To have a great short game, you have to be adaptable. Around the green, you can face a myriad of different lies, distances, obstacles and green conditions. To get up and down consistently, it helps to have a simple, reliable technique that you can then adjust when the shot at hand calls for it.
In this video, Titleist staff member Trillium Rose faces a delicate downhill shot, over a shelf, to a pin that is cut in the lowest section of the green. How she plays this shot depends largely...on the lie. Watch as Trillium demonstrates one technique for a good lie in the fringe and another for a difficult lie, where the ball is lying down in the rough.
For a Good Lie on the Collar of the Green: • Comfortable, narrow stance. • Distribute most of your weight on your lead foot. • Stand fairly close to the ball and raise the handle of the wedge at address (more vertical, lifting the heel of the club off the turf). • Use a simple chipping motion with little to no wrist hinge. • Rotate your chest through the shot and let the club do the work
For a Tough Lie, Down in the Rough: • Keep your stance narrow, weight favoring lead foot, but maintain your natural distance away from the ball. • Keep the handle neutral or even lower the handle slightly. • Open the face of the wedge. • Main Key: Use a little wrist hinge. This promotes a steeper angle of attack and minimizes the amount of long grass that gets in between the club face and the ball. • Rotate your chest through the shot as you unhinge your wrists and pop the ball up high and softly.
To have a great short game, you have to be adaptable. Around the green, you can face a myriad of different lies, distances, obstacles and green conditions. To get up and down consistently,...it helps to have a simple, reliable technique that you can then adjust when the shot at hand calls for it.
In this video, Titleist staff member Trillium Rose faces a delicate downhill shot, over a shelf, to a pin that is cut in the lowest section of the green. How she plays this shot depends largely on the lie. Watch as Trillium demonstrates one technique for a good lie in the fringe and another for a difficult lie, where the ball is lying down in the rough.
For a Good Lie on the Collar of the Green: • Comfortable, narrow stance. • Distribute most of your weight on your lead foot. • Stand fairly close to the ball and raise the handle of the wedge at address (more vertical, lifting the heel of the club off the turf). • Use a simple chipping motion with little to no wrist hinge. • Rotate your chest through the shot and let the club do the work
For a Tough Lie, Down in the Rough: • Keep your stance narrow, weight favoring lead foot, but maintain your natural distance away from the ball. • Keep the handle neutral or even lower the handle slightly. • Open the face of the wedge. • Main Key: Use a little wrist hinge. This promotes a steeper angle of attack and minimizes the amount of long grass that gets in between the club face and the ball. • Rotate your chest through the shot as you unhinge your wrists and pop the ball up high and softly.