short game SESSIONS
Improve Your Short Game and Lower Your Score
Improve Your Short Game and Lower Your Score
Improve Your Short Game and Lower Your Score
Short Game Sessions are available in a Half Day Group Golf School. We cover Chipping, Pitching, Bunkers and Putting
The Dreaded Shot In Golf Made Easy
Improve Your Short Game and Lower Your Score
Improve Your Short Game and Lower Your Score
Most golfers fear this shot but once you understand the correct technique all your worries have just disappeared
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Are You Ready To Drop Shots Off Your Score
Most golfers waste more strokes within 100 metres of the hole than anywhere else. If you really want to lower your scores, the best place to start is with a comprehensive half day Short Game Schools.
These sessions cover chipping, green side pitch shots, sand play and putting technique and green reading skills.
You will have a clear and concise explanation of the technique that is necessary for success in each of these critical scoring areas along with the best training methods to keep you improving after the school ends.
Dates for the Short Game Schools will be posted on this website so keep tuned.
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Let us accommodate your needs, so why not organize your own group and arrange suitable a time.
do i putt, chip or pitch
Improve Your Short Game
Everybody wants to score better, and everybody knows that the easiest way to improve your score is to improve your short game.
Experts agree that 70% of all the golf shots during a round of golf will be inside seventy metres from the pin. Golfers often struggle when faced with a pitch shot and the main reason is because the swing needed to hit a pitch shot is generally a lot shorter than a full swing. The Pro's make this shot look easy, but most amateurs have a difficult time executing a short pitch shot.
You've missed the green, and there's a decision to make: What type of shot do you need to play next? Do you putt, chip or pitch?
That choice depends on a couple of factors. Before we get to that, let's go through the differences between chipping and pitching. How many times have you watched a tournament, seen the player stroke from 30 yards off the green and heard the announcer exclaim, "What a great chip shot!"? Wrong! That 30-footer was a pitch, not a chip.
Chipping is a stroke with no wrist-cock - less "airtime" and more "ground time." Think of it as a putt with a lofted club. Pitching is a lofted shot, played with a cocked left wrist; it has more carry and less roll.
Playing from the off the green, the average golfer should try to putt if possible. If the ground is too uneven or the grass is too tall, then chip. But if the ball cannot safely carry to the green with a chip-length stroke - "safely" meaning at least one pace onto the green - it's time to pitch.
What's the length of a chipping stroke? The length of a chip stroke is about two feet in both directions. Starting from address, the hands go to the middle, or just slightly outside, of the back thigh. On the forward stroke the hands go past the front thigh while maintaining the Left Arm and Clubshaft in one straight line (Flat Left Wrist, Bent Right Wrist).
Never try to scoop the clubhead under the ball in an attempt to get the ball airborne.
Let's say your ball is just off the fringe of the green. Will the chip-length stroke get you at least that one pace in from the front of the green? If it won't, you'll need to pitch to reach safely.
Use this formula and your short game will improve.
