Since Jordan is once again making the field at a major take notice of him, here's a link to a few tips he wrote up for Golf Digest -- in this case, how to make the best scores on par-4s. They're broken down into three categories:
- Picking a target for your drives
- Getting good contact with your irons
- Controlling distance on your putts
Jordan calls this tip the Three-Shot Rule: Never take more than three shots to reach the green on a par-4. If you get into trouble with your tee shot, use your second shot to put yourself back in play so you can put your third shot on the green.
In other words, terrible tee shot = recovery shot subsequent.
This is so easy and but so difficult to do. We simply KNOW we can get the ball out of that questionable lie and put it at the green. But most of the time, we cannot. Jordan's advice is to take your medicinal drug and give your self a putt (or chip) for par. You're much more likely to make that one than a a hundred and fifty-backyard iron from the rough you are still caught in.
No, this article isn't full of earthshaking new recommendation. Yes, it's the attitude that makes Jordan Spieth a pressure to be reckoned with inside the majors. Maybe it's true advice...?
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