You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

For the most part, when you play a full shot from the primary rough at your course, you're gauging how close to a standard shot you can hit based on your lie in the grass.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

Pouring concrete on land you don't own is called a calculated risk, if you don't pour you loose millions.

Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.