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GOLF NUGGETS

Short Game · Mental Model

Return the lofted club to the base

For the lofted shot over trouble, the instructor tells the player not to help the ball up. The club already supplies the loft; the job is to bring the club back to the same place underneath the ball and to the base of the ball.

Channel: Danny Maude

Watch official source at 8:16

Try it

  1. I don't want you to try and get it up in the air.
  2. bring that club back down
  3. In the same place.
  4. bring that club back to the base of the ball

Why this context matters

This is the execution feel for the previous lofted-shot setup.