I am probably an example of the type of golfer Mike Young is referring to.
My first recourse at my home club and most other places I play is something like an "aerial game" whenever I have a 6-iron or shorter in my hand. But with no clubhead speed and a very low trajectory I have no choice but to let the ball run up on most shots over 150 yards, regardless of whether the course supports it or not. Can't live without the extra distance, can't stop longer shot on the green (unless it's squishy soft).
There's no strategy or thought involved. I'm not smarter than my buddy who hits hits his five 5-iron into the stratosphere and stops it on a dime from 190 yards. I may be smart enough to know that my 5-iron isn't going but 150 and then it isn't going to stop with less than 5-10 yards of rollout but that ain't strategic thinking. It's a limitation of my golf swing.And my high clubhead speed friend isn't an idiot and he isn't missing the point. His best way to get the ball near the hole from 190 is to hit a moon-ball 5-iron that lands right where he wants it.
When I go on my yearly UK golf trips, I generally score better on links or firm and dry heathland courses than I would on a course of similar length and complexity back home. Not because I'm smart or strategic (although I do know more about playing in those conditions than I did a decade ago) but because the courses are designed to accommodate the shots I have no choice but to play. Absent big winds or extremely severe course setups, just doing what comes naturally to a weak-hitting bogey golfer gets a favorable bounce far more often than on a parkland Bermuda setup back home.