Short Game: Steady Head for Putting Success

Out on the LPGA Tour, if you’re averaging somewhere in the 28-29 putts per round, you’re considered among the best putters out here.
Out on the LPGA Tour, if you’re averaging somewhere in the 28-29 putts per round, you’re considered among the best putters out here.
How you grip the club greatly influence the type of shot you want to hit.
In case you haven’t noticed by now, the fastest way to lower scores comes from having a tidy short game, specifically, a strong ability to hit effective chip and pitch shots from around the green.
If you want to hit better bunker shots (who doesn’t?), you have to eschew conventional swing wisdom and do things a little differently.
No matter what anyone else tells you, the key to shooting lower scores is having a tidy short game.
Out on the LPGA Tour, if you’re averaging somewhere in the 28-29 putts per round, you’re considered among the best putters out here.
A bunker shot should be one of the easier shots you encounter on the golf course, theoretically.
When it comes to hitting the simple bump-and-run shot from just off the green, I teach it the same way to all my students.
Before your next round, here are two simple drills I want you to do on the practice green.
The following five shots may not seem all that out of the ordinary, but they’re the shots you need to master if you want to start shooting lower scores right now.