Short Game Books
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Chip Putterman
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"Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible" is a very detailed book.
aaron_lohan
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There was one written by Tom Watson which was alright.
dolanski, nothing against books, I have Pelz's book, hear that Runyan's and Mickelson's books are both good reads, but I recently got a short game lesson and it really enlightened me. I'm a 10 handicap right now, and shot 77 my last round only hitting 7 greens in reg. I got up and down 6/11 times which is about 30-40% higher than normal forme. Typically I got up and down around 20-30% of the time.
I'd highly recommend visiting with someone who can show you how it's done as oppose to reading about it.
I'd highly recommend visiting with someone who can show you how it's done as oppose to reading about it.
Tball, I hear you on seeing someone. I know that's preferable. But it's just that my experiences w/ instructors in Seattle have not been great, and I thought maybe I could work some things out on my own without having to drop a few hundred dollars to hear nothing more than the standard GD tips.
You know it was pretty much basics, the biggest thing for me was that I had far more hands and arms involved in my chipping than I realized, so he had me chipping with a ball between my arms, which helped a ton.
I was shifting my weight, which was leading to inconsistent ball contact, and also had way too much tension in my right arm. He had me let the left shoulder drive the motion and almost make the right arm limp. Lastly short backswing, long through swing.
Point is, there was nothing really ground breaking, but I needed a different set of eyes to look at it, I would have sworn I was staying on my left side and not getting handsy.
I was shifting my weight, which was leading to inconsistent ball contact, and also had way too much tension in my right arm. He had me let the left shoulder drive the motion and almost make the right arm limp. Lastly short backswing, long through swing.
Point is, there was nothing really ground breaking, but I needed a different set of eyes to look at it, I would have sworn I was staying on my left side and not getting handsy.
Richie3Jack
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Brian's video 'The Rule of 12'...great, great stuff. Learn that and your chipping and pitching will improve.
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birly-shirly
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I think Bob Rotella has some really important things to say about putting, chipping and pitching (in that order).
obviously, technique becomes more of a factor as you move from rolling the ball to pitching it up in the air - and positive thinking by itself won't get you out of a bunker - but routine, trust, touch and concentration are huge factors in the short game and I think Rotella deals with these issues as well as, if not better than, anyone else I can think of.
obviously, technique becomes more of a factor as you move from rolling the ball to pitching it up in the air - and positive thinking by itself won't get you out of a bunker - but routine, trust, touch and concentration are huge factors in the short game and I think Rotella deals with these issues as well as, if not better than, anyone else I can think of.
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