https://pinhighpress.com/tags/par-fives/ Recent content in Par-Fives on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/in-defence-of-the-layup/ Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/in-defence-of-the-layup/ <p>There is a moment that happens on a par-five at every level of the amateur game, and that I am increasingly convinced has been getting talked about wrongly for a generation. The player has hit a respectable drive. The ball is sitting up nicely in the fairway, two hundred and forty yards from the front of a green that is fronted by water, or by a ridge of bunkers, or by a swale that runs at an angle that turns a slightly mishit three-wood into a forty-foot pitch from below the surface. The player has a three-wood in the bag. They have hit it well in practice. They have, in their own minds, the capacity to reach the green, possibly. The decision they make in this moment is, for most players, the difference between a card with one big number on it and a card without.</p>