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Professionals advocate an open stance for the short golf shots. From 100 yards in to the pin. I have messed around with this over the years, not being able to make up my mind which is more successful for me.
You will either like or not like what I am about to say.

An open stance is when your feet and hips are set up along a line to the left of the target, while the club blade is directed directly towards the target.

When making such shots, you want your body movement reduced to a minimum. With most of your weight on your left foot for the duration of the shot.

Standing with an open stance will help you achieve this.

Also, an open stance will help you to hit from in to out with little thought about this aspect of the swing.
Your back swing will be more upright and you will have a steeper down swing resulting in a sharply descending blow which is just what is needed to pitch the ball in the way you want.

Have a look at this and experiment. However, there are no rules about how you should hit hour shots. If you are having better results with a square stance then please do not change.

All you want is to hit the ball in the air, have it land near the pin and stop.

If you are achieving this on a consistent basis, there is certainly no need to change anything.

Bill Maitland is a thinking, inventive golf guru.
He thought out and developed simple techniques and tips which enabled him to lower his handicap from 25 to 18, then from 18 to 15, and finally from 15 to 12.
He is a passionate golfer, and delights in helping others with their game should they want his help.
To learn about his tips and simple techniques visit Online Golfers Handbook

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Do you look forward to your next game of golf during the working week with great anticipation, counting the days until golf day?

At the same time do you think of the shots your will play and think how great these will be on the day?

Then on the day, while travelling to the course, do doubts come into your mind about hitting good shots, straight shots, crisp chip shots around the green?

I suggest you get to the course early enough to allow you to hit some chip shots without lifting your head but remain looking at the place where the ball was.

This is a good drill to make you keep watching the ball until it is time to look up.
If you lift your head on the first or second shot, you will lift your head all day.
If you keep it down, you will do so all day.

Then hit some middle iron shots followed by several drives until you hit two or three on line and with good contact.

Then go to the putting green where you try to get some feel for the day.

Now for the important exercise.

Go somewhere quiet and visualise your game of golf. Meditate.

See yourself hitting a great drive, some wonderful iron shots and great play around the greens.
Take about ten minutes to do this.

You will find you will be more positive, more confident and your game will have improved on the day.

Bill Maitland is a thinking, inventive golf guru.
He thought out and developed simple techniques and tips which enabled him to lower his handicap from 25 to 18, then from 18 to 15, and finally from 15 to 12.
He is a passionate golfer, and delights in helping others with their game should they want his help.
To learn about his tips and simple techniques,

visit

http://www.onlinegolfershandbook.com Online Golfers Handbook

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Do you often, or even ever move hour hands closer to the head of
the club by choking down on the grip?
I guess it is a thing that many of us forget to do.

For the delicate shots around the green, choking down on the grip
allows for much more control and feel of these shots.

Don’t forget you can use any club to make these shots, and the one to use is
usually the one that will place your ball on the green and allow it
to run from just on the green to the hole.

This is much more accurate than trying to loft the ball to the hole and hope it will
stop.
It takes a little practice to hit say, an 8 iron five feet
onto the putting surface just beyond the fringe.

However, an 8 iron may be needed to get the amount of run that you want.

So, you need to practice with several clubs so that you have the feel for each
and know what each will do.
Spend a great deal of time at this practice as it is so important and almost the total basis for reducing your score and handicap.

Make sure you can put the ball where you want it every time
and understand the type of swing you are making, pinching the ball,
or almost putting the ball, and using the loft of the club to send the ball to land on the spot,
how much back swing, firm wrists, wristy shots.

All these have to be worked out to suit you
as this sort of chip is as unique as your putting grip. stance and stroke

Don’t move on to the next club until you are totally consistent with the club you are using.
As before, if you can go out onto the course and practice with a
real green, you will benefit greatly.

At the same time, if you are having difficulty hitting the ball
sweetly, try standing closer to the ball.

Experiment with distances from the ball. Standing closer to the ball will allow you to hit it sweetly with a nice square club face.

Bill Maitland is a thinking, inventive golf guru.
He thought out and developed simple techniques and tips which enabled him to lower his handicap from 25 to 18, then from 18 to 15, and finally from 15 to 12.
He is a passionate golfer, and delights in helping others with their game should they want his help.
Author of Golf Tips. An e-Book that takes you step by step to being the best golfer that you can possibly be.
To learn about his tips and simple techniques

visit

http://www/onlinegolfershandbook.com Online Golfers Handbook

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