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The Art of the Short Game

Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down

By Matthew Rudy, Stan Utley

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| Hardcover | 9781592402922

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"The hottest instructor in golf" (Sports Illustrated) takes on old-school gurus with a far more accessible, intuitive, and innovative approach to those essential chip shots, pitches, and bunker rescues.

Veteran golfers know that the secret to a lower score is a solid short gContinue

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We all know how critical short game is to the ultimate golf score, yet most of us didn't spare enough time practising it. Here comes a book that promises to help...
A few years back Dave Pelz was the undisputed short game guru. He still is, but recently Stan Utley is building up solid credenti ... (continue)

We all know how critical short game is to the ultimate golf score, yet most of us didn't spare enough time practising it. Here comes a book that promises to help...
A few years back Dave Pelz was the undisputed short game guru. He still is, but recently Stan Utley is building up solid credentials among tour players. These two guys have totally different style. Dave being a NASA scentist loves to dwell on statistics use hard data to support his theory. Stan however, pitches to the readers with his own resume as he used to be a tour player himself.
I've reviewed Stan's earlier book on putting technique, but wasn't quite impressed. (RIGHT CLICK and select OPEN in NEW WINDOW)
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This book is different.
It has a convincing storyline to start with. Stan's short game book appealed to me coz he managed to survive and won quite a few tournaments, even with he only averaged 240-250 yards off the tee!!! That's a stunningly low figure for tour player! Yet Stan compensated by his miraculous short game (plus putting of course)!
So this book is one that teaches you how to save your score. It's a pretty easy read - in 150 pages Stan walks us through the basics of short game, equipment selection, art of chipping, pitching and sand play. In particular I love his section on sand play - this is simply the best book out there that gives a fresh, and yet simple coverage on bunker play. Frankly just this 15-page section worths every penny of the price! For last few games I had the chance practising the newly acquired bunker shots on course - and the result has been amzing! I won't lie and say it worked 100% of the time, but the result has been very good so far. Better still, I almost kind of look forward to playing bunker shots!!! What a confidence booster!!!
There is another chapter dedicated to trouble shots - e.g. playing out of deep rough, divot, or buried lie in the bunker, etc. Very handy a la carte menu!
Chapter 9 provides some good drills - I haven't quite finished but most of them are quite practical and should bring some results given some dedication of time.
All in all, a great book that I'll recommend without hesitation. Won't be surprised in a few years time this goes down to be one of the most popular short game book, ever!

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