Short Game Golf Master Class
- Turn 5 into 4
- Get up and down every time with our key short game recovery shots.
Many average golfers achieve little success at basic greenside
recovery shots.
Improvement in your short game can reduce your scores dramatically.
Improvement in your short game can reduce your scores dramatically.
Crowlands Heath Head Golf Professional Chris Jenkins will offer
you a few short game ideas which you will find easy to implement into your own
game.
Expert Chipping
Typically, I find that club golfers tend to use the same club,
usually one of their wedges, for all chip and pitch shots
around the green. That is fine if you have a sound technique and endless hours
to refine your feel for distance, and judgement of spin. For those who don’t
have endless hours to practise golf, a more reliable and consistent method
involves the use of a variety of different clubs to get the ball close:
The idea is for the ball always to land a couple of feet onto
the green, where the bounce is more predictable. Simply vary your club
selection to produce sufficient roll to get the ball to the hole. This might be
a wedge if the flag is close to you or it might be as high as a 5 iron if the
flag is at the far side of the green. You can even use a rescue club or wood if
you feel that’s the club which is needed to get the ball to the hole (fig.6).
Using this method is easier because you are always looking to
land the ball in the same spot. Choosing the correct club,
will dictate the spin and roll of the ball. There is less emphasis on ‘feel’
with this method, as opposed to what is required when a single club is relied
upon to produce this shot to a variety of landing areas.
