A Beginner's Guide to Smart Golf Shots

It Starts With the Right Equipment

Picking the Right Clubs

Choosing the Right Balls

Golf Shoes or Not?

Accounting for Course Conditions

Wet

Wind

Rough

Fairways

Tee Shots

Accounting for Hazards

Avoiding Obstacles

From the Fairway

Ball Position

Condition of Lye

From the Rough

Negotiating Obstacles

Tall Grass

Mindset

On the Putting Surface

Stimpmeter

Grass Direction

Navigating Slopes

Negotiating Shadows

From the Fringe

To Putt or Not to Putt

From a Sandtrap

Wet Sand

Course Sand

Fine Sand

Lip Consideration