This helps keep the ball lower and also places the bottom of the swing arc on the target-side of the ball, helping you make ball-first contact. The end of the grip should point to the center of your body even as you lean forward. If you lean the shaft more than your body, you will catch the leading edge in the turf and excessively dig. When you lean toward the target, your upper body and shaft angle should match up. When hitting a shot with a lower trajectory, you want to keep your weight slightly forward throughout the shot. To avoid other variables coming into play, your body and weight should stay still and balanced throughout the stroke. Different length strokes produce different speeds and therefore predictable distances. The most important variable for distance control is your backstroke length.
Being able to lag the ball close is an important key to scoring well, and something great players are elite at. Stay still when puttingĭistance control is key on the greens.
Here are 10 short-game rules that every golfer should follow around the greens. Each shot you hit near the green requires a different strategy and technique, so you need to have many tools in your arsenal to execute at a high level. While practice and repetition will help, understanding the basic rules and guidelines of each shot type around the greens will also go a long way. There is no question that a great short game will help you score lower while also taking pressure off your long game. Let your body’s energy flow toward the target (a steepening effect).If you want to be a great golfer, you must have a reliable short game. Short Game Fundamental #5: Move towards the target Let it release past your lead leg (a shallowing effect). Short Game Fundamental #4: Release the club Short Game Fundamental #3: Impact On-Planeĭeliver the clubhead into the ball on plane, established by the lie of the club at address (neutral effect). Start your downswing with the club, not by moving your hips (a shallowing effect). Short Game Fundamental #2: Downswing Starts With Club, Not Body Set up with your feet open to the target and your head in the middle of your stance (a steepening effect). James Sieckmann, GOLF Top 100 Teacher, 2018 PGA Teacher Of The Year.
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Here’s how to manage both and be the boss around the greens. The lesson? If you have too many shallowing attributes, you’ll be too shallow to make consistent contact if you have too many steepening attributes, you’ll be too steep to maintain control. The stability comes from managing the fact that two of the five fundamentals are steepening elements, while two tend to shallow your motion (the fifth is neutral). Understanding these elements is the key to improving your short game. The longer I preach these basics, the clearer the message becomes: Elite wedge players create balance in their setup and motion that affects the angle of attack and the location of the low point of their swing, while poor performers create an imbalance. In studying these swings for the better part of a quarter century, I’ve been able to piece together commonalities and distill them down to five fundamentals. I go off what the best wedge players in the world do. I decided long ago never to allow preconceived notions and ideas to affect what I teach. In this special lesson with the 2018 PGA Teacher of the Year, Sieckmann explains to us his five fundamentals short game golf tips that he learned while studying some of the greatest chippers in golf’s history, including none other than Seve Ballesteros. Editors Note: James Sieckmann’s performance theories fuel the short games of more than 100 touring pros.
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