Go Big or Go Home

Water hazards/OB, do you go for it or lay up?

This is a hole at a course in West Virginia (410ft) it was the first Hole I encountered with water.  I went for it and landed beside the basket. 

 

I always go for it I think you have be confident in your shots.  What do you do?

[Ben Calhoun]

410' is not very far, it's my longest ace on flat ground. I'd go for it no fear!

[Ghost]

I don't have a 400' shot... so I'd throw a hyzer with an eagle to the left side of the lake there and then throw an upshot across.

[Rescue]

Don't have the "D", but do have the Wahoo! So I'd go for it, since it's a downhill shot.

[Gary Burt]

Wahoo it yes sir! like your vulcan rescue?

[Eric Day]

410 down hill, yea I would go for it.

[Jeffery Nugent]

very rarely can I get even close to 400', so I'd lay up.

[Destraayer]

In a practice situation, lay up. In a competition of any sort, go for it. Besides, I have had several of my drives skip off the top of the water at the end of their flight paths.

[Ghost]

Just wondering why you would lay up in practice if you are going for it when it counts.  I have always changed my practice habits to reflect how I play in competition.

[Destraayer]

I just don't want to lose discs when I'm practicing. It seems to be a little counter-productive.

[HENRY "MENACE" REID]

That just doesnt make sense to me.

[Ghost]

basically I practice shots that I would use in a tournament. To me it doesnt make sense to practice throwing 300-350 shots to the left of a lake to be safe and then when it counts try to throw it 400 feet strait down the middle.  it would be the same with a 30 foot putt down hill.  I wouldn't practice laying up at it then in the tournament try to sink it.  Also when I practice I follow all PDGA rules so that it becomes habit.  I have seen a couple of people during a practice round flip their disc instead of using a marker and then do it during a tournament and it cost them a stroke.

[Bill Burns]

The hole is 410' but how far is it from the tee to the far edge of the water?