Mentally splitting every shot into red (danger), amber (manageable miss) and green (ideal target) zones simplifies decision-making and cuts down high-risk choices.
intermediateApplied to every shot in at least one round or session per week
How to perform it
1.Before a shot, identify the red-light zone — areas that produce a disaster, like out-of-bounds or water.
2.Identify the amber-light zone — suboptimal but recoverable areas, like a greenside bunker or light rough.
3.Identify the green-light zone — your ideal target or landing area.
4.Choose a club and target that maximise your chance of green or amber and minimise any realistic chance of red, even if that means aiming away from the flag.
What you should learn
•To choose targets based on risk/reward rather than emotion or the pin position alone.
•That the 'ideal' shot is often the one that eliminates disaster, not the one that attacks the flag.
After a few weeks of practice
Big-number holes become rarer, your target selection gets smarter without any swing changes, and your scoring becomes noticeably more consistent.