Width With Binary Outcomes Along The Edges

[Thomas Dai]

In many circumstances a shot that’s 50 yds offline is bloody dangerous, which closely relates to another matter within the game, but I’m not going to get into that matter just now.
Atb

[Jim Sherma]

40-50 yards is a lot off line. A double cross where you're looking to move a ball 20 yards left to right and instead pull it 10 yards left and have it move another 10-20 is how I get there occasionally. It's not 50 yards off of my starting point, but rather off of my attempted ending point. the hole moved a little left to right and had a lion's mouth fronting bunker. Pin was on the right hence my plan to cut it up the right side of the fairway. If the greens were firm there would have been a at least some cost to being on the wrong side of the fairway.

[Sean_A]

Off line depends on where one was aiming. 50 yards off centre fairway is a bit wide in most circumstances, but not necessarily crazy. It's wild if corridors are 60 yards wide, 60 yard wide corridors should be a rarity though.

Ciao

[jeffwarne]

Thick lost ball perimeters on both sides  tend to render preferred side strategy and centerline bunkers moot.
Players will aim for the center of the corridor

[Joe Hancock]

Anybody mention topography, wind, etc. in this discussion yet? Most of the responses make me think that the “50 yards offline is a lot” comments are assuming calm conditions and flat terrain. Play somewhere where there’s much sideslope/ crosswind and you’re aiming offcenter already.