This months golf tip comes from working with a student in school last week. Ellene H. told me she had never been able to get out of a bunker in one shot – EVER!! I have had success with this drill before so I told her to first practice buried bunker shots. Bury half the
Uphill and downhill lies add to the difficulty of bunker shots. Here are some suggestions that will help you negotiate these lies. Uphill: Address the ball with it forward in your stance and your shoulders tilted more than normal in order to hit through the ball without too much digging but taking just the right
The flop shot is very valuable when you need to carry the ball over undesirable areas such as water and sand from about 10 to 40 yards. Hit properly the ball will land on the green and stop reasonably fast. For best results a sand wedge is the proper club to use. Most high handicap
Golf is a game played on the ground! The further in the air that you have to hit a ball-the more room for error there is. There are two methods to the short game. One is a chip; a motion without lever. The other is a pitch; a single levered swing (an immediate hinge of
The Situation: Your ball lies 10 feet off the green with high grass between you and the fringe so you can’t putt. You want to get the ball rolling as soon as possible so it can react like a putt, which gives you the best chance of making the shot. The shot selection that makes
For the last year, I’ve been working with Canadian PGA Tour Professional Corey Jones. This past season Corey experienced a breakthrough in his putting by making some simple setup adjustments that caused his stroke to improve significantly. Like many golfers, Corey set his weight over his forward foot at address when putting. Because the weight
CONCEPT: Make your last swing a full one If you’re having trouble getting your approach shots close enough to the hole to make birdie (or par) putts, you may be planning your yardage incorrectly. First, you have to determine exactly how far you can hit each club in your bag. Let’s say you
CONCEPT: Match your Arm Swing to your body turn for maximum control! During a recent clinic with Annika Sorenstam, she stated “the wedge can be the most important club to lower your score! Annika explained that when she shot her “59” she had hit six wedges to inside 8 feet allowing her to make six
by Jerramy Hainline, Hilton Golf Academy Before you can learn how to start chipping and pitching the shots around the green, you have to know the difference between a chip and a pitch. A chip is the shot that is low and rolls along the ground for most of the time, whereas a pitch is
My time on the PGA Tour was a fantastic experience even though it was cut short to due to injuries. I learned a lot from competing with the best players in the world. One of the things I soon realized is that the great players spend a lot of time on their short games-putting, chipping
