Chapter 2: The Scoring Blueprint and Course Management

What usually creates a round in the 70s?

Removing big numbers

The 70s are found by removing big numbers, not forcing the _____.

great ones

How many bogeys can a 79 on par 72 include?

Seven

What must remain ordinary when a 70s round feels ordinary?

The mistakes

What commonly turns a bogey situation into double?

Pride, impatience, or anxiety

The foundation of 70s golf is not perfection but _____.

containment

How many rules form the chapter’s scoring blueprint?

Twelve

Do not lose the hole before it _____.

begins

What tee-shot question replaces “What is my best shot?”

What shot keeps the most scores available?

What are the first three tee-ball priorities?

Avoid penalty, avoid recovery, create an angle

What does the scoring blueprint value before distance?

Playability

Driver brings penalty trouble into a normal miss. What should guide club choice?

Keeping the ball playable

What should a good player attack instead of every pin?

The correct portion of the green

A front pin sits over a false front. What may be the disciplined play?

Take more club and accept a long putt

A pin is tucked beside a right bunker. Where may the target belong?

Center-left

Trouble is long to a back pin. What target protects the round?

The middle of the green

Middle of the green is disciplined _____, not cowardice.

aggression

What is the goal of approach play in the blueprint?

Make the next shot simple

Where can I miss and still make easy par or boring _____?

bogey

What kind of miss makes bogey difficult?

A short-sided miss

Why is short-siding costly?

It creates delicate, low-margin next shots

Miss where the next shot still makes _____.

sense

You can miss into a fat-side chip or a short-sided bunker. Which miss fits the blueprint?

The fat-side chip

When can bogey be a successful outcome?

When it prevents greater damage

Why do players often create doubles from bogey situations?

They try to erase bogey immediately

This hole got me. I will not let it take more than it _____.

earned

What is the blueprint when par remains available?

Pursue par

What is the blueprint when bogey becomes correct?

Secure bogey

What is the blueprint when double appears?

Refuse to feed it

A poor lie makes par unrealistic. What score should you secure?

Bogey

Why is demanding birdie on an easy hole dangerous?

It turns a gift into pressure

What is the first step on an easy par hole?

Put the tee shot in play

How should birdies relate to the scoring blueprint?

As bonuses, not necessities

What does making ten or eleven pars provide?

Room to survive mistakes

Collect the par first and let birdie appear _____.

naturally

What does the manuscript call three-putts?

Silent round killers

What imagined target helps govern lag-putt speed?

A three-foot capture zone

From long range, what replaces trying to hole the putt?

Eliminating stress

A 45-foot birdie putt stops two feet away. How should it be judged?

A scoring victory

Stress-free par. Roll it close. Move _____.

on

What do makeable putts primarily require?

Freedom

What can result-focused pressure cause on makeable putts?

Checking, steering, and guarding

What is the makeable-putt blueprint?

Pick, close, roll, accept

Stroke putts as if commitment matters more than whether the ball _____.

falls

A six-footer misses after a committed stroke. What should you preserve?

The free process

Is the par-5 blueprint automatically aggressive or conservative?

Neither; it is sequential

What is the first par-5 priority?

Get the tee shot in play

What three roles can a par-5 second shot have?

Advancement, positioning, or scoring

What should a par-5 layup leave?

A comfortable wedge number and angle

Birdie is welcome, par acceptable, and double _____.

unacceptable

Reaching a par 5 requires a perfect fairway wood. What should maturity assess?

Whether the risk justifies the attempt

What skill do par 3s reveal?

Discipline

What is the par-3 scoring goal?

Leave with three or four

Water guards a tucked par-3 pin. What can count as success?

A safe 30-foot birdie putt

What does a committed golfer need instead of certainty?

Closure

What is the four-part closed-decision sequence?

Pick, close, swing, accept

The 70s player does not need a silent mind, but a _____ one.

decided

You still doubt the yardage at address. What should happen before swinging?

Reopen and close the decision

What is the purpose of a stabilization hole?

Find rhythm and avoid damage

What defines an opportunity hole?

Room for justified aggression

What does blueprint golf say after birdie or bogey?

The plan has not changed

The round is built one _____ at a time.

decision

A bogey tempts you to attack the next red-light hole. What should govern?

The original blueprint

What should the scorecard provide during a round?

Information

What happens when score becomes identity?

Every shot becomes personal evidence

The score tells me what the round needs, not who I _____.

am

What is the player’s job after reading the score?

Make the next correct decision

What six actions condense the scoring blueprint?

Playable tee, simple approach, no doubles, lag, free putt, commit

What is the essential tee-shot management test?

A normal miss stays playable with a real next shot

Where should actual approach dispersion be aimed?

Toward the largest safe scoring zone

What club-selection rule protects costly short misses?

Enough club for a normal committed swing

What should course management be based on?

The pattern that actually appears

You are managing your pattern, not your perfect _____.

shot

Your 7-iron pattern misses right. Should a back-right pin be treated as safe?

No; the pattern points toward danger

What three colors classify a shot’s risk?

Green, yellow, and red

What defines a green-light shot?

Reasonable reward, acceptable miss, trusted shot

What does a yellow-light shot require?

A more careful target

What defines a red-light shot?

Poor risk-reward or overly precise execution

A sideways pitch guarantees bogey; a narrow gap risks double. What is the mature play?

Pitch sideways

Red-light shots test maturity, not _____.

courage

What should a recovery shot restore?

Control of the hole

An 80-yard advance restores a normal shot; 180 requires a miracle. What fits?

Advance it 80 yards

What is the goal for holes 1–3?

Establish rhythm

What is the goal for holes 10–14?

Stay present

What is the goal for holes 15–18?

Finish with discipline

After choosing a realistic score, what comes next?

Identify the biggest danger

After identifying danger, what comes next?

Choose the shot that removes it

What follows choosing the danger-removing shot?

Confirm commitment

What is the filter’s final step?

Choose one swing cue

What quality should the final swing cue have?

Athletic, not analytical