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

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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
    @thejmac6920 күн бұрын

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

  • @ShotPattern
    @ShotPattern20 күн бұрын

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

  • @danik4308
    @danik430821 күн бұрын

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

  • @lukekerrdineen

    @lukekerrdineen

    21 күн бұрын

    It's in the docket!

  • @tnuctaf

    @tnuctaf

    17 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.

  • @bkim01
    @bkim0121 күн бұрын

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

  • @kingpatrick2395
    @kingpatrick239521 күн бұрын

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

  • @GolfDigest

    @GolfDigest

    21 күн бұрын

    Glad you enjoy them. We love making them.

  • @HuntsT
    @HuntsT18 күн бұрын

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

  • @lukejuras8024
    @lukejuras802421 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).

  • @HK-vv9kv
    @HK-vv9kv18 күн бұрын

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

  • @alohaguchis
    @alohaguchis9 күн бұрын

    Course management is so under rated. Love this

  • @mr.clutch987
    @mr.clutch98720 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
    @timchamberlain585820 күн бұрын

    That was a great explanation of "playing the miss"

  • @alisonburgess345
    @alisonburgess34521 күн бұрын

    This is gold - thanks Luke 🎉

  • @zeppelinstudiosllc3007
    @zeppelinstudiosllc300719 күн бұрын

    this is awesome !!!! thank you !

  • @Jordanericgolf1775
    @Jordanericgolf177521 күн бұрын

    Another great one by LKD

  • @kevinmcdonald1917
    @kevinmcdonald191716 күн бұрын

    Thank you, liked and subscribed.

  • @braedenmoore1722
    @braedenmoore172219 күн бұрын

    Great video!

  • @patricioramos4275
    @patricioramos427519 күн бұрын

    Top! Amazing content

  • @ScrewyDriverTheMan
    @ScrewyDriverTheMan20 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

  • @almccrann2286
    @almccrann228619 күн бұрын

    Reminds me of Scott Fawcett’s DECADE program. 😊

  • @plusfour1

    @plusfour1

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656
    @oahujuniorgolfassociationc665620 күн бұрын

    Super video.

  • @HyperbrandedGolf
    @HyperbrandedGolf21 күн бұрын

    Love this series ❤

  • @saufai74

    @saufai74

    21 күн бұрын

    Thank you. Great video

  • @GolfDigest

    @GolfDigest

    21 күн бұрын

    So do we 😉

  • @kevinogill6726
    @kevinogill67265 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

  • @TheeNickyT
    @TheeNickyT13 күн бұрын

    Tremendous video!

  • @neil840
    @neil8402 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
    @krusher7411 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
    @petermcgill131518 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
    @user-wv5lh1xz4g21 күн бұрын

    what a vid

  • @sa_maccas2266
    @sa_maccas226621 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

    @jordancalanchini3496

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656

    @oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656

    20 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

    @sa_maccas2266

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @jordancalanchini3496

    @jordancalanchini3496

    20 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

    @sa_maccas2266

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @jaygatsby1
    @jaygatsby120 күн бұрын

    What’s a sholt?

  • @bennettlewis5495
    @bennettlewis549514 күн бұрын

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

  • @tdye19
    @tdye1921 күн бұрын

    the cover number

  • @jamiekennedy6023
    @jamiekennedy602321 күн бұрын

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

  • @BenWaltonNYC

    @BenWaltonNYC

    21 күн бұрын

    No way. Not with that power fade.

  • @mikechar17
    @mikechar1721 күн бұрын

    sand traps are not the worst possible outcome, right?

  • @reidjames2938

    @reidjames2938

    21 күн бұрын

    Depends on the hole obviously

  • @freddym6643

    @freddym6643

    20 күн бұрын

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

  • @mikechar17

    @mikechar17

    20 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.

  • @danielscofield4941
    @danielscofield494121 күн бұрын

    That’s a compass, not a protractor.

  • @jeffarmfield2346

    @jeffarmfield2346

    21 күн бұрын

    Thing bryson had was a protractor

  • @atbear

    @atbear

    18 күн бұрын

    @@jeffarmfield2346 No, that's a compass.

  • @Simeon-the-Magnificent
    @Simeon-the-Magnificent21 күн бұрын

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

  • @MrBootleBoy1969

    @MrBootleBoy1969

    21 күн бұрын

    His name is in the description.

  • @MrRobd23

    @MrRobd23

    21 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

    @MichealNolan-jc9hx

    21 күн бұрын

    Luke Kerr-Dineen

  • @rc07333
    @rc0733310 күн бұрын

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

  • @RbiTriples
    @RbiTriples15 күн бұрын

    Doesnt hurt to be Rory MclIroy either lol

  • @touristguy87
    @touristguy876 күн бұрын

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

  • @geoffcohen613
    @geoffcohen6133 күн бұрын

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

  • @thejmac69

    @thejmac69

    2 күн бұрын

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

  • @maverick6369
    @maverick636913 күн бұрын

    Still no clue what a cover number is

  • @fudhater8592
    @fudhater859221 күн бұрын

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

  • @TheNifster
    @TheNifster12 күн бұрын

    good night isn't this just common sense?

  • @theduke7957
    @theduke795719 күн бұрын

    Schauffle lost it. Rory didn’t win it

  • @blobberyo54

    @blobberyo54

    18 күн бұрын

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

  • @tessp100d4

    @tessp100d4

    17 күн бұрын

    Screw Rory

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