| Your short game is so important. It is the difference | | | | the hole. |
| between a good score and a mediocre to bad one. | | | | You can only learn all about the behaviour of the ball |
| It is perhaps the most difficult part of the game. | | | | when hit in different ways, different ball positions, |
| Even more difficult than putting. How often do you | | | | different stances and different clubs, by practising. |
| duff your put. Sure you may hit the ground | | | | Two places to practice. If you are able to have the |
| occasionally, but duffing a put is a rare event surely. | | | | course to yourself, you can pick a green out of sight |
| How about your short chips? How often do you duff | | | | of the club house etc. and practice until you have an |
| these? It is so easy to hit a bad shot here. Too | | | | understanding of how to play these shots and |
| tense, too quick, looking up. | | | | achieve a high incidence of success. Isn't it easy to |
| The result really matters here too. Bad result can be | | | | do well here and so hard when actually playing? This |
| because you have chosen the wrong club. No, it is | | | | just shows how the mental game affects us. |
| not always the pitching wedge used for these shots. | | | | The other place of course is on the practice fairway |
| The first thing to do is visualize the shot to be made. | | | | if you are lucky enough to have a green here. Even |
| Visualize the flight of the ball, where it will land and | | | | then, on the course is probably the best learning area. |
| the amount of roll needed to get the ball up to the | | | | When hitting such a chip, be in no hurry. Use a very |
| pin. You need to get the ball to land just on the | | | | slow deliberate tempo. Make a slow deliberate easy |
| putting surface and then have enough roll to reach | | | | swing and see the result. |