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We were just talking about this the other day hear at work, about how it would improve most high handicapper's scores to just leave the driver at home most days. Unless you hit driver really well and your score is the result of bad putting or whatever else. It is better to hit hybrid/5 iron to a par 4 or to hit hybrid/hybrid/5 iron/SW to a par 5 than it is to take a big number hitting the ball out of bounds or into the woods and hacking out. The fastest way to improve your score is to be disciplined and not try to hit that driver on every par 4 or 5. I am a low handicapper and you would be surprised how many times I grab a hybrid or a 4 iron to tee off on a par 4 or even a par 5 if the fairway is just too narrow to hit driver or 3W. Especially important to not go too far into trouble, stay short of a bunker or other hazard, or if you go too far right or left you are dead. Try playing to the yardage marker at 150 sometime with a par 4 tee shot or with your second or even third shot on a par 5. Instead of trying to hit that driver and risking having to make a miracle shot just to get back in play leave yourself back a little. If you practice that 150 shot until you can do it in your sleep all you have to do is get to that marker and you have it made. There are very few golf courses that don't allow you to do this, and if you are playing a golf course that forces you to hit 250 yard carries just to play it then you need to either move up to a closer tee box or go somewhere else to play, because you are not doing yourself any favors by trying to hit shots you are not able to pull off a high percentage of the time.