The Strategy Tour Pros Use to Win British Opens | The Game Plan | Golf Digest

Having a howling wind directly in your face as you're about to tee off is a situation that pro and amateur golfers face all of the time. But what is the best way to play that scary shot? In this episode of The Game Plan, Golf Digest Senior Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen looks at Royal Liverpool's 3rd hole to help explain how pros use their control of the balls' peak height to navigate these difficult situations.
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[@cubingmaniac123]

These videos are very well done!!

[@NurseJenny1995]

Agreed! Handsome swings just the way you are..😩🌚

[@willemhaifetz-chen1588]

Great indeed

[@Skeeternaught]

Really cool ‘secret’ strategy

[@KevenSandoval]

Hit it lower to cheat the wind. Teeing it lower helps. Groundbreaking secrets.

[@Kirktown]

Great video!

[@ktkl68]

For the downhill shot why high spin?

[@user-of8re8ql8n]

The diagram has zero to do with Darwin. Great video!.

[@ClintWestmetal88]

Then on the flip side, great ball striking is more important. Tom Watson didn't hit the ball low and he did ok in The Open...

[@AB-nv7bz]

Great ball striking means you can manipulate trajectory as well. Also during Tom's era hitting the ball low was easier because the balls didn't launch like they do today. Stock 7i and up looked like a knock down by todays standards. Hitting the ball high back then was a challenge, which all the greats could do. I think the video has it backwards. Todays pros can all hit it high, hitting it low and hard is the challenge.

[@willemhaifetz-chen1588]

and Lord Stableford...

[@ghstrdio]

The diagram has zero to do with Darwin

[@tomkenno]

*The Open

[@billmalec]

Why do they insist on background music? Arrrrgh...

[@matt014908]

Who knew golf digest would have such toxic commentors.

[@TheDuany7]

Wish they’d use someone else to narrate

[@tmzz3609]

This course is just as bland as British food. It looks like a municipal course in a small town behind a Walmart