Posts Tagged ‘Short Game’

Short-game researcher and instructor Dave Pelz may have a few detractors, but the former NASA scientist is arguably golf's most influential short-game expert of our time. Two best-selling instruction books, a successful network of short-game schools and the trust of world's best players, including Phil Mickelson, have certainly validated his methods. I caught up with Pelz at his headquarters near Austin overlooking beautiful Lake ...
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'Twas the night before our 9:30 a.m. tee time on famed Pinehurst No. 2, considered one of golf's deftest challenges of the short game. So my playing partner and I did what any respecting golfer would do: We went out boozing. The village of Pinehurst feels purposefully built for pub crawls, with a handful of watering holes mixed in with some golf shops and ...
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Listen up, masters of the putting game who visit the Grand Strand for your annual golf vacation: You may have been taken to the cleaners by your long-driving buddies on some of the Myrtle Beach courses that don't test the short game as much as you'd have liked. Now its time for payback. Book your group at a track where the greens are the ...
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"Leading the Rounds Under Par category shows that my short game is getting better. I will usually have three to four birdies a round but I'm learning how to eliminate the big numbers and turn bogeys into pars. I'm getting up and down more for par and not using my birdies to make up for those bogeys."
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"My swing was gone all tournament, and I was just grinding it out," said Leonard. "It forced me to use my short game, which was definitely the strongest this week. I just stayed focused on every shot." read more
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The best way to lower your scores is to improve your short game. The Bob Wedge is thus the ultimate game-improvement club. With some practice, anyone can chip and run, flop, and blast out of the sand like the pros, using just one club. And at just over $100, The Bob Wedge represents the best investment in your game that I've seen in a ...
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In golf, scoring opportunities come at 100 yards and in, the so-called "Red Zone." Reynolds Golf Academy's Charlie King explains how to improve your short game to become a strong "Red Zone" player.
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Designed by John Harbottle III, Palouse Ridge Golf Club at Washington State University opened last year to much fanfare. The course encourages imaginative shotmaking, a creative short game and big drives.
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Chipping involves the smallest swing, and it is where a person can make progress on hitting the ball solid. That skill will transfer to iron play. In this video, Reynolds Golf Academy Instructor Charlie King gives tips on turning your short game from a handicap to an asset.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The fans lined up behind the wooden gates along the first fairway, waiting for 8 a.m. so they could go onto the course for the first practice round of the Masters. That’s usually the best time to see Tiger Woods. But he wasn’t on the first hole, or even the second hole. Bubba Watson
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