Many golfers of varied skill sets never practice their short game golf, and it shows on the course.
While religiously working away on hitting full blown golf shots on the driving range, few players take the time to practice the most crucial elements of golfing.
Rather than practicing their chip shots or putts, most amateur golfers can be found teeing up their drives.
If you’re not hitting greens with these shots and are reliant on short game golf strategy, the only way to get better comes from practicing.
Statistically, around 65% of all golf shots taken will land 100 yards in, an area considered to be short game.
Since such a high number of balls land in this region, every golfer should take a serious look at how well they’re performing there.
Most golfers outside of the PGA Tour’s top strikers will rarely crack a 300 yard drive on the golf course.
Because of this clear reality for...
One of golf’s most tactical shots, chipping a golf ball happens when a golfer lifts the ball into the air, followed by a long roll once landing on the ground.
Chip shots are best applied in situations when our ball has become trapped in the grass or while maneuvering our ball down through a sloped portion of the golf course.
Chipping the ball can be done with any golf club between a sand wedge and five-iron, typically taken from on or around the green.
In the interest of getting our ball rolling onto the green, most chip shots are a method for golfers to get their ball rolling towards the hole as they would when putting.
The experience level of a golfer aside, all players benefit from developing their chipping skills, making it vital to any player that we learn how to chip a golf ball correctly.
When positioning ourselves for chipping the ball onto the greens, we must first decide and...
Maintaining balance and consistent tempo when swinging every club in the golf bag has been a technique many great PGA pros have prided themselves on for decades.
Developing an ability to deliver constant balance and tempo regardless of the golf club in use requires players to maintain an active rhythm throughout their game.
Once established, this rhythm acts as the foundation for our balance and tempo during our golf swing.
Trying to hurry through the golf swing process always affects our balance in a detrimental fashion, resulting in a disruption in tempo and rhythm that produces a poor shot.
Any golf swing that begins with utter imbalance at setup, carrying through the actual swing, will always produce non results.
Held together with a constant rhythm, the tempo of our body movement translates to sending the ball flying towards our intended target when balance has been...
Every awesome golf swing you’ve ever admired began with establishing a proper golf stance before ever swinging the club.
Fans and pros alike are captivated by the perfect swings showcased on the PGA Tour, but very few recognize that these results are attainable for many through working on our stances.
After reviewing the actionable golf tips provided in the video above and digesting this article, you too can begin crafting a proper golf stance that achieves winning results on the golf course and the driving range.
Often when an individual takes the plunge into the exciting sport of golf, it may be lost upon them exactly how important their golfing stance relates to the end result of their swing.
Even the most novice golfer can make the needed adjustments to their swing setup that will ensure the golf ball travels as they intend, often with only minimal time spent on doing so.
Because...
Short game golf strategy should be a focal point for every golfer, new or experienced.
Often overshadowed by the more glamorous allure of deep drives, developing our short game will ensure our success when we’re unable to rip the ball like a PGA Tour Pro.
Important to remember, our short game acts as our means to scoring on the golf course and has a vast impact on our overall golf handicap.
As one could imagine, the countless elements involved in our short game are too numerous to be covered in one simple blog article, but we can identify the best short game golf tips that provide instant improvements on the golf course.
Most great putting games have optimal control over their speed and are able to judge their positioning on the green effectively enough to choose the right shot.
Nearly half of all shots taken on the golf course are taken while putting.
Many of these shots are taken near the...
If you’re having trouble adding long distance to your golf shots, you’re not alone.
Most golfers, regardless of skill level, complain of hitting their shots shorter than intended, with little idea of how to effectively expand the distance of their drives.
While golfing does not have a cookie cutter application for adding distance to our shots, there are several adjustments able to be applied to our golf swings that create the perfect environment for increased distance.
Very important though often overlooked, properly distributing our body weight can add more distance to an otherwise normal golf swing.
At the pinnacle of our backswing, ideally 40% of our body weight should be on our front leg, with the remaining 60% distributed to our back leg.
As our body rotates through the golf ball, guided by our hands and hips, only 10% of our body weight should remain on our back...
Correcting an over the top downswing requires golfers to examine the overuse present in their upper body motion during their golf swing.
Identifying the moment in their golf swing that causes overuse in their upper body will eliminate the common mistake of coming over the top on their swings.
An over the top swing happens when our golf club veers away from the desired swing plane, with the head attacking the golf ball from outside in.
If the clubface takes impact squarely, our shot will be pulled, while an open clubface will cause the the shot to be sliced.
Before we can fix our faulty downswing, we must identify where and how we’re coming over the top.
Golfers may be committing a variety of miscalculations while working through their downswing, any of which may be the cause of a sliced or pulled shot
Many players retrace their golf swings in reverse in order to identify the actions that may be...
If you’re having trouble adding long distance to your golf shots, you’re not alone.
Most golfers, regardless of skill level, complain of hitting their shots shorter than intended, with little idea of how to effectively expand the distance of their drives.
While golfing does not have a cookie cutter application for adding distance to our shots, there are several adjustments able to be applied to our golf swings that create the perfect environment for increased distance.
Very important though often overlooked, properly distributing our body weight can add more distance to an otherwise normal golf swing.
At the pinnacle of our backswing, ideally 40% of our body weight should be on our front leg, with the remaining 60% distributed to our back leg.
As our body rotates through the golf ball, guided by our hands and hips, only 10% of our body weight should remain...
No matter how long you search the internet, you will not find a miracle drill that will pure your irons overnight, without putting in the practice to understand the process.
Learning to control your swing and to shallow the club face on the ball can correct one of the biggest flaws in any golfer’s iron play.
Start by understanding that you don’t need to put massive amounts of power into your swing in order to send the ball sailing into the green
The position of your ball during iron play should have little differentiation with each shot you take.
During the downswing, throwing your body weight towards the target, your position in relation to the ball will ensure a clean downward connection upon impact.
Building a good foundation for your golf stance plays a crucial role in striking irons purely.
Your golf setup should allow for body weight to shift in a backward motion, with optimal follow...
Often regarded as an unintentional result of a mishit, hook shots in golf can be a vital technique when applied in the correct situation.
There are many crucial situations on the golf course that can be countered with a well placed intentional hook shot.
When intentionally hitting a hook or a hook shot, the ball will curve drastically from right-to-left while in flight, or left-to-right in flight for a left handed golfer.
Most golfers see a hook shot as a more pronounced draw shot, as the curve created in a hooking shot overshifts that of a traditional draw.
Being able to hit a hooking shot whenever needed works as an amazing asset to any golfer.
There are several situations that players encounter on the course that benefit hugely from the ability to hit a hook on command.
Most golfers find closing in their golf stance assists in producing a draw, when done more severely this adjustment results in...
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