Loving how it is all coming together

[londonlewis]

For the first 2.5 years of playing golf I never practiced my putting at all. I'd hit balls 10 minutes before teeing off but that was it.

In fact add chipping, pitching and bunkers to the list of things that would typically go untouched.

Earlier this year I watched a short game video from David Ledbetter which focussed on the family of four; putting, chipping, pitching, sand play. It is excellent and I would recommend it to everyone - you can find it on YouTube (David Ledbetter Golf The Short Game). Since then my practice has become much more targetted, more fun and I have seen much better results.

I now belive that I can sink long putts (as long as they don't have ridiculous breaks) as well as avoid three putting throughout the round (in the last 6 rounds I have played I have only had 2 three putts). It has positively impacted my ability to get up and down as well as massively taking the pressure off my long game.

I could not recommend more the virtue of spending the time to learn how to hit the short shots in golf.

 

[Bomber69]

Sound advice.

The only consistent short shots I see from a lot of the "Weekend Warriors" is not the one's around the green but the short duffs from the tee and the fairways, well maybe not fairways more the rough

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Short game will always be the way to lower scores. Many golfers I've played with have an ability to get the ball moving forward consistently with all sorts of non-conforming swings. However many struggle to get the ball into the hole from 50 yards and in (and yes I've been there too). I will have a look at the youtube clips

 

[Wilson]

One of the reasons I joined the club I did was due to its excellent short game practice facilities, my long game was improving but I decided I couldn't take that next step without improving my short game.

Since I joined the club I've finally broken the 80 barrier, and I have improved my average score by about 5 shots, I'd say my practice between long game & short game is split 50/50.