SMS - Short Par 5, Scratch and 10, Birdie or Better
Hack It Out Golf
Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner
4.6 • 488 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Ah, the short par 5: might as well call them gimme birdies, right? Ahem. In this episode, Lou asks Mark and Greg how often solid amateur golfers of two different standards will break par on a short par 5. After the answers are sorted, they offer advice for dealing with expectations for scoring on each of the standard par holes—advice that might make you appreciate your birdies even more.
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| 0:00.0 | Saturday stat time. |
| 0:02.1 | I can't remember who's the reigning champion at the minute. |
| 0:04.9 | Is it Greg or me? |
| 0:06.2 | I believe it's me. |
| 0:07.7 | I think you won like one or two and then I bounced back in the last couple of |
| 0:12.0 | What have you got, Lou? |
| 0:16.1 | Today we are talking about short par fives. |
| 0:21.5 | So par fives that are between 475 and 499 yards. |
| 0:27.3 | So you step up to these babies and you're licking your chops and you're thinking, |
| 0:31.4 | Eagle Opportunity, Birdie at the worst case scenario. |
| 0:36.1 | And we're looking at scratch golfers and 10 handicaps. |
| 0:41.5 | And the question is, what percent of the time will they make birdie or better, |
| 0:48.9 | birdie or better, on these short par fives? |
| 0:53.4 | So scratch golfer, 10 index, par fives that are between 475 and 499, |
| 0:59.6 | what percent of the time will they make birdie on these short easy? |
| 1:03.0 | Not net birdie for the 10s, just bird. |
| 1:05.0 | Not net birdie, just straight up birdie, yep, making a four, four or better, four or a three. |
| 1:11.0 | What percent of the time is that going to happen on these easy, easy holes? |
| 1:15.9 | This will be a good one. |
| 1:18.5 | And these are, this is pretty short. |
| 1:20.6 | You don't see a whole lot. |
| 1:21.9 | And what's our scoring system you're using this time? |
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