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Dan Grieve

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• Transfer weight through, don't hang back in the sand
• Change hybrid-chip distance with speed
• Land short on a firm downhill green
• Set up for a greenside bunker shot
• Swing like an elastic band: slow back, fast bottom
• Let the chest control chip transition, not the arms
• Hit a super-low punchy wedge under branches
• Make your practice stroke an exact copy of the real one
• Release 3: the lob shot setup
• Spin a bunker shot with a late match-strike release
• Over an obstacle, play medium flight with spin not a lob
• No-club drill to feel chipping connection
• Deloft a 56 to hit a low shot from a scruffy lie
• Set up lower and wider in the bunker
• Grip tighter to pick woods and hybrids off the sand
• Count tick and tock with a middle beat for chip tempo
• Thumbs off drill for soft landing wedge shots
• Pitch with release one, not release two, in winter
• Let the lie choose the chip
• Change the club, not the swing, to change chip distance
• Thumbs-off drill for light grip and clubhead feel
• Match your bunker release to the depth of sand
• Chip off the toe to stop the heel digging into the grain
• Skip driver when the par five is not reachable
• Groove the soft shot with a stronger-lofted club
• Read a long putt in sections, not as one curve
• Shaft plane drill to fix the under-plane move
• 52 degree chip: 50% carry, 50% roll
• Keep accelerating through the sand, strike the match
• Practice three-quarter short irons on course
• Lay up par 5s with two wedges as a high handicapper
• Use a nine iron for one-third carry and two-thirds roll
• Practice swing with a backswing twice as long as needed
• Match wedge spin to pin position, front vs back
• Use less loft to run out a long bunker shot
• Chip with an even 'tick tock' tempo, don't rush
• Read breaking putts with intermediary spots, dot to dot
• Change the club, not your chip technique
• Hinge and trap an emergency shot off the back foot
• Keep a golf journal of your club and strategy mistakes
• Land chip-runs past one third
• Play out of the rough with shaft lean and an early hinge
• Start chip takeaway with lead shoulder, no forearm roll
• Left-hand-only push drill to cure handsy chips
• Chip off an upslope by swinging with the slope
• Putt from a tight lie instead of chipping
• Soft high landing shot: keep the loft, don't lean the shaft
• Reflect on every shot: technical, mental, or feel
• Use the bounce to release out of nestled Bermuda
• Use a flexible shaft to smooth transition
• Start it left with body cover, not hands
• Fix your grip: get the bottom hand on top
• Squeeze the sand, don't splash, from compact wet bunkers
• Use pitching wedge into an upslope
• Favor short when the pin is at the back
• Miss putts on the high side, not the low side
• Play a low spinner off a tight lie with a lob wedge
• Keep turning until you finish left of the pin
• Use a pitching wedge for a long bunker shot
• Open the face and work across out of greenside rough
• Clip it off the top: club up, grip down, ball forward
• Commit before the pressure shot
• Tee peg drill for higher-spinning pitches
• Deaden fast downhill putts off the toe
• Rod along the grip to stop flipping the chip
• Shallow a ball-above-feet bunker shot with draw
• Read putts from the low side to find the break
• Strengthen the top hand for more loft
• Use less loft for the chip-and-run on soft winter greens
• Clear the lip first, then pick your club
• Soften your grip pressure for chip and run
• Choke up and cut a ball-below-feet chip
• Play a draw off a wet upslope to shallow the club
• Keep loft and bounce for chip margin for error
• Lighten grip to 3 for a soft-landing chip
• Build a reverse-overlap putting grip to quiet the wrists
• Adjust your landing-spot fraction for firmness
• Left-arm-only drill for chip follow-through
• Spot a flyer lie by the grass sitting behind the ball
• On steep uphill chips, use less loft so it won't dig
• Avoid the reverse tilt on chip shots
• Connection drill: thumbs together, hands above the belt
• Rotate your chest through the ball to stop the flip
• Stop over-releasing to keep the chip flight low
• Pitch off a downslope: ball back, three-quarter finish
• Take the safe chip and run instead of forcing a lob
• Roll putts over a ball marker to see the true line
• Lean into steep uphill chips to keep balance
• Match your angle of attack to the lie
• Hit harder from wet, heavy bunker sand
• Take a 54, don't force a 58, on a long bunker shot
• Practice from imperfect lies
• Finish practice by holing out or a proximity test
• Land a release-two pitch over the ridge
• Take 20 yards off a wedge with a three-quarter swing
• Read grain by the green's sheen
• Groove chip connection with the no-club drill
• Use a short follow-through from a perched rough lie
• Use loft because downslopes launch low
• Uphill lie hook it, downhill lie cut it