The Critical Number Pros Use That Amateurs Don't l The Game Plan l Golf Digest

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24 күн бұрын

Cover Numbers. They're some of the most underrated and underused numbers in golf. What's the yardage to clear the hazard? What club should I hit? How do I avoid disaster on this hole? In this episode of The Game Plan, Golf Digest Senior Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen dives into the simple but often underutilized strategy of ignoring the pin and focusing on safety to discover whether or not those aggressive lines off the tee and into greens are actually worth the risk for pros and amateurs alike.
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@thejmac69 21 күн бұрын

This clarified something I had wrong in my head but thought was right: the difference between “carry” and “cover”. Thank you!

@danik4308 22 күн бұрын

can you make a Video where you dive into the mentioned „runout number“?

@lukekerrdineen 22 күн бұрын

It's in the docket!

@tnuctaf 18 күн бұрын

Your run out number is where the ball lands to where the ball finishes. This number changes with each club. You can get this number by finding your ball mark and stepping off to where your ball finishes. A long iron like 4 or 5 iron might have 4 to 5 yards of runout depending on green speeds and hardness. While a wedge might have a negative roll out depending on your skill level.

@ShotPattern 21 күн бұрын

These are so so good!! These videos are becoming a quality playlist of tutorials for the Shot Pattern app!

@HuntsT 19 күн бұрын

Bryson is holding a compass, not a protractor. They are commonly confused.

@kingpatrick2395 22 күн бұрын

I love these videos, they really help with my golfing game! Thank you

@GolfDigest 22 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoy them. We love making them.

@bkim01 22 күн бұрын

"... demolition of Sergio Garcia." Ouch haha.

@lukejuras8024 22 күн бұрын

My lesson learned at a new course this week: if you have to hit it past a creek that's just at the upper limit of your max carry distance, for goodness sake just club down and play it as a bogey hole. (Lesson learned as I was hitting my third ball off the tee, with a shorter club).

@alohaguchis 10 күн бұрын

Course management is so under rated. Love this

@HK-vv9kv 19 күн бұрын

These vids are great. Strategies like this can help so many golfers as opposed to swing tips

@mr.clutch987 21 күн бұрын

Love this video... I had a par 3 180 yards over water and i decided to hit my hybrid and landed a perfect pin high shot

@timchamberlain5858 21 күн бұрын

That was a great explanation of "playing the miss"

@alisonburgess345 22 күн бұрын

This is gold - thanks Luke 🎉

@zeppelinstudiosllc3007 20 күн бұрын

this is awesome !!!! thank you !

@kevinmcdonald1917 17 күн бұрын

Thank you, liked and subscribed.

@ScrewyDriverTheMan 21 күн бұрын

Well, they worry about that more than regular folks because most of the time they play on hard, firm surfaces where the ball would bounce hard first, then come to a stop, as opposed to when it's soft conditions where they could hit more at the pin or even behind it to suck it back. Depends on the distances and height and landing angle of the ball, of course, but you have to be able to cover first when it's so damned firm with that first bounce

@braedenmoore1722 20 күн бұрын

Great video!

@Jordanericgolf1775 22 күн бұрын

Another great one by LKD

@patricioramos4275 20 күн бұрын

Top! Amazing content

@almccrann2286 20 күн бұрын

Reminds me of Scott Fawcett’s DECADE program. 😊

@plusfour1 20 күн бұрын

The same idea. Was thinking that myself. Fine tunes it

@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656 21 күн бұрын

Super video.

@kevinogill6726 6 күн бұрын

Excellent video, thanks Easy wasy to explain to my friends who are constantly scoping the distance to the flag and I am constantly telling them it doesn't matter

@HyperbrandedGolf 22 күн бұрын

Love this series ❤

@saufai74 22 күн бұрын

Thank you. Great video

@GolfDigest 22 күн бұрын

So do we 😉

@TheeNickyT 14 күн бұрын

Tremendous video!

@neil840 3 күн бұрын

Very interesting and informative. Except I find going over the green to be very penal. Yes, there's usually not a bunker there. But, it slopes away, you're short sided, and sometimes your ball is lost in the trees, the tall grass, or you find the OB that you didn't even know was there! On the other hand, the pros will always find their ball when it's over the green and often have the benefit of matted down grass.

@krusher74 12 күн бұрын

So as a bogie golfer with a front-to-back dispersion of 30/40 yards stick to the number to the back of the green, because when you fat it 40yards short of the club flushed it might just creep on the front.

@petermcgill1315 19 күн бұрын

I always have the distance to the rear of the green. I’ve hit some shocking spots that still find themselves somewhere around the green. The one or 2 I hit pure, I can deal with.

@user-wv5lh1xz4g 22 күн бұрын

what a vid

@sa_maccas2266 22 күн бұрын

But what would the cover number be at a hole like the 6th at Humewood links, 2 deep bunkers on the left and right basically covering the length of the green

@jordancalanchini3496 22 күн бұрын

The cover number would be whatever the yardage is to clear the bunkers lmao

@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656 21 күн бұрын

It’s whatever you need it to be based on your shot shape, where the flag is and so forth. I do think sometimes the carry number is simply the actual front of the green because otherwise it may roll back down or just stop too quickly. Sometimes the carry number is a ridge in the green. And sometimes there’s so much trouble everywhere you just gotta hit a shot.

@sa_maccas2266 21 күн бұрын

@@jordancalanchini3496 they cover every part of the side of the green, if you carry the bunkers you've missed the green

@jordancalanchini3496 21 күн бұрын

@@sa_maccas2266 if you carry the bunker and miss the green, that means the flag is not right behind the bunker. Therefore you should not be taking it over the bunker

@sa_maccas2266 21 күн бұрын

@@jordancalanchini3496 yes, but if you miss pin high right or left, you'll be in the bunker

@bennettlewis5495 15 күн бұрын

I don't have a cover number, I have a "crap-shoot" number.

@jaygatsby1 21 күн бұрын

What’s a sholt?

@tdye19 22 күн бұрын

the cover number

@jamiekennedy6023 22 күн бұрын

Could have used this strategy better in my round yesterday 🤦‍♂

@BenWaltonNYC 21 күн бұрын

No way. Not with that power fade.

@mikechar17 22 күн бұрын

sand traps are not the worst possible outcome, right?

@reidjames2938 22 күн бұрын

Depends on the hole obviously

@freddym6643 21 күн бұрын

They're much worse scoring wise than many realize in most situations.

@mikechar17 21 күн бұрын

@@freddym6643 always hear its better to hit there than almost anywhere else unless it might be really short side but they are usually wizards anyway. For the normal guy its the worst nightmare.

@Simeon-the-Magnificent 22 күн бұрын

Who is the narrator in this? What's his name?

@MrBootleBoy1969 22 күн бұрын

His name is in the description.

@MrRobd23 22 күн бұрын

1:04 look on the left side in the center of the screen. Also written in the video description. Also 2:27 you can his name and see him speak for himself.

@MichealNolan-jc9hx 22 күн бұрын

Luke Kerr-Dineen

@muzaffarabdulhalim1774 10 сағат бұрын

haha not gonna lie. But I broke 90 keeping this in mind and ot works perfectly 😅

@danielscofield4941 22 күн бұрын

That’s a compass, not a protractor.

@jeffarmfield2346 22 күн бұрын

Thing bryson had was a protractor

@atbear 19 күн бұрын

@@jeffarmfield2346 No, that's a compass.

@rc07333 11 күн бұрын

Its hard to judge a cover # when you chunk one and then skinny the next 🤣🤣

@geoffcohen613 4 күн бұрын

Just shows how club golfers have been conned into buying lasers, instead of using the old note books.

@thejmac69 3 күн бұрын

This vid definitely got me shooting the laser at nearby targets vs the pin for club selection.

@touristguy87 7 күн бұрын

Could you make a video that doesn't put me to sleep

@RbiTriples 16 күн бұрын

Doesnt hurt to be Rory MclIroy either lol

@maverick6369 14 күн бұрын

Still no clue what a cover number is

@fudhater8592 22 күн бұрын

The point of putting a bunker behind the green is to make it a harder shot than chipping 🤦‍♂

@TheNifster 13 күн бұрын

good night isn't this just common sense?

@Sheepmanthegoat1 18 сағат бұрын

People play golf and don’t think about this? LOL, doubt it

@theduke7957 20 күн бұрын

Schauffle lost it. Rory didn’t win it

@blobberyo54 19 күн бұрын

Bro went -7 through 8 holes and you don’t think he won it😂

@tessp100d4 18 күн бұрын

Screw Rory