One shot can save your round. A good example is the round one of the students in our golf lessons group played the other day. She was scuffling pretty badly. Her drives were finding the rough. Her approach shots were missing the greens. And her putts were missing badly. She was completely out of whack […]
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In golf you’re always making adjustments—especially when hitting from troublesome lies. Sometimes you need to adjust your stance. Other times you need to adjust your swing. And then there are times you need to adjust both. With hardpan lies, you need to adjust both. Hardpan is found on almost every golf course—even the best courses
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Good chips (and pitches) hinge on making ball first contact. But some weekend golfers find this difficult to do. Practicing the drill below, which requires a one-inch thick book, a desk chair, and foam or plastic practice balls, ingrains the feel of making ball first con-tact. Place the book three inches behind a plastic or
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Swinging on plane could be the most overlooked short game basic in golf. In fact, many weekend players have no idea which plane their wedges move on when hitting a pitch shot. This can hamper accuracy and consistency. The drill below, courtesy of short game guru Dave Pelz, teaches you the right plane to pitch
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Beating small pitches like this isn’t a matter of using less force, as some golfers think, but of limiting swing length. The golf tips below will show you how to do this without decelerating your swing: Set up with a very narrow stance. Your feet should almost be touching. Now position the ball in the
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