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The 150–200-yard band is still the main approach priority, but the shape pattern underneath the wider approach game runs both ways. Hook, Push-slice and Pull-hook appear on about 24% of round approaches; without that severe-curve tail, the approach game gives back 1.53 strokes a round. The exact share inside 150–200 yards still needs a clean band-only split, so use this as the mechanism priority rather than assuming every long-approach miss comes from it.

Worth knowing: The 1.53-stroke estimate covers approaches from all distances, so it is not the cost of the 150–200-yard band by itself.

What to do with it: Prioritize the severe-curve tail ahead of trying to tidy every approach shape equally.

The broad distance-band problem becomes much more specific: the severe-curve tail is the part to prioritize, not every swing from 150–200. Those shapes make up a minority of the band but carry most of the recoverable damage; without them, the band plays far closer to your normal approach level.

Worth knowing: That yardage band can involve different clubs and lies, so the best practice target is the clubs and situations producing the severe curves—not every 150–200-yard swing.

What to do with it: Make the severe-curve tail the first approach priority; the rest of the distance band is not equally costly.

For this golfer, tree-hit tee slices were followed by holes scoring 0.53 strokes worse to par than other tee-shot holes [n=15]. They also showed 0.14 more penalties per touched hole than tee shots matched by hole difficulty [n=16]. By comparison, the full tee-slice family cost 0.23 strokes on the holes it touched and added 0.02 penalties per hole after allowing for difficulty [n=189]. Tree-hit tee slices made up 3.33% of measured tee shots, so the evidence identifies a small, costly part of this golfer’s slice pattern—not proof that tree contact causes the penalties.

Worth knowing: The 0.53-stroke gap covers the whole hole, so it cannot separate the tree strike itself from the especially severe slice and blocked-out position that came with it.

What to do with it: Work first on keeping tee slices out of the trees rather than trying to tidy every right-curving tee shot.

Tree contact does not identify the swing pattern that caused the miss, but it does mark the tee-shot holes where the damage shows up. It occurs on 6.03% of your tee shots; those holes score 0.26 strokes worse to par than holes after tee shots without tree contact and carry 0.17 more penalties than other tee shots on comparable holes. By contrast, the full Slice family carries only 0.01 excess penalties on comparable holes.

Worth knowing: Tree contact is a damage marker, not a swing diagnosis — tighter tree-lined holes and different combinations of start line and curve can all produce it.

What to do with it: Review the start line, curve, and miss severity behind your tree-contact tee shots instead of treating every Slice-shaped tee ball as equally dangerous.

When the skied strike and Push-slice overlap, those holes run 0.39 strokes worse than your other tee-shot holes, and the combination appears on 5.20% of tee balls. Without that overlap, 0.24 strokes a round comes back, so rank the compound miss ahead of treating curve and strike as separate problems.

Worth knowing: These pop-up Push-slices may cluster on particular clubs or tougher tee shots, so the full hole-score cost may not come from the compound miss alone.

What to do with it: Prioritize the compound miss ahead of either symptom in isolation.