Many weekend golfers stub short chips. That’s because they approach the ball on a steep angle—the opposite of what you should do. Good chipping strokes are wide and flat, creating a shallower angle into the ball. The shallower angle enables the clubface to slide under the ball and pop it forward. The drill below teaches […]
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Hitting accurate approach shots is a key to breaking 80. The more accurate your approach shot, the more strokes you save. But sometimes even a well-struck approach shot falls short of the green, leaving you just off the green. You could putt from this lie. But if the green slopes upward or the grass in
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To chip it close, you must be able to control your chips. Some weekend golfers focus on accelerating through their chips, especially if they’ve decelerated on a previous chip and mishit the ball. When you do that, you often run the ball past the hole. The key is to concentrate on making solid contact. The
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Golfers who attend our short game golf lessons know that improving their chipping is a great way to reduce their golf handicap. So they work hard at honing their chipping mechanics. But to save strokes when chipping, you also must know how a ball reacts after it hits the ground. This is just as important
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If you’re like many weekend golfers, you miss a lot of greens with approach shots. Missed greens can cost you strokes big time. Now imagine how good your scores would be if you could get up and down 90 percent of the time, like the Tour pros do. The secret to completing up-and-downs is good
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