Executive courses
Famous Examples of Executive Courses
Common executive-course golf traps, cleaner fixes, and a better way to judge what comes next.
Where it goes sideways
The usual trouble in Famous Examples of Executive Courses is not a lack of effort. It is a golfer letting the previous miss shape the next short-course round instead of reading what the compact layout is asking now.
A cleaner fix
A cleaner executive-course golf fix starts by naming the miss that actually matters. If club down on short par 4s when trouble narrows is the problem, do not repair it with three unrelated changes. Adjust the wedge-distance plan, setup, or target only if it explains the result you saw.
Coach’s note: For executive-course golf, the best correction is often the one you can still remember after a bogey.
Reset before the next one
Before the next short-course round, say the executive-course golf job plainly: what trouble are you avoiding, and what result would keep the round moving?