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Date: 18 Oct 2006 12:22:34
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Are fairways important? Yes!
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More pivoting of my data... my total FW hit is 55%
When Fairways Hit
GIR % 59%
When Fairways Missed
GIR % 29%
So I get a GIR twice as often when hitting the FW as in the rough.
My GIR % is 45%:
When GIR
was in FW % 70%
When no GIR
was in FW % 39%
So 39% of the time I hit the ball into the FW and miss the green.
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Date: 18 Oct 2006 21:32:39
From: Matt
Subject: Re: Are fairways important? Yes!
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> More pivoting of my data... my total FW hit is 55%
>
> When Fairways Hit
> GIR % 59%
>
> When Fairways Missed
> GIR % 29%
>
> So I get a GIR twice as often when hitting the FW as in the rough.
>
> My GIR % is 45%:
> When GIR
> was in FW % 70%
>
> When no GIR
> was in FW % 39%
>
> So 39% of the time I hit the ball into the FW and miss the green.
Let me do me ... my total fairways hit is 65%
When I hit the fairway my GIR is 70%
When I miss fairway my GIR is 39%.
Im almost twice as much as well
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Date: 19 Oct 2006 06:52:18
From: Ken Meltzer
Subject: Re: Are fairways important? Yes!
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David wrote:
> It depends on the golfcourse.
And at my course, it depends upon the time of year. During the
mid-late summer, the rough (Bermuda) gets very high and thick. If
you're "lucky" enough to find the ball, you have to figure an average
of a stroke penalty. In the fall, the rough is cut back and for the
most part, you can get a pretty decent lie. In the winter, when the
grass is dormant (we don't overseed), there's no real difference
between fairway and rough.
Best,
Ken
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Date: 19 Oct 2006 06:45:20
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Are fairways important? Yes!
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David wrote:
> On 18 2006 12:22:34 -0700, "Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >More pivoting of my data... my total FW hit is 55%
> >
> >When Fairways Hit
> >GIR % 59%
> >
> >When Fairways Missed
> >GIR % 29%
> >
> >So I get a GIR twice as often when hitting the FW as in the rough.
> >
> >My GIR % is 45%:
> >When GIR
> >was in FW % 70%
> >
> >When no GIR
> >was in FW % 39%
> >
> >So 39% of the time I hit the ball into the FW and miss the green.
>
> It depends on the golfcourse. If you play a course that has very
> short rough and few trees, then hitting the fairway is not really so
> important. If you are very strong and get dig the ball out of rough
> that is a little deep, then hitting fairways is not so important. If
> you are, however, playing a course that has forest on both sides of
> the fairway and the rough is borderline US Open style rough, then you
> better hit the darned fairway.
Good point David. My home course has some nasty rough, especially
the stuff just off the fairway. Unfortunately, except for a handful of
holes, if you're more than "just" off, you're in deep trouble.
There's only 1 or 2 courses that I play regularly that aren't that
punishing off the FW.
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Date: 19 Oct 2006 15:34:21
From: David
Subject: Re: Are fairways important? Yes!
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On 18 2006 12:22:34 -0700, "Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com >
wrote:
>More pivoting of my data... my total FW hit is 55%
>
>When Fairways Hit
>GIR % 59%
>
>When Fairways Missed
>GIR % 29%
>
>So I get a GIR twice as often when hitting the FW as in the rough.
>
>My GIR % is 45%:
>When GIR
>was in FW % 70%
>
>When no GIR
>was in FW % 39%
>
>So 39% of the time I hit the ball into the FW and miss the green.
It depends on the golfcourse. If you play a course that has very
short rough and few trees, then hitting the fairway is not really so
important. If you are very strong and get dig the ball out of rough
that is a little deep, then hitting fairways is not so important. If
you are, however, playing a course that has forest on both sides of
the fairway and the rough is borderline US Open style rough, then you
better hit the darned fairway.
David
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