Category Archives: Short Game

Teaching articles about the fundamentals of the golf short game

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  Short Game: How to hit high and low wedge shots

  Posted on November 29, 2013 by Grant in Golf Fundamentals, Short Game, Swing.

    When it comes to the short game, your ability to control the trajectory of the golf ball will take shots off your score. Sometimes, the right trajectory at the right time will be the difference between saving par and settling for double bogey. Here’s how to hit high and low wedge shots. The Low […]

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  Short Game: Pick a landing spot

  Posted on November 13, 2013 by Grant in Drills, Golf Fundamentals, Practice, Short Game.

    I don’t know of a better feeling on the course than chipping in from off the green. It’s so nice to go pick my ball out of the hole and then sit back and relax while my playing partners putt out. I’m sure that most people think it’s mainly luck when someone holes out […]

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  Play Better Golf: 8 Iron vs. Sand Wedge

  Posted on October 28, 2013 by Grant in Course Management, Golf Fundamentals, Short Game.

  A few days ago, I was giving a lesson to Shannon, a five handicap. From where we were hitting shots, she had 34 yards to the hole. She needed to carry 6 yards of rough and she had 28 yards of green to work with. In the past, when faced with this shot, Shannon had […]

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  Judging the lie Part 3: Application

  Posted on October 21, 2013 by Grant in Course Management, Golf Fundamentals, Short Game.

  (Read part 1 here) (Read part 2 here) Playing a par 5, you fan your second shot short, right of the green. Your ball comes to rest 40 yards from the hole on a hard-pan, dirt lie. The pin is tucked 6’ onto the edge of the green and you have to hit over a […]

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  Judging the Lie: Part Two

  Posted on October 16, 2013 by Grant in Course Management, Golf Fundamentals, Short Game.

  (Read Part 1 here) When hitting a wedge shot, if I play the ball forward in my stance it adds loft to the club and exposes the bounce (the rounded sole of the club-head) to the ground. This is great for when the ball is sitting up in the grass in a “fluffy lie.” When […]

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  Judging the Lie: Part One

  Posted on October 14, 2013 by Grant in Course Management, Golf Fundamentals, Short Game.

  What’s one of the most important aspects of the short game? It’s judging correctly how the ball is going to come out of its lie. What’s the most overlooked aspect of the short game? You guessed it – I believe it’s judging the lie. I have seen many golfers make perfectly good swings only to […]

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