Let’s say you’re teeing off on a hole with a hazard that extends down the side of the fairway and stops at 180 yards. Are you pulling driver or hybrid? Answering that is much easier if you know your dispersion patterns.
Perhaps your hybrid has a tighter dispersion than your driver. But what if your driver dispersion gets your ball well beyond the hazard, taking it out of play altogether and giving you a shorter approach? Then you have your answer, you’re taking driver. That’s when being aggressive is the better choice.
Successful game management requires you to use the information at your disposal to make decisions that give you scoring opportunities without increasing risk. Dispersion patterns is information every golfer should have at their disposal.
Before you can use your dispersion, you need to know what it is, and not only for the driver, but for every club in your bag.
Let’s get on the range and find out.