Category Archives: Short Game Tips
The U.S. Open is hard enough when you are putting with your putter.
Well, I’m back home from a great trip to New York. I have to say The US Open is in my opinion, the ultimate test of golf.
While the Masters was gorgeous this Spring and produces great champions every year. To me, the US Open is a nerve-shattering and brutal test of the game.
With [...]
Putting with a 3 wood
Putting … with a 3 Wood
I am here at TPC Sawgrass with DJ for The Players Championship. Many of the greens are sort of built up higher than the fairway (sometimes called pop-ups) and are super fast and hard. In fact, Wednesday, when we played a practice round, all 4 of the players [...]
Rolls Like a Putt
Pitch and Run / Chipping…The Ball Rolls Like a Putt
The basic principle of hitting a pitch and run and chip shot has always been the same for as Long as I have been playing and teaching golf; minimum air time, maximum roll. Let’s look at each of these principles.
Minimum air time incorporates two concepts. [...]
Flag Pin: In or Out
Flag Pin: In or out?
This has been a question talked about and debated for centuries on the course, in the locker room, dining room, club bars, and in numerous magazine articles.
In or out…in or out…which is the answer?
Some magazines and pros have done studies to find the answer to this in or out [...]
Putting: Glove On Or Glove Off
PUTTING: Glove On or Glove Off
I have been asked many times in lessons and when playing about wearing a glove to putt. It is a simple question with a simple yet somewhat evasive answer: yes and no. Let’s look at why we wear a glove and see if that also translates into [...]
30 In A Row Or You Don’t Go
30 in a Row or You Don’t Go.
This is a putting drill I have used for over 30 years.
I start with a 3 foot putt, usually straight and level.
I call this drill, “30 in a row or you don’t go.”
Here is how it works:
You have to make 30 putts in [...]
Putting From The Fringe
“Putting From The Fringe”
When you are faced with a shot from the fringe of the green, the first club you should always consider, or as I say in my golf schools, “rule in or out,” is your putter. Why? Because it is the safest and surest club for pulling off a good shot, especially in [...]
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