Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. No matter how solid your ball striking, you will inevitably miss greens in regulation. From there, the difference between par and bogey (or worse) is a tidy short game. If you watch the pros each weekend, you’ll notice they make these up-and-downs look routine. On the PGA Tour last season, players saved par after a missed green at a 58.5 percent clip on average. They may not be quite automatic, but getting up-and-down six out of...
