The Long Par 4: Make Bogey the Worst You Do

Forcing a hero long-iron or fairway wood at a green it was never designed to hold, then short-siding into a bunker with no easy fourth.

On the toughest par 4s, the field's average is close to bogey. Trying to make an unlikely par here mostly manufactures doubles; laying up to a full wedge turns a scramble into a routine bogey, sometimes par.

Play it as a short par 5. Advance the second to your favorite wedge distance, short of the front trouble, and take your chip. Two putts is a good score here.

≈ 0.4-0.6 strokes per hole by taking double bogey out of play.