i love posting right after bart!
imho, each hole has an ultimate goal (ball go in cup) and a number of tactical approaches to that goal.
you can do some tactical planning off a good course book. but until you actually get on the course on the day you're playing, you can't define and execute your strategy for each hole because wind, rain, heat index, windchill or finding that you have only a bunch of sad old dingy pinnacle seconds in your bag all factor into your hole-by-hole strategy. which is to say, your hole-by-hole managment. which is management of the grass, lie, wind, etc. AND management of things like the condition your mind & body are in. being an inherently optimistic person means you have different management concerns than does an eternal pessimist.
i don't think the architect builds in all of the "strategy", but the architect delineates some strategic parameters.
jeez, i sound like a philosopy professor.
hey, i guess that's because i used to be one!