Better chipping practice
Here’s a simple and easy way to improve your chipping and pitching game. If you’re lucking enough to have your own synthetic golf green it will be super easy, but even if you don’t, you can improvise with this drill for equally great results. Last weekend I was coaching a young kid and wanted him…
[Video] Improve your short game with these 3 tough shots
Since the installation of my amazing putting green I wander outside at around 4.30pm each day for some golf practice. And almost always I take my 60 degree lobby and do some short game practice. This is an area of the game that I definitely neglected, and if I had my time again I’d spend…
Short game secrets: How to save yourself 100’s of strokes each year
I’m a wimp. When it comes to the short game I almost always take the easy option. – I putt from off the green – I chip with a 6 iron – I use my 3 wood to bump and run – I rarely use the lob shot when another shot will do My theory?…
An impromptu short game lesson with Phil Mickelson
This video is of Phil Mickelson talking his way through how he hit a pitch shot off a cart part. He goes into some detail but most of it is actually set-up and getting ready for the strike. He actually keeps it really simple which I think would enable anyone to give it a go.…
2 key chipping fundamentals (video)
I’ve been saying for ages that chipping is one of the worst skills in golf. Only bunker play, in my opinion, ranks worse. And there’s really no reason why your chipping should be so poor – the skill is quite easy. It requires far less skill and power than say a 265 metre drive. And…
Improve your short game – free lessons
I’ve put together a number of lessons on how you can improve your short game. As you know chipping, pitching and bunker play are vitally important and if you don’t embrace them you will struggle to get the most from your game. This was definitely my story until I fully appreciated the magic of the…
Stats
I went to a presentation tonight on golf statistics. Some great technology and all very interesting but I’m not sure if what I saw will help many golfers. The computer basically had a complicated way of saying that the short-game is vitally important. Probably why USA coaches have been calling it the scoring game for…
Those little shots…
I’ve been receiving quite a bit of email about golfers struggling with their short game. I think it’s time to cover some of the basics. Before I do that, there is one key issue holding most golfers back… They don’t practice! If you are continually let down by poor chipping, bladed pitch shots and duffed…
