Golf Courses
Golf courses have been designed to trick you
Golf courses have been designed all over the world is an optical illusion. They have been designed to trick your eyes and your mind. Here is a couple of examples.
Have you ever noticed that when you par-3 hole on the golf course that it always seemed like it is very narrow and you are forced to play very accurately. There is little room to move and plenty of risk. A bit more about this at the moment.
Or have you ever noticed that when you are on a par-5 hole on the golf course they seem to have all the room in the world. So you tend to aim in a general direction. There is a lot more room for error.
Then there is distance… how far away is the green really? Picking enough club is always a challenge. Judging the distance and knowing you’re going well enough is really important.
Golf courses deceive your eyes!
Whether it’s a sunny day, early in the morning when it is a bit foggy, in the rain, the heat of a summer’s day, or nearly dusk in winter any golf course will test your vision and therefore your judgement.
A good remedy for this is to walk the course backwards. by walking the course backwards from the 18th green to the first tee your start to see from a different perspective the distances that you are playing to.
Most importantly I would suggest you use this as an opportunity to also map out your game plan. Look at distances and map out according to how you play your game.
