Shots made during a round of golf are performed in any one of the four hole areas as defined in the Areas article in the Play section. From the perspective of practice, topics can be configured with an Area of their own. Practice areas represent more fine grained areas of play and map directly to an area of play on the course.
Shots taken in any of these four areas on the golf course are fundamentally different than how a shot is taken from another area. Therefore it is important to practice with a lot of variety, ensuring that you spend time practicing in each of the four areas.
As a subscriber, when creating practice topics of your own you have the choice to configure your topic (or task within a topic) with an Area. What follows are the definitions of those areas, in alphabetical order.
Bunkers
The Bunkers area should be set for a practice topic (or task) that is for performing shots out of sand. This area of practice maps to the Short Game area of play.
Chipping
The Chipping area should be set for a practice topic (or task) that is for performing chip shots around the green. A chip shot is done with any club (including driver and putter) with the intention of keeping the ball flight very low so that it spends most of its time rolling to the hole and getting it as closest to the hole as possible.
If practicing with the putter while the ball rests on the fringe or outside of the fringe in the rough (or fairway) adjacent to the green, you should select Chipping.
This area of practice maps to the Short Game area of play.
Driving
The Driving area is for practice where any kind of shot is performed with a driver while the ball is on a tee.
This area of practice maps directly to the Driving area of play.
Irons
The Irons area is for practice where any kind of shot is performed with an iron or hybrid. These are typically approach shots and therefore this area of practice maps directly to the Approach area of play.
With instances where you would be practicing hitting driver "off the deck", you'd want to set the area of the practice topic as Irons even though you are not using an iron for the shot. Hitting a ball that is resting on the ground and not on a tee is technically an Approach shot if it is executed greater than 100 yards from the green.
Lobbing
The Lobbing area should be set for a practice topic (or task) that is for performing lob shots around the green. A lob shot is done with a high-lofted club with the intention of getting the ball flight to be extremely high so that it spends virtually all of its time in the air; when it lands on the green it stops as quickly as possible with to no roll.
This area of practice maps to the Short Game area of play.
Pending
If you have designed a practice topic that is generic enough that could be practiced with different clubs, you can defer the selection of the practice area to be at the time that the club is chosen after the topic is added to a practice session in the schedule. To do this, select Pending as the topic area.
Pitching
The Pitching area should be set for a practice topic (or task) that is for performing pitch shots around the green. A pitch shot is done with any club with the intention of keeping the ball flight high so that it spends most of its time in the air on it's journey to the hole but once it lands it will roll either towards the hole (if the landing spot was before the hole) or spin back towards the hole (if the landing spot was after the hole).
This area of practice maps to the Short Game area of play.
Putting
The Putting area should be set for a practice topic (or task) that involves striking the ball with the putter when it is on the green. If it is for practice when on the fringe or in the rough adjacent to the green, you should select Chipping instead.
This area of practice maps to the Putting area of play.
Wedges
The Wedges area is more generalized and is for practice where any kind of shot is performed with a wedge, whether it be chipping, pitching, or bunker shots. Topics that chose to specify Wedges as the area may be ones, for example, that put technical focus on bounce characteristics or practicing different ball flight with face manipulation, all of which can be applied to chipping, pitching, and lobbing. Like those areas, this area also maps to the Short Game area of play.
Woods
The Woods area is used for practice topics that utilize a wood for the club. Though woods can be used on the tee box (and thus the ball is likely placed on a tee) they are considered approach clubs and thus map to the Approach area of play.
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