Nothing really stinks more than hitting a few awesome shots close to the green and then hitting the ball back and forth over the green and walking off with a HUGE number.
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Unfortunately not too many golfers learn how to properly hit the short shots. This creates bad habits, inconsistency, high scores and frustration!
Bottom line:
what’s included?
Wow! I can’t believe how much more fun the game is when I finally learned how to chip, what the difference between a chip and a pitch was and how to not three putt quite so much.
Beth D.
Wait...Who the heck ARE you?
Great question and glad you asked! Click this link to check out my story.
How will I know that I am doing it all properly?
With appropriate videos, I give you specific checks to make sure you are doing it all properly. I also tell you how to practice. If you follow the instructions, you will have a fantastic foundation to play great golf. I never, however, discourage private lessons if you can afford them.
My husband thinks he can teach me all of this. Is he right?
I get asked this question all the time. Would you take medical advice from your accountant? Or legal advice from your auto mechanic? Nothing against your husband, but unless he is a golf pro and has experience teaching, I would tell you no.
Good teaching professionals have worked for years fine-tuning how best to evaluate swings and communicate the appropriate course of action. There is a huge difference between executing and communicating how to execute. Most advice you receive from an amateur, no matter how low the handicap, is likely to be his or her own medicine. So proceed with caution.
I just want to hit it far, why is short game so important?
Oh! I thought you would never ask. Let me put it this way…you hit two of your best shots ever on the hardest hole you have ever played and thoughts of your lowest round EVER crosses your mind. The ball, however, bounced just over the back of the green in the rough and now you have to chip. You swing and the ball sails over the green into the bunker. You furiously swing at the ball and sand flies everywhere but the ball stays in the bunker…two more times. Finally you trickle the ball out and decide to putt through the tall grass. Your ball makes it halfway to the hole and the next putt rolls 10 feet past the hole. You miss the next putt short and tap in for a 10! Does this sound dramatic? Maybe, but I have witnessed it 100’s of times and seen less dramatic scenarios 1000’s of times. I think that you get the point though. No matter how good of a ball striker you may be if you cannot get the ball in the cup you cannot go to the next hole! A decent short game is the key to having fun and scoring lower in golf.
What if I have physical limitations?
Well, I am going to tell you that you need to get your Doctor’s approval for sure. After you are cleared by your Doctor, nothing I teach you should ever cause you pain or discomfort. Yet if you are uncomfortable there are a few things to consider:
I really think that I just need to work on my full swing and I can worry about short game later.
I actually get this comment frequently. Your short game is mini-version of your full swing. The better your little shots and the more you understand the different shots, the better your full swing develops. You do not need to hit pretty or long golf shots to play golf. BUT you have to be able to get the ball in the cup.