Morning golf strategy
A Practical Guide to Morning Golf Strategy
A practical guide to morning golf: read the situation, choose the percentage shot, and keep the next play simple.
Read before you reach for a club
Good morning golf starts with damp turf, shorter early carries, and greens that speed up. For an early tee time, that quick check tells you whether the shot is an attack, a placement, or a tidy escape. The expensive mistake in dew and cool-air adjustment is treating a marginal ball as if it deserves your favorite full swing.
A four-question ladder
- What miss hurts most in this morning golf situation?
- For an early tee time, which shot can you hit seven times out of ten?
- For an early tee time, does the score, lie, or opponent justify extra risk?
- For an early tee time, where should the next shot be played from?
On-course note: In morning golf, a plan you can say in one breath is usually the plan you can swing with.