Learn how the Odyssey Chipper can enhance your short game with its unique design and features. Discover tips, drills, and comparisons to improve your skills.
A forward press in putting: some golfers swear by it, others avoid it like the plague. Is this subtle pre-stroke movement friend or foe on the green? We’ll break down the mechanics of the forward press putting technique, exploring the potential benefits and risks. Plus, we’ll help you decide if adding a forward press putter grip to your game could improve your putting consistency.
A solid short game can save you over 10 shots a round… that turns your measly 85 into a round that hovers around par. All this takes is solid fundamentals, feel and good imagination. To get to this point however, takes a lot of creative practice in every situation, with every club you could possibly think of. So, before you can start practicing and improving your short game, start with the basics… once you understand the do’s and don’ts of chipping – you’ll soon become a lot more confident around the greens.
I was teaching a student last week, and was asked this question. My answer was simple – “there is no perfect putting grip”. As long you incorporate some basic grip fundamentals, your putting grip can be as unique as your swing. This fact is proven on tour, where you will see a multitude of different grips being employed.
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After suffering from the yips over the past few years, you learn to try different techniques and strategies in your on-going hope to find a cure. To-date, I still suffer from the yips on occasion but have found a few solutions that simply takes my brain out of the equation so that the stroke becomes … Read more
I have always found that when working on my tempo, hitting my driver was counter-productive. I found it very hard to keep swinging with my usual tempo when I got the big stick in my hands. My swing got quicker and off tempo, in my attempts to crush it. When this happens I always went back to my wedges and play slow simple shots to try and re-gain my tempo.
Problem: Many players have putting strokes that do not involve the shoulders. Their putting motion then becomes more of a flick with the arms, wrists and hands.
When it comes down to it, the hole is only four and a quarter inches wide. Considering the average par 4 is about 390 yards or 14,400 inches long, getting it into the hole in four shots is quite the feat, especially into such a small target. One thing I like to stress when teaching golf, is for my students to make their practice sessions as fun, easy and rewarding as possible. Success and confidence are a huge benefit for all golfers. With it the impossible seems reachable and if you’re smart about your practice sessions, you too can make it apart of your game.
Unlike the full swing, the wrists play a minimal role when it comes to most chip shots. Flop shot excluded, your chipping stroke should be controlled simply by the movement of your shoulders, much like a putt.