Dan Grieve
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Hit a low checking wedge before a downslope
Add loft with release, not an open cutting face
Keep the clubhead outside your hands going back
Match wedge flight to slope and pin position
Flight a flyer high downwind
Glare at your landing spot, not the hole
Tee the driver lower for a squeezy fade to stop lefts
Play the higher shot only from a green-light lie
Use a toe-struck putt-chip on a fast fringe- Tee it lower to encourage a fade
Grip your chip and run at 4 out of 10
Build a three-rod alignment station for short game
Toe-down open-face shot off a tight lie or divot
Reach your maximum speed after the ball
Build a solid, athletic base for bunker shots
Start the short-game swing with chest, not hands
Chip to the brush sound as your only target
Set up open to hit a low fade
Set up for a greenside splash bunker shot
Use less loft for back pins and run it in
Keep turning on wet chips so the club brushes, not digs
Flare your lead foot to 11 o'clock to clear through the chip- Match your bunker attack to how much sand is there
Set the clubface toe-up with a cupped lead wrist
Read greens with the bucket-of-water trick
Don't over-loft off an upslope
Open-face, toe-down lob wedge off firm turf- Fix a hook by holding the clubface off, not regripping
Estimate wind: 1 mph equals 1 yard
Use less loft when the ball sits up in rough- Read bunker sand firmness with eyes and feet
Don't use your full-swing grip when putting- Avoid excessive shoulder tilt on chip-and-runs
Play a downhill greenside chip with ball back
Accept six feet on extreme bunkers- Short-sided bunker shots: stand further away and sit low
Use a stronger loft to make long bunker shots easy
Stop de-lofting chips to cure thin and fat contact
Work down a grainy downslope- Keep turning through the ball - don't scoop or stall
Favor the high side on a breaking chip- Pop a deeply buried rough lie
- Feel a draw out of the bunker, right elbow close
- Predict the ball before every short-game shot
Cup the wrist to keep the lob face open at the top- Soften grip pressure to about 4 out of 10 for chipping
Add chip height by opening the left shoulder
Hit down-grain chips about 25% softer- Release the grip back to the belt
Use the slope to feed a downhill chip close
Widen and drop the right foot back to shallow the chip- Practice your worst lies so nothing scares you
- Choose chip loft for the required spin
Warm up full before returning to partial wedges
Splash or squeeze: match the bunker shot to the sand
Release 2: the soft landing shot
Spin a bunker shot: sit lower, stay narrow, less sand
Prayer drill: putt from the shoulders, hands out- Stop aiming farther left to fix a slice
- Slide the club wide to wide off tight lies
- Move hard-lie chips outside the back foot
- Set weight forward and rotate for cleaner short-game strikes
- Rod drill: keep the chip clubhead outside the rod
- Chip left hand low to keep the leading edge down
- Make practice swings match the shot
- Release the club to soften pitches on firm greens
- Cup the lead wrist to keep loft and bounce on the soft chip
Aim at a spot a few feet in front of the ball
On a long compact bunker shot, drop loft and let it bounce
Stay down on short putts- Putt from a tight fringe when chipping into the grain
Move pitch ball forward for early spin
Try a baseball grip for speed, with a hook caveat
Shorten the follow-through to add checking spin
Use fairway bunkers as a ball-striking drill- Accept rollout from hardpan
Practice solo by replaying shots you struggled with- Club down to less loft when a chip has to climb a slope
- Set up with left shoulder over your foot and arms hanging
Keep the leading edge down and move your low point forward- Set a lob like a bunker shot
- Hold your finish to coach yourself on chips
Groove loft with a strong-lofted wedge drill
Play long links bunker shots with less loft- Grip down the handle to hit it lower
Use a less-lofted club to chip up a slope- Firm bunker lie: cut bounce, lean shaft, pop it out
- Practice bunker spin with your longest iron
- Play the ball forward on an upslope
- Set the ball at your right heel for basic chips
- Keep windy chips lower
- Use a pitching wedge for a low pitch-and-run
- Play release one: grip end stays outside the left hip
- Play a toe-down shot when the ball sits down in rough
- Hit some chips before your round to gauge green speed
- Set chip ball position inside the right heel
- Use bounce with more speed in heavy wet bunker sand
Lay up to the side that leaves the easier next shot- Putt through mounds on firm links turf
Chip-and-run a 7-iron up a steep green