Tag: Short Game
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Creative Shots – Short Game Golf Lesson
What most people do not think of when they see a professional player pull off one of those creative shots is that he or she has probably practiced it a lot. Chances would not be on the players side, if he or she made it up on the spot. Yet those creative shots can give a golfer the…
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Target Area – Short Game Golf Lesson – Putting
You can draw a circle area around the golf hole of three feet. In this area you have a 97 to 100 percent chance of making the putt. If you move just two feet away, you are already at 75 percent. With this exponential fall off you see how important it is for you to place your shots…
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Ditching the Sand – Short Game Golf Lesson
Getting up and down out of green side bunkers is one of the skills many people admire with the pros. Of course, the professional players invest the time to get this kind of accuracy. But the most important fact is that they have a fearless mindset in the bunker. Most amateurs get their heart pumping once their…