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Originally Posted by rubicon
First of all what % of golfers in The Villages actually and consistently hit the green on one (executive) or two strokes (championship par 4)? I have played with a few who can but not most and even those guys often end up with three putts. etc etc etc (hitting a long ball v. hitting a well targeted ball)
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I agree with most of this, except CONSISTENTLY needs clarification. The PGA tour average greens in regulation (92nd out of 184) is 66.3% or 12 greens/round. I think a better yardstick is whether a golfer can hit it far enough from a given set of tees to reach the par 4's, not that they actually hit them. Using Evans Prairie as an example, you should be able to hit 2 shots 460 to play blacks, 435 for gold, 410 for blue and 365 for white. These are really the minimum distances unless you want to be hitting 3 wood to every green