When is it a smart play to shoot for The Sucker Pin? Taking the risk versus accepting the wisdom of millions of other golfers over thousands of collective years and billions of collective golf shots? Playing the safer shot versus predicting/assumming/guessing that you MIGHT need that potential extra birdie NOW to stave off potential uncertain loss later?
Do you do it only in The Masters? Trying to beat a Nicklaus or Woods?
Does it pay off against the lesser oppenent? The even match? Versus the Juggernaut?
Its why I woke up at 5:15 and couldn't get back to sleep.
I need the answer.
Cause I see not punting as going for The Sucker Pin, and its driving me crazy.
Cause I see us losing the game in the second quarter - when we gave them the ball on a short field, even though we know every game is a dogfight, not a blowout - not in the 4th,when the expected fight back always occurs.
We shot at The Sucker Pin on 7, hit the trap, skulled it in to the water, and now want to say we lost on 18 when they hit a 30 footer.
Stupid is as stupid does, ma'am.
You don't decide whether to shoot at The Sucker Pin when you are standing over the ball, "feeling it" on that day. You hit to the middle of the green because millions of golf moments say it is what you are SUPPOSED to do to give yourself the best chance to win, so you do not hand your opponent a gift and let them see how they do with it.
Do you do it only in The Masters? Trying to beat a Nicklaus or Woods?
Does it pay off against the lesser oppenent? The even match? Versus the Juggernaut?
Its why I woke up at 5:15 and couldn't get back to sleep.
I need the answer.
Cause I see not punting as going for The Sucker Pin, and its driving me crazy.
Cause I see us losing the game in the second quarter - when we gave them the ball on a short field, even though we know every game is a dogfight, not a blowout - not in the 4th,when the expected fight back always occurs.
We shot at The Sucker Pin on 7, hit the trap, skulled it in to the water, and now want to say we lost on 18 when they hit a 30 footer.
Stupid is as stupid does, ma'am.
You don't decide whether to shoot at The Sucker Pin when you are standing over the ball, "feeling it" on that day. You hit to the middle of the green because millions of golf moments say it is what you are SUPPOSED to do to give yourself the best chance to win, so you do not hand your opponent a gift and let them see how they do with it.
