Short game

December 7th, 2025

How to control trajectory on your wedge shots

article, golf digest, How To, Wedge Play

November 23rd, 2025

The No.1 skill in wedge play is controlling distance. Here’s how to do it

Distance control with the wedges is a skill any golfer can develop – and a fantastic stroke-saver.

November 20th, 2025

Tight lie on a half-wedge shot? Ugh! Use this simple setup trick

On less-than-full wedge shots, most amateurs like some cushion under the ball, even when it appears to be sitting perfectly in the middle of the fairway.

October 11th, 2025

Want to put the high lob shot in your bag? Here’s all you need to know

To perfect the lob shot, you want a soft and loose feeling in your wrists so the weight of the clubhead moves fast through impact.

October 9th, 2025

Are you bad at chipping? This new study may explain why

It’s something you see often around PGA Tour chipping greens – a golfer chipping with only their right hand.

September 22nd, 2025

The easy way to gauge distance on greenside bunker shots

August 31st, 2025

How to beat the tight-lie pitch

To make solid contact off a firm lie, you must not be afraid to hit the ground with the club, and the bounce should give you some confidence.

August 15th, 2025

Add this superpower to your short game

When giving a short-game clinic, I’ll often bring up the letter ‘s’ to remind my students how simple it is to execute a standard pitch shot. Here’s why.

July 12th, 2025

The chip shot every amateur needs to know how to hit, according to the new Evian Championship winner

Australia’s Grace Kim says this simple shot is going to get you landing the ball softly with little runout, and it’s a whole lot easier to hit than the flop shot.

July 10th, 2025

Phil Mickelson shares his unique feel for this nasty flop shot – calls it ‘not that hard’

The flop shot off a tight lie is one of the coolest shots in golf, and Phil Mickelson claims it’s not even that hard with his swing thought for it.

To chip it close, change your target

Pros lift their heads on chip shots. It’s the anti-chunk secret you need to copy

Big divots are hurting your wedge game. Pros use this shallow technique to get pin-high

Ian Poulter: Pitch Perfect

The short game move pros trust – and amateurs don’t know exists

A tricky detail in the TGL grass made chipping fascinating – and brutal

December 7th, 2024

The easy way to stop leaving it in the sand

Teacher Jordan Dempsey helps you set your bunker swing on automatic.

November 19th, 2024

Lob wedges are great, if you don’t try to use them like this

When you try to smash a lob wedge, you really only hit the ball higher, not further, and higher brings more variables into play and means you have to fly the ball right to your target.

October 23rd, 2024

Min Woo Lee: Take A Lesson From ‘Dr Chipinski’

How to hole chip shots like Min Woo Lee.

September 7th, 2024

In the sand, getting out is No.1, then comes controlling distance. Here’s how

Regulating distance from greenside sand is primarily about the through-swing.

August 28th, 2024

Ludvig Aberg’s mind-blowingly difficult bunker game, explained

Aberg shows an incredible level of attention to detail on his distance control, and a glimpse into how good the top level of professional golfers are.

August 8th, 2024

How this ‘hinge and stick’ feel can make you less bad from bunkers

If you’re chunking and thinning bunker shots, it may be because you’re trying to force the club through with your arms and body.

Leaderboard

Grant Thornton Invitational - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Coughlin / Novak	-19	F	2
2	Hull / Brennan	-18	F	2
3	Thompson / Clark	-17	F	2
T4	Henderson / Conners	-16	F	2
T4	Kupcho / Gotterup	-16	F	2
T4	Korda / McCarthy	-16	F	2
T4	Zhang / Kim	-16	F	2
8	Yin / Hoge	-14	F	2
T9	Woad / Clanton	-12	F	2
T9	Ko / Day	-12	F	2
T11	Khang / Mitchell	-11	F	2
T11	Vu / Finau	-11	F	2
T11	Tavatanakit / Knapp	-11	F	2
T14	Stark / Shipley	-10	F	2
T14	Lee / Horschel	-10	F	2
16	Korda / Cauley	-8	F	2