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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3589715, member: 34"] If you are just starting off and are somewhat athletic, a few lessons can get you in to high 90's relatively quickly. Shave another 10 strokes and that gets you in to bogey golf. Most of the stuff I've seen for "course management" for newer golfers involves two things- knowing how far they hit their clubs most of the time and learning to suck it up and take a bogey. First one is for distance control. 150 yard shot to a front pin with water or bunker guarding the pin is different shot than 150 yards to a back pin. First shot requires hitting the ball close to 150 on the fly or else you put a big number in to play. Second shot you can hit 135-140 and let it work towards that back of the green. Also learning not to short side yourself for greenside chips or hit to the away side of a hazard. Second scenario of just make bogey and move on includes chipping back out to fairway after a wayward tee shot, chipping well over a greenside hazard and leaving much further distance instead of trying low probability shots which just clear the hazard, etc. Finally, unless your are a single digit handicapper, 90% of the time aim for middle of the green and make your 2-putts. Two putting every hole puts you even par for the round with the flat stick. [/QUOTE]