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Short Game · Strategy

Read the green like a putt, then chip to the five-foot spot

The speaker walks up to the green and reads it as if going to putt. This gives a feel for a putt starting five feet onto the green and rolling to the hole, followed by a chip to that five-foot spot. For this shot, the speaker chooses a 50-degree gap wedge and intends to land just on the green with a three-to-five-foot margin of error.

Channel: MrShortGame Golf

Watch official source at 1:41

Try it

  1. walk up to the green and read it like I'm going to putt the ball
  2. chip it from there to my five foot on spot
  3. choose a 50 degree gap wedge here and chip it just on the green with a little three to five feet margin of error