solid shot that missed the green left by about four feet (about thirty feet from the pin, not on the short side) and took a deep breath of relief. The other players both hit their wedges within fifteen feet on the green. The course was in the best condition I had ever played on and to my amazing surprise with my hands shaking from nerves, I watched my chip go in the hole for birdie. The other two both two putted for par. This broke the nerves for me. The next hole was a wide open par five where I was able to hit driver and a beautiful three wood. A chip and a three foot putt later I had birdied the first two holes and felt like I belonged there. Believe it or not, the next hole was a par three and I stuck a seven iron to 8 feet and made my third birdie in a row to start my first tournament. I had never done that before, and did not make another birdie for the round, but finished third that day and got to play in the final group on the second (last) day knowing that my card was secure and I could take more chances. My playing partners shot 66 and 69 compared to my 74 on that second day, but I knew that if I played my strategic game I could have stayed close to them.
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