I'd agree with this up to a point...however...
I'd rather be hitting 12 greens and shooting 75 than shooting 75 while hitting only 6 greens and getting up and down 75% of the time. The 6 greens scrambler is rarely going to shoot lower than 75...the guy hitting 12 greens has much more scoring "potential".
Now the real trick is learning to be the guy that hits 12-14 greens and gets up and down 75% of the time
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Originally Posted by Toolish
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Think about it this way...
Say you are a semi ok ball striker...you hit 6/18 greens (all of which you 2 putt) and the other 12 you are within 30m off for GIR shots.
Of those 12, if you get up and down 25% of the time you shoot 9 over, UD = 50% you shoot 6 over, UD = 75% you shoot 3 over.
There is a direct correlation between short game and scoring, much more so than for the long game. There is no difference on the score card between:
drove it up the middle, 7 iron on, 2 putts = 4.
Drove it left, punched out to 60m short of the green, wedge to 5 feet, holed it = 4.
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