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Short Game · Technique

Toe-down slide shot for tricky greenside lies

For a delicate greenside shot, set the toe down and stand the handle up, then swing a little out and across so the toe scythes and slides through the turf instead of the sole digging. The club does not go down as much and the ball still pops out softly.

Channel: Dan Grieve

Watch official source at 55:37

Try it

  1. You go toe down
  2. stand the handle up
  3. you go a little bit out and across
  4. letting the toe kind of scythe it

Why this context matters

Demonstrated from a fiddly greenside rough lie.