Scenario

My cousin hit an 8i.  Poor shot went left and rolled down the cart path but it landed roughly hole high.  He's a big hitter and the distances you post seem to jive with his.

I figured the hole to be playing at about 170 yards over level ground with no wind.  I hit a 6i.  Didn't take much if anything off of it; didn't try to kill it.  I really smoothed the shot and threw it very high up into the wind aiming at the right front of the green.  I figured there was no chance I'd go long enough to cause trouble.  I thought that with my slight draw and the wind it might come back but not enough to miss left.  I was very confident that putting it up there would cause the wind to knock it straight down and it would stop where it landed. 

There was so much math going on I thought for sure I would over-think it.  I'm still not sure the equation was correct even though the result panned out.  I posted the question just to see the thought processes.  There was probably more going on on that shot than any other I've played in recent memory.  Very challenging.

I was able to commit and pull the trigger.  I think more than anything I have that to thank for the possible birdie / easy par. 

Thanks for playing.