Women's Golf 12. Junior Golf 13. Real Estate 15. Your Game 16. With each set of opponents and each hole, a new confrontation unfolds, calling for a unique response.
Generalized advice is therefore dangerous.
Still, through centuries of match play at all levels, certain tactics have gained virtually universal acceptance. The game's first supreme match player was John Ball, a taciturn Englishman who won eight British Amateur Championships between 1888 and 1912. In one competition, Ball's opponent hit into a bunker on a par-five hole. It's my business to get a five. That game plan was sound enough to win one British Amateur and five U.S. Amateurs.