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Hole #12Make Every Shot CountPar 4 • 205 Yards

In golf, every shot costs the same: one stroke. All golfers know this, but many of us concentrate only on improving one or two things. Sometimes the most visible aspects of our game almost get the most attention, such as the drive off the tee. This is the one shot that almost everyone else sees and it is the beginning point of each hole, so it sets the stage for all the shots that follow. But at best, on a typical par-four hole, this shot only represents 25% of the strokes allotted to complete the hole! When we focus only on the drive off the tee, we ignore the other 75% of what goes into completing ...

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