Forty two percent of a given round of golf on average is devoted to putting. Fortunately as regards score, putting is the easiest place to save strokes for several reasons. First, it is the easiest motor skill in golf to perform. Tying ones shoes requires more motor manipulation than the act of drawing a putter back and following through. Second, virtually everyone has enough hand eye coordination skills to become very proficient. Also, great improvements can be made with even minimal practice. You have one primary goal in putting… Increase your opportunity to one-putt, while decreasing the opportunity to three-putt.

The definition of a chip shot is a shot that is played just off the green in either the “collar” or short rough surrounding the green. It is a shot that generally will be played with minimum “air time” and more amount of “roll”. Thus it is a shot that you want to land just on the green and travel the majority of the way to the hole on the green itself.

The pitch shot is defined as a shot that is played from approximately 10 to 80 yards from the green. It is meant to be a shot that lands soft as it makes its way to the pin. Sometimes the player wants to spin the ball back from the landing point, and sometimes they want the ball to land soft with little roll, sometimes they want to play a “pitch and run” shot. As in the full shot you will be using the face toe around heel, albeit less aggressively, put still positively.

#1 - HOW THE GOLF BALL FLIES

Most golfers are not frustrated because they play poorly; they are frustrated because they don’t know why. Knowing what causes missed shots and being able to accurately diagnose your ball flight is absolutely essential to learning and ultimately to your performance. At Targeted Golf, you will forever understand what causes a successful shot and any miss-hit so that you will never feel stranded on the golf course again.

#2 - HOW THE CLUB IS DESIGNED TO BE USED

Golf can only be understood when you understand how the tool is meant to be used. This sounds like a simple concept and it is. However, most students spend their entire golfing careers without this crucial knowledge.

How to hit the ball with your golf club. Not your golf swing! Give your hands the task of pounding a nail into a baseboard and the hands go to work to complete the task. Your hands also enlist just the right amount of gross motor function it needs, no more, no less.

Pounding nails is a hand-eye coordinated task. Your hand throws the hammer head onto the nail that your eye has located. You would never think of watching the hammer as it goes back in preparation for delivering the blow. Your eyes never follow the tool. They only locate the object to be hit.

Bridging the pattern changes to the golf course

Observing body language and routine

Helping them organize their changes within the framework of playing golf to a specific target

Helping the player with course strategy and management