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Boy, you just couldn't wait until I finished, could you? Well, I can't blame you. Here is what I know so far.

Read my golf instruction pages for slopes, lies breeze/wind etc... It still applies to PS. And, yes, I still use my charts. Get them here. (Mega-Links note: hyperlink will take you to the download for bub's Links 2001 Breeze and Windy Fluctuation Chart. 42KB download. Microsoft Excel required.) 

Don't place the tee marker on the club head to start the swing. I suggest you place it behind the club face somewhere. I place my tee on the first mark behind the club head and have heard of others placing theirs half way back or more. The reason isn't exactly clear to me, but trust me, it helped me immensely. The benefits are increased club head control and faster and more consistent CHS.

Tempo, a smooth takeaway and a smooth transition are key to your success in PS. The speed of your mouse movement is not near as important as tempo. You start the club back with a smooth motion, decelerating at the end of your back swing, pausing ever so slightly, you smoothly apply forward momentum and accelerate through to a finish at the very front of the swing meter (not the snap mark). If you try to swing too fast/hard, the ball of your mouse skips/slides instead of rolls robbing you of acceleration.

Play it safe. If you hit a bad tee shot and find yourself in the trees, chip out. If you have a front pin over a water hazard, play more club. If you have a fairway trap in the landing area of your tee shot, play away from it. Take your medicine. You will have to get over the 'go for every shot' mentality that you had while clicking. Par is a fairly good score again and you will even win a few holes with a par. Now, don't get me wrong, there are some very good PS'ers out there and they shoot in the high 50's just like the top clickers. You are not going to win any of your matches shooting 18 pars but you are definitely not going to win any either with bogies. Take your medicine if you put yourself in trouble. Try to make at least par on every hole. Don't give your opponent an easy hole because you tried the miracle shot and made bogey instead.

Greenside traps are still a mystery. Since every bodies CHS is different, I'm assuming charts here are pretty ineffective. I have noticed that my default LW with an early snap will go about 50 feet (not a sand snap, just a regular snap a little early). So, if I have that distance, I use my LW. For 75 feet, I use my SW and for 100 feet, my PW.

The LW chip club goes the same distance for me as my putter. The larger markings on the LW swing meter are 50ft, 100ft and 150ft. The very same as the putter meter. Very convenient.

You can absolutely murder the 3 wood off of the fairway. I've seen guys hit that thing 290yds into the breeze and onto the green. Wahooooo...

Don't play a 3 wood punch shot from the rough.

Don't try to play half or 3/4 shots. It is way to difficult to control CHS to that degree. No mans land is between 35 and 50yds. Avoid those distances like the plague.

Only snap once while putting. There is absolutely no reason to click at snap point as it will not have any affect at all. A benefit to this, it is much easier to concentrate on your swing path knowing you don't have to click at snap. note: make sure to remember to click with the LW chip.

Up slopes and down slopes have less affect in PS then clicking. I don't know why that is. The breeze/wind seems very similar to clicking. Of course, my charts still work wonderfully. (Mega-Links note: hyperlink will take you to the download for bub's Links 2001 Breeze and Windy Fluctuation Chart. 42KB download. Microsoft Excel required.)

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