Well this is my exact dilemma- I feel a lot more comfortable hitting a full shot from say 100-110 yards but a) am I going to miss the green more times from this yardage than from 40-60 yards then b) If I do hit the green which is gonna be closer to the hole?
But then again another consideration is how good are you with the club for the initial shot to get you to the short pitch? Are my probabilities better for hitting hybrid + 5 iron vs Driver + 9 Iron (on a good drive)/Driver + god knows what (on a bad one)!!!
An example is our 10th is a very short Par 4(270 yards- plays about 280) and my tee shot i've hit everything from driver to 5 iron and still unsure what's my right play. Last night I made par with 3 iron, 48 degree wedge, 20 feet 2 putt. Trees either side but for driver to be bad needs to be really bad and reasonably wide but still trouble nonetheless. 3 wood gets me to about 40-50 yard range I was talking about but steep bunkers at the front of the green
