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Article #381: Golf - The Short - Short Game

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Without doubt we have all hear the distance of your target most of the time.
expression in golfing "Drive for show and Pitching for about an hour at a time, it
putt for dough. Nothing could be truer. should not take long before you should be
In golf as in life - all shots in the end able to place most of your practice shots
count the same. A lost putt counts the to within a six foot circle. Even though
same as the long drive. How many times the grass surface near the circle may not
have you made a good long drive off the be exactly the same as a putting green,
tee, another second shot just short of easy adjustments can be made in your
the green , and then for some reason the stroke to compensate. All in all for all
pitch to the green is either too short or of your efforts to practice your short
too long ?. In the end you may well have game you will improve your pitch and run
ended up taking three putts to put the shots greatly. Chip shots can also be
ball unto the cup. Four shots have been practiced in this manner. When you place
made from the pitch shot to putting the your ball within a six foot circle you
ball in the cup, which are twice as many will have only a three foot putt or even
as it took to get from the tee to the less to the golf cup. The full hit
near edge of the green. For a par four backspin or the cut shots are more
hole this means a double bogey. Have too difficult, and perhaps should be tried at
many of these and your golfing score is the practice range of the golf course.
more than ruined. Contrary to this, if You may well damage your own lawn. These
you can learn to pitch and chip the ball are valuable shots in hitting over trees,
reasonably close to the flag stick, you out of heavy rough or sand, or to pitch
stand a good change of dropping the golf over a trap where there is little room
ball for a par score. On the shorter par for the ball to run on the green to the
four holes and most of the par five cup. Playing out of sand traps is a
holes, a well placed pitch shot, close to harrowing experience for most high
the flag stick, affords the golfing handicap golfers, and is the place in the
player an opportunity to birdie the hole. golfing game where more shots are wasted
One of the most certain ways to improve than any other place on the golf course,
pitching ability is to practice the shot except perhaps the putting green. Even
from various distances to the target. though these trap shots are more
From such practice it is soon possible to difficult for the average player than
learn the range for each club used, and some others , they can be learn, when one
get the idea as to the length of the develops the proper coordination of mind
backswing necessary for the needed m muscles and nerves which control
distance. The best first step is to perfect timing. Finally, all the
always learn from the Pros. Why waste excellence of good pitch shots, chips and
much time and effort afterwards sand play will all be of little
unlearning bad habits picked up along the consequence if one cannot putt the ball
way. Proper form and technique in into the cup with reasonable regularity.
putting is everything. Next practice the With proper initial professional
stroke in your own backyard or on the instruction and a little regular practice
driving range putting area until you can anyone can learn to put well.
place the ball within easy putting






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