Hi I'm Tom Stickney Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor and today I want to talk to you about style points vs. high percentage shot. I know this is a weird camera angle but I want to see this so you can see the shot as well as the pin. A lot of times you'll have a shot in the 1st pin lets say the green has got some humps to it.

You can stand up here and you can put it back in your stance and hit a low runner OK that would be a high percentage shot. Or you can come in here same shot open it up and flip it up in the air. Which one is more effective well you have to figure out with a shot at hand which one you feel more comfortable with but remember style point hitting a high flop is not as effective as hitting a high percentage shot. So remember if you're going to get the style points you've got to practice.