Sam,
I've repeated that over and over again, hole LOCATION and ball flight, not stance are the primary factors that provide an advantage..
Doug, unless the hole is cut in the middle, why would a golfer try to hit his ball to the narrowest part of the green ?
Starting the ball at the center or right center and working it makes the most sense for most
Alex,
Your underlying premise, that pulled shots are caused by a closed (delofted) club face is flawed.
Pulled shots can be pulled with a square or even an open club face depending upon the swing plane.
A club face perfectly on line (swing plane) will be pulled when the club face is closed.
In addition, pulled shots don't necessarily CARRY further, relative to the intended target, as you claimed.
On Friday, did you watch Tiger and others pull their shots on # 18, short, into the front left bunker ?
Did you see Westwood push his ball long ?
Tim,
We've been talking about both.
With respect to the 15-20 handicap I'd agree that there's a huge diversity in their play.
With respect to the guys who are playing this week, ball flight and hole location determine the advantage, not stance.
With respect to scoring averages on # 12 and other holes how do the scoring averages compare for the low 10 golfers for the first two rounds compared to the high 10 golfers ?
A lefty, 5 under, on a hole by hole basis, will produce lower averages than a righty (or lefty) who's 10 over.