Some initial thoughts on Tournaments. They are very different from Tour play and approach:

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• You play the same nine holes, hopefully, five times
• Unlike tour play, the wind in a tournament is roughly the same speed and same direction on every single one of those five times you play a hole and for each shot on that hole. **Note: this changed with the November 2020 update and now the wind changes each round from qualifying to opening to weekend**
• This means you can come up with an approach for each hole and fine tune elements from round to round.
• I started having tourney success by watching Golf Clash Tommy’s play-throughs “with tournament wind” to get an idea of every hole and pick up some ideas on clubs, balls, distances and… to make yardage notes. I also focus on specific aspects of the videos.
  • what is the spin
  • what are reference points with the rings that I can replicate in my shots
  • what is the elevation adjustment
  • based on ball, club, wind and elevation what is the ring adjustment
  • what was the yardage distance (if a tee shot)
• I do the same above when a teammate posts a shot replay in my tournament level. What can I learn from it.
• Yardage notes are a huge advantage in a tourneys on par 4s and 5s. If you know that your drive will end in roughly the same spot and the same distance every time, and it is important that they do, then you can focus on adjustments to pin on your second shot and have a much better chance at eagle or albatross. Remember you are playing the same hole up to five times with basically the same conditions.
• In more recent tourneys, I have relied more on text guides from GCFenzl at 19th Hole Clan and shots they post on their public FB page. I think the guides from Toast of Golf Clash are very good as well.
• An app (Clash Caddie or Notebook for Golf Clash) will make understanding and learning from either a teammates shot, a tournament walk-through, or a video you find on a tourney hole much easier to diagnose or understand… all the play-throughs and videos reference club distance and elevation, in addition to club, ball, and wind of course.