Executive courses
What Defines Executive Courses?
A practical opener that turns executive-course golf into decisions you can use on the course.

Start with the real shot
What Defines Executive Courses? should feel useful before a golfer ever reaches for another browser tab. Picture a 126-yard par 3 over a front bunker; the point is to make that moment clearer, not to bury it under theory.
What to notice
Start with wedge distance before you start hunting flags. On an executive course, a 15-foot uphill putt usually beats a short-sided chip from the wrong side of a tiny green.
- First check: Control wedge distance before chasing pins.
- Second check: Leave uphill putts whenever the green allows it.
- Scorecard check: Did it support turning shorter holes into real scoring chances?
Use it today
For this article, success is modest: one decision around executive-course golf should feel easier the next time the situation appears.