Dan Grieve
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Use less loft from a bunker to land it and run it out- Practice height with a 9-iron to make your wedge easy
Anchor heavy feet and rotate through bunker shots
Read the lie as a green, amber or red light
Choke to the steel for a tiny bunker shot
Cover the left thumb with the right-hand pad
Ferrule drill to stop scooping chips
Practice the new strike, not the fault
Get steeper out of the rough with a wider stance
Play a low chip when the ball sits down
Squeeze a firm or bare bunker lie by hitting steeper
Grieve's five-step short game process
Read the lie to pick shallow or steep chip ingredients
On short putts, focus on process not the outcome
Avoid excess spin when a chip must climb a slope
Use grass behind the ball to predict rollout
Drop to a pitching wedge for an uphill chip
Bump a hybrid with a putting stroke
Ball-forward 52 chip for fluffier into-grain lies- Work the ball with the slope: hook up, cut down
- Set your body with the slope on a downhill chip
Play to your level: hit to 30 feet and two-putt
Read the lie: spin needs a clean spinner lie
Trap a low spinner only from tight Bermuda- Play the putt-chip off the toe for downhill control
Use a start-line rod and film to find your chip miss
Flight a chip low by letting the handle rise
Start a cold round with a smooth hybrid
Aim right and high-draw a ball sitting up- Spin a bunker shot: shaft lean, hinge early, release late
Quiet the wrists: handle high, elbows to rib cage- Swing your hands on the arc, not straight through
Use your second most lofted wedge, not always the 60- Toe-strike putt-chip for a fast downhill shot
Draw a pitch into the wind
Nine iron chip: one third carry, two thirds roll
Aim at the middle on Augusta's 12th, not the pin
Video your setup to catch drift from your blueprint
Clip it off a tee peg to beat the over-the-top move
Pick the landing spot first, then pick the club
Chip with a hybrid using your putting stroke- Play a wedge from a divot lie
- Sitting up clip it, sitting down release it
Check putter length against inside leg
Into the grain the ball stops dead — carry it to the flag- Let the lie work for you on chips
Lay up instead of forcing recovery- Shallow a wet upslope chip with a draw feel
Set up high and make a putting stroke with the hybrid- Read the lie before committing to a lob shot
Bunker shot: keep the chest turning, don't decelerate- Set the toe down to cut through the rough
Make the follow-through shorter than the backswing- Use a reverse overlap grip to quiet the hands putting
- Stop rolling the chip inside: keep clubhead outside hands
Lay back before a fairway pinches in- Keep the lead arm connected for high, spinny sand shots
- Practice chips to no pin to stay process-focused
Putt with the ball forward off your lead heel- Never land a chip into an upslope or bank
Use a physical trigger to switch on for the shot