The short game

The short game is the most important part of your golf game if you want to shoot low scores. About 75% of golf shots are within 100 yards. Here are some key golf tips to help improve your short game.

  1. Practise it more. Practise your short game as often as you can and your scores will plummet. Feel is a very important part of short game and can be developed through practice.
  2. Learn more chipping shots. There are many different chip shots. The pitch, chip and run, the flop shot, the one hop and stop shop. You should learn them all to give you a wider variety of choices.
  3. Play percentages. Always aim to get the ball running on the ground as soon as possible because it often easier to play and often gets a higher percentage of your chips closer to the hole.
  4. Putting feel. You can develop putting feel by putting from one edge of the green to the other trying to make it stop right on the edge of the green.