Having a solid short game is crucial to shooting lower scores and reducing your handicap, but so many golfers blow their scorecard up with errors around the green.
As you can see in the video below, expert short game coach Dan Grieve explains that there are many common mistakes amateur golfers make around the greens… but our comprehensive guide has the solutions to your problems.
Every golfer needs to understand the fundamentals of how to chip, how to hit a bunker a shot and how to hit pitch shots, so why not learn from the best?
In this curated list of the 20 best short game tips, a wide range of Golf Monthly’s Top 50 coaches share their advice and drills to help you play your best golf around the green…
20 Best Short Game Tips From Expert PGA Professionals
This list of the best short game tips and drills for amateur golfers has been curated using the extensive experience and knowledge of the Golf Monthly Top 50 Coaches.
Each tip has been carefully explained and each drill has been expertly designed to help you improve your performance around the green.
01 CLUB CHOICE AROUND THE GREEN
Take various clubs to the chipping green (not just your wedges) and mark out some landing zones. Note how far the ball rolls out from each zone with different clubs. This highlights where to land it and how much roll with each club.
02 LOB SHOT OFF A TIGHT LIE
For this testing shot, push the ball a little further forward in your stance at address – not too much though – and focus on keeping the hands very soft with lots of wrist hinge in the backswing. This is quite a soft impact shot, so just let the weight of your arms swing past you for a really gentle release as your hands sweep through impact.
03 CHIPPING FROM WET LIES
The key is to avoid digging the club into the ground by really using the bounce on your wedges. It’s important to ensure the clubface doesn’t move away too closed in the backswing, so set the club a bit more open at address and let your left hand weaken slightly in your grip. This helps expose the bounce and stops you duffing these chips.
04 STOP DECELERATING ON CHIP SHOTS
Often, deceleration occurs when you aren’t confident and don’t commit – you slow down and stab at the ball. Work on your strike by keeping the backswing shorter. Get your…
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