Chapter 13: The Field Manual

What is the project’s practical goal?

A repeatable system surviving imperfect days

What is the field manual designed to be?

A condensed, usable operating system

What defines a 70s golfer?

Boring competence under variable conditions

When should aggression be used?

When the math supports it

Play the shot giving the scorecard its best _____.

chance

What replaces “Can I pull this off?”

What shot makes the most sense?

What is the round mission?

Score through decisions, commitment, recovery

What are the three core objectives?

Keep play, simplify next, prevent emotional damage

What must be prevented after mistakes?

Emotional scorecard damage

What is the mistake spiral?

Bad shot, frustration, rush, worse shot, damage, threat, mistake

What is the counter-system?

Bad shot, pause, accept, simplify, commit, continue

What usually builds the 70s?

Avoiding big numbers and letting normal golf work

How many doubles and triples does the model allow?

0–1 doubles and no triples

The round requires containment, not _____.

domination

What is bogey in the core rule?

Not failure

What is double in the core rule?

The leak

What is triple in the core rule?

The emergency

What often turns bogey into double?

Saving par at all costs

What five questions guide tee selection?

Trouble, best side, club, window, target

What makes a tee target more commit-able?

Specificity

What five conditions should make driver questionable?

Tight OB, framed miss, narrowing, safe alternative, emotion

Refuse to hit driver for _____.

vanity

A shorter club leaves a manageable approach while driver reaches narrowing. What fits?

The shorter club

What central idea governs approaches?

Aim where a normal miss still scores

Pins are information, not _____.

commands

What six conditions can make a pin attackable?

Safe miss, room, clean lie, comfort, reliable club, no short-side

What target fits a yellow-light pin?

Room for normal dispersion

What five conditions make a pin red-light?

Severe miss, hazard, poor lie, chasing, perfection

I see the pin. I am not _____ it.

obeying

What is short game primarily about?

Simplest shot with predictable result

What key question guides short-game selection?

Which shot needs the least precision?

What is the simplicity order?

Putt, bump, chip, pitch, high shot

Is the highest-loft shot usually highest-percentage?

No

What four results define short-game success?

On green, manageable putt, double removed, neutral

Why can a flub be a selection error?

The chosen shot required needless precision

Avoid perfect touch when simplicity gives an acceptable _____.

result

What is the bunker’s primary target?

The sand

Enter the sand, slide the club, finish _____.

committed

What is the bunker priority order?

Out, on, distance, close

Why must escape precede proximity?

Reversing priorities invites double

Splash, slide, _____.

finish

What two principles anchor putting?

Committed start line and three-putt speed

What comes first on long putts?

Speed

What comes first on short putts?

Start line

What is the long-range goal?

A stress-free second putt

What circle image frees lag putting?

Three-foot circle

See it. Roll it. Accept _____.

it

Can a stroke be correct when the ball misses?

Yes

What are the five commitment steps?

Assess, choose, commit, execute, accept

What follows assessment?

Choose

What follows choosing?

Commit

What follows execution?

Accept

Where are many strokes lost in the sequence?

Between choosing and committing

Fear governs the address position. What is allowed?

Step away and reset

What does “high and free” request?

A complete, released, target-oriented finish

What is the pressure goal?

Play while nerves are present

What does golf require instead of perfect calm?

Clear target and accepted swing

I can feel pressure and still choose _____.

well

How many target and cue elements should remain?

One external target and one cue

Pressure creates internal noise; what should the player become?

Externally specific

What is a recovery moment?

Any event threatening the next shot

What are the four recovery steps?

Name, neutralize, simplify, commit

What can neutralization remind the player?

Bogey remains alive

Take the medicine. Save the hole. Save the _____.

round

What two needs belong in a 70s practice plan?

Skill-building and transfer

What does blocked practice do?

Builds or refines a skill

What does random practice do?

Trains adaptability

Why should every session end with testing?

To learn what transfers

Leave practice knowing what transfers to the _____.

course

What three things should warm-up do?

Prepare body, calibrate feel, establish commitment

What five bad warm-up goals should be avoided?

Rebuild, perfection, panic, mechanics, comparison

The range is a calibration station, not a _____.

courtroom

Find today’s playable _____.

pattern

What happens if commitment is absent?

Step away

What three questions follow the shot?

Choose well, commit, next requirement

What is the early-double response?

The round started; it is not decided

What action follows an early double?

Stop chasing and rebuild rhythm

What is the response to sudden good scoring?

Nothing changes. Same process.

What is the response when the swing feels lost?

Use the playable pattern

What is the shot after anger called?

The danger shot

What four actions protect the anger shot?

Slow walk, breathe, simplify, clarify target

What is the short-sided response?

Do not compound it

A hero miss is unacceptable. What is the action?

Pitch out and preserve bogey

What is the birdie response?

Roll a good putt

What is the response after a short miss?

The next stroke counts the same

What do decision mantras protect?

Target and risk discipline

What do emotional mantras protect?

The next shot from reaction

What do recovery mantras protect?

The hole and round from added damage

What should review ask beyond score?

What kind of golf was played

What ten review items form the field scorecard?

Penalties, doubles, preventability, pins, tee club, short-side, simplicity, commitment, pressure, priority

How does better review improve practice?

It identifies the next training target

When is a hero shot allowed?

When its miss is acceptable

When should short-sided misses be respected?

Before the swing

What should short-game selection favor?

The simplest effective shot

What beats control?

Commitment

Nerves are not a stop _____.

sign

Where is scoring possible?

The next shot

What five questions belong before the round?

Flight, cue, speed, commitment, misses

Choose smart targets, commit fully, recover _____.

quickly

What sequence governs play during the round?

Assess, choose, commit, execute, accept