Strategy improvement

Almost every golf club has one or more golf holes on their course that aren't interesting to play. Often this is caused by the fact that the hole lacks strategy. Franks experience is that a golf hole only remains interesting after playing it many times when it offers a distinct strategic challenge, or in other words, it clearly stimulates and rewards the golfer to think. Being able to hit driver on every hole of the course is a sure sign that something is missing in the design of the golf course; a situation that unfortunately occurs on many of the golf courses I visit.

The strategy of a golf hole is determined by many factors: the shape of the fairway, the position of the fairway bunkers, the size and orientation of the green, the landform of the green complex and the position of the van bunkers and grassy hollows around the green. Also the visibility of the hole, both from the tee and various parts of the fairway, is an important factor.