Golf with strategy? Surely that will never work :)
I shot my best nine of the year in this week's golf league. Not necessarily just the score at the end, though I think it may have been my best in the last few times out, but more because it was the first time that I can remember really playing with strategy.
It probably stems from the fact that I've started reading the first golf book I've come across that really talks about strategy of a round and each hole instead of just focusing on the specific stroke or type of shot. Amazing what you can do when you're actually look at things with a plan :). In the past my strategy/plan has been "hit it as far as I can towards the green, try to land in the center of the fairway". That's repeated until I'm actually on the green. This time I tried to actually read the hole and what angle is best for coming onto the green towards the flag, where I should be to set that shot up, etc. Much more thought is required and obviously you need to come somewhat close to executing on it, but it definitely seems to help.
Sure, it probably won't last through the next round I play but at least I'm optimistic at the moment :)