re: After hitting a bad shot, what’s next?

Depends.. I've topped a drive and gone 100 yards on a long par five and usually I just take a breath figure out my distances and make a shot accordingly.. Normally I hit a nice solid 5w down the fairway way to get within 7 or 8 iron distance.. if I'm in a weird spot in the trees I'm taking the safest route back to the fairway then play the shots accordingly..

Just don't let the 1st terrible shot define your following shots, that's when you really can get yourself into some trouble..