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Leak

Your 5 Hybrid isn't the safe play

Worth ~0.6 strokes a round to fix

You reach for the 5 Hybrid to be safe, but it finds trouble 16% of the time against your driver's 13%, and it's 52.7 yds shorter. It costs you 0.15 strokes a shot more than just hitting driver.

On the course: Hit driver on the holes where you've been laying back with the 5 Hybrid. It is not buying you safety — you find trouble just as often and give up the distance.

Practice: If the 5 Hybrid is meant to be your control club off the tee, it has to earn that. Track fairways with it on the range before trusting it on a tight hole again.

Leak

Forced layup → recovery → score impact

Worth ~0.3 strokes a round to fix

You're forced to lay up 1.1 times a round, and 46% of those holes end in bogey. The layup isn't the mistake — the shot that forced it is.

On the course: These are forced layups — the tee shot already took the green away. The fix is off the tee, not in the layup. When you are already in trouble, lay up to a full-swing wedge number rather than leaving a partial half-shot.

Leak

Tee miss → fewer greens hit

On the course: From deep rough at long range, default to center-of-green and fat-side-of-pin targets. The GIR drop from rough is severe enough that pin-attack from this lie is the wrong target.

[T6] What is your most common miss off the tee?

#MissShotsShareSG a shotUsually
1Over draw2855%-0.09left, rough
2Wrong shape1427%-0.14right, rough
3Under draw714%-0.07right, rough
4Over fade24%-0.01right, rough

You land the shape you called on 47% of measured tee shots.

WHY

The over draw is your #1 miss off the tee — 55% of your shape misses, usually finishing left, rough.

[T5] Shot shape by tee club

ClubShotsOn planOver-shapedUnder-shapedWrong way
Driver6149%28%7%16%
5 Hybrid3343%40%10%7%

Percentages are of shots with a measured shape.

[T1] Tee clubs — risk vs reward

ClubShotsFairwayTroubleSG a shotAvg
Driver6151%11%+0.07303 yds
5 Hybrid3358%12%-0.08251 yds
WHY

You reach for the 5 Hybrid to be safe, but it finds trouble 12% of the time against your driver's 11% — and costs 0.15 strokes a shot more. It isn't buying you safety.

[T2] Start line by club

ClubStartShotsSG a shot
4 Ironon line8-0.20
5 Hybridon line29-0.06
Driveron line51+0.10
Driverpull5-0.06
Driverpush5-0.10

Detailed shots only — quick-logged start lines are scored against a synthetic target and are excluded on purpose.

[A11-TEE] Wind — into and down

WindShotsAvgFairwaysSG a shot
Into the wind17274 yds47%-0.03
Downwind24283 yds63%+0.03
Calm-ish64278 yds53%-0.01

[A11-TEE] Wind — across

WindShotsDriftFairwaysSG a shot
Wind right-to-left261 yds right62%+0.00
Wind left-to-right197 yds left53%+0.02
Calm-ish608 yds left52%-0.01

[T3] Forced layups

Forced layups8
Per 18 holes1.1
Holes affected8
Bogey rate on those holes63%
WHY

63% of the holes where you're forced to lay up end in bogey. The layup isn't the mistake — the tee shot that forced it is.