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Short Game · Mental Model

Choose lie, landing spot, bounce, then loft

The instructor lays out his short-game shot-selection routine: look at the lie, decide where you want to land the ball and consider that landing spot, then picture what the first bounce will look like. Only after that do you choose which loft and which release to use. The point is to build and paint the picture of the shot in your mind before you hit it.

Channel: Dan Grieve

Watch official source at 22:42

Try it

  1. Look at the lie
  2. Look where you want to land it and consider that landing spot
  3. Picture what the first bounce will look like
  4. Then think about what loft you will use
  5. And what release you will use
  6. Build and paint the picture of the shot in your mind first