Paul Liska, who has served in executive sales and finance positions with multiple companies, enjoys playing golf in his spare time. Paul Liska favors courses with complex, challenging geography and strategically demanding layouts, such as Castle Pines Country Club and Pinehurst No. 2. Castle Pines gives golfers a challenge through its changing elevations.
While hazards might look more intimidating, significant elevation changes are among the most difficult elements of golf. A green significantly above the fairway requires adjustments in both club selection and shot assessment.
To select a club correctly, a golfer must first get an accurate yardage to both the green and the hole itself. This should not translate into immediate club selection, however, as factors such as hazards surrounding the green or the slope of the green also must be assessed.
Golfers must be able to judge the change in height by eye alone. Rangefinders with slope adjustments cannot be used in competition, but may help develop a sense of how many clubs up or down from the base yardage one wants to adjust. Most courses' elevation changes require an adjustment of one or two clubs up or down from the initial range.
