Short Game
If you want to shave strokes around the green, get lost in our in-depth instruction articles focused on the short game.
How Angle of Attack Helps Putting Distance Control
As seen on Golf Channel: Improve your putting distance control with a proper and consistent angle of attack
Putting Basics: Set Up for Success
Implement these basic putting fundamentals to improve your distance control and direction on the green
The Pre-Round Putting Warmup Exercise from GOLFTEC
The Pre-Round Putting Warmup helps to develop a feel for the greens.
Wedge Bounce for Deep Rough Pitch Shots
Learn to successfully navigate deep rough pitch shots by properly utilizing wedge bounce.
Locating your ball in thick, greenside rough is, well, rough.
While EXTREMELY frustrating, however, this is isn’t the end of the world — or your round. Especially if you know how to play this type of pitch shot correctly, which starts by viewing it more like a bunker shot and using one, very important aspect of your wedge to your aid: bounce.
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Avoid Common Chipping Faults at Setup – GOLFTEC
VIDEO: Add predictability around the green and avoid common chipping faults by perfecting your setup
Chipping: A straight-forward part of the game to execute in theory, but even the most standard of these short game shots sure can be an adventure, can’t they?
A good day chipping, for instance, may completely save your round. A bad day, well … let’s just say it can make your scorecard a little more “interesting.”
Since virtually every golfer has experienced both sides of the chipping coin, let’s discuss how to take the unpredictability out and bring the par-saving fun in. Consistently.
Putting Speed Drill: Alternate Distances
Alternate distances on the practice green to help your putting speed!
Putting. It’s the easiest and quickest way to lower your scores and handicap. Just think about how many times in a round you rocket a birdie putt miles past the hole an three-putt for bogey? Or leave a six-footer short to save a gutsy par, walking away with a double or worse? GOLFTEC is here with a save-you-a-three-putt, don’t-blow-it-five-feet-past-the-hole, two-putt-and-get-out-of-here drill that breaks down the art of lag putting into one factor that’s more important than anything else on long putts: speed control.