Shot Entry: How would I enter the following shot? I am 20 yards in the greenside rough/treeline with a very difficult lie to a tight pin and fast green, carrying a bunker. After looking at the options, I decide the play is to pitch out to the front of the green in the fairway for a better angle. Do I enter this shot at 20 yards from the rough or do I enter as 20 yard recovery shot?

Since you can’t play the preferred shot toward the hole (or at least toward the green), this should probably be labeled a recovery shot. The effect of labeling a shot a recovery shot is to place most of the “blame” on the prior shot. (Sometimes it isn’t so obvious what label to use, and in those cases “rough” might make more sense.)