If you are like me, you have scoured the internet for the very best resources for golf short game instruction, as well as tips on other parts of your golf game. I have identified what I truly feel are the best instructional resources both online and offline and have compiled them here so that you can improve your short game.
The way I see it, golf short game instruction can be broken down into three broad categories:
• Short Game Tips
• Short Game Drills
• Short Game Lessons
A short game tip is a small chunk of information about a particular short game skill or short game shot. If we consider a 20’ putt, for example, a valid tip might be “ensure that your putter face is square to your target line.” Short game tips are not very useful unless you understand the basics of the shot that you are trying to hit.
A short game drill is an exercise that is performed to put a short game tip into practice. In the above example, a short game drill to sink 20’ putts might be to practice 15 putts of 20’ while using a putting alignment training aid. Again, short game drills assume that you understand how to carry off the shot
A short game lesson is the full meal deal; it allows you to learn about a particular short game shot in complete detail. A short game lesson will focus on shot set-up, execution, and equipment, and will also offer tips and drills on how to perform the shot reliably. This means that a short game lesson is the best form of short game instruction and will help you to improve your short game.
Where can you get a short game lesson? There are three main options:
1) By seeking out a qualified professional at your local teaching facility, preferably one that is a short game golf school
2) By reading books written by the very best short game gurus
3) By watching short game videos that contain lessons
4) By reading lessons that have been published online
I have reviewed many different short game instructional videos and online lessons and have found that those offered by
PurePoint Golf
, the Internet’s #1 golf instructional resource, to be to best available. The following lessons have been reproduced with permission for your benefit: