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Category: Short Game

  • Take Another Look in the Mirror – Improving Your Putting Stroke With a Mirror

    Take Another Look in the Mirror – Improving Your Putting Stroke With a Mirror

    Putting technique seems to be the most diverse. Sure there are also all kinds of different swings, if you look at the long game. But whenever I am playing golf I often meet or see somebody taking an approach to putting that I have not seen before. Well, whatever works I think to myself then. But I also believe…

  • Recovery – Short Game Golf Lesson

    Recovery – Short Game Golf Lesson

    Most of the time your shots will not come out exactly like you intended. Even if you were one of the best players in the world, you would still face recovery shots and deal with difficult lies. As I always say, golf is a process and sometimes you just face more difficult situations than other times. The good…

  • Medical Strips – Short Game Putting Lesson

    Medical Strips – Short Game Putting Lesson

    Only if you are able to hit with the sweet spot of your putter every time, you can be sure that a consistent stroke generates the same roll every time. You may be shocked when you try this exercise, that you are actually making contact all over the place with your putter. But do not sweat it. Once you…

  • Chipping Into Buckets – Short Game Golf Lesson

    Chipping Into Buckets – Short Game Golf Lesson

    With chipping touch and feel plays an important role because you generally do not want the ball to stay where it lands. There are usually two components to a chip. On the one hand the landing spot and on the other hand the roll of the ball after it lands. It is the combination of the two that…

  • Reading Greens – Putting Golf Lesson

    Reading Greens – Putting Golf Lesson

    A sound putting technique is only half the way to being a great putter. You also need to be able to read the green properly. Reading greens comes mostly through experience. If you hit a lot of putts on different terrain, grass and greens, you develop a sense for the roll of the ball. Unfortunately most people…

  • Circuit Training #2 – Short Game Golf Lesson

    Circuit Training #2 – Short Game Golf Lesson

    Being calm and focused in the short game area is key. Nothing is more frustrating than turning a birdie opportunity into a bogey or even a double bogey. It happened to me as it probably did to you, because we rushed the putt or executed our chipping poorly. To work on your short game do the following exercises. Rest…