You have the BEST and easiest to understand tips! Bravo.

Thanks coach another one of those great tips of yours it's almost like the squeezing of the arm pits slightly I remember that 1 too going to work on that one now. My short game has been great thanks to your tips you Da man keep doing your thing

Best advice in...FOREVER. Wow. One of the missing pieces! Thank you man!!

Love the golf journey. I used to love hitting high flops shots from pretty much everywhere within 50. Now, if I have just enough space between fringe and hole I hit my 50 degree vokey, close the face, keep it low, high spin. Seems so much easier to consistently control distance this way. Great tips as always thanks

This is so spot on! Love the simplicity! 👏🏻

Love you too man! Watched this video and implemented the “trio” today and loved the results! No sculling anymore! I really liked how it works with my 50 degree wedge. Im gonna go get a 54 and try that next to dial it all in. Your stuff is easy to take to the course. Hope to meet you some day for a round! You the go to teach for me !

Dude!! Thanks so much. I’ve watched lots of vids on golf......I can relate to yours best. Appreciate you.

I spent the entire Covid last summer chipping, and the one thing I would add that helped me (I'm a 5 handicap), is when faced with an actual ball, on actual dirt, my eureka moment occurred when I decided to let the lie pick the side spin I was going to play on the ball with the above technique - either cut or draw. Looking at the way the ball is sitting in the grass will reveal how a club will get more easily through the shot (cut or draw). You of course also want to analyze how you want the ball to approach the hole - but the lie is the DOMINANT factor. Opening that clubface and hitting a slight cut across the ball for slice check/release, or ever so slightly hooding the club so the ball will hook check, adds a degree of forced analysis on the ball's lie, and it will make you look and focus on playing an actual shot to an actual flag - this is the CRITICAL thing you have to do if you want to score well in golf - you have to take a generic practice/drill technique (this video) and convert it into scoring. My summary is: look at the lie, pick a draw or fade stroke given the lie so you will be 100% certain in your mind, pre-shot, that your decision is based on the actual lie, and then 100% focus on the hole and the break coming into the hole - with a tiny landing spot you want to hit. Then, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse the type of swing you see in this video - but those swing thoughts are secondary to the ball's lie - which gives you either an out-to-in slice, or an in-to-out draw, through contact, stroke, and resulting check-spin, coming into the hole. The ball's lie is your #1 consideration.

I really enjoy your teaching methods! Vital information presented in an easy to understand way! Thank you. I would be a pretty fair golfer if I could improve my short game. These three shots give me something to focus and work on.

Thank you for this. Opens up a whole new world for me.

Pretty cool stuffs here, Matt. I just hope I can remember all these tips and techniques you are showing here when Spring arrives or else, i will need to go through your videos again 😆😂. Thank you so much for sharing your simple techniques with all these shots!🙏👌👍👍👍

Thank you for clarifying the proper technique. The cutting board was the best tip I’ve ever

Thank you so much for posting this quite simple but yet very effective method. THis afternoon, I went to a nearby practice green, (the temp was a cold 45 degree) and kept my forearms close together just like holding a ball. With a 52 degree U wedge and 59 degree wedges, your method worked quite well. Here were the results. the dispersion patterns were tight ,the distances were easy to control the landing zone and the roll was soft. I used more of the shoulder turn and the body turn to move the triangle. THANKS AGAIN.

So good Matt, I had to watch it twice! Heading out to short game practice sesh.

....and probably the most important part of these shots. Trust your shot, have confidence! I struggled a lot with this and "backed out" of my swing ending up going about half the way. The spin will infact stop it! Thanks for another great video!

Another excellent video and will be taking it to the practice range. Thanks MSG🏌️

Marvellous & easy to understand teaching techniques, great to watch and learn from great professional 👍

this video is fantastic. Thank you !

Good video. This swing and setup has ALWAYS been my go to for bunker shots and I am pretty decent from the sand. I just need to practice and build the confidence to do so off the turf... Thanks for this!

Great video..used it yesterday on coarse made getting up and down a lot easier than it has been of late for me..even holed one out...

I got back into golf last year after being away for 15 years. I saw your vids on the 60-yd, 80-yd, 100-yd shots showing this technique. It really worked well for me and was a big part of me getting back to a 9 handicap. Utilizing the bounce by opening the club face was a new concept for me and I really like it. I’m not a big “practice swing” person, but using practice swings on these and visioning the ball coming off the club, hitting the landing spot, and the release reading the green, helped me get more consistent. I practice swing 2-3 times before hitting the shot. As I really got the feel for it, especially around the green in your zone 1 primarily, I would begin to alter my swing angle (from the inside or from the outside) to reduce spin or increase spin if I wanted the ball to run or to check. That is a bit more advanced and would not recommend without developing consistency first. I would humbly add one thing to your lesson: while maintaining the triangle form, muscles have to be lose. A stiff swing will not work with this technique. The only places I found where this didn’t work well is in really thin grass or bare spots. The ball needs to sit up off the ground. Other than those areas, I could not be happier with learning this. Thank you for all the time you put into these vids. It makes a difference.

Great tip. I've got to my lowest Index ever of 4.1 by using this, among several others that you've shown. Cheers 👍⛳

Great video as always

thank you for this video, i like your style and your way to explain, friendship from france.

Triangle 🔺️...I always practice close to a green..glad to see this video. Thanks

Jason day is the best in the world with that style of swing, great video awful here in Uk weather and covid, I’ll most definitely be using my sons ball and swinging my club in my room, the wife doesn’t even ask anymore haha 👍🏻⛳️🏌🏻‍♂️

Regardless if short or long game topic you the best on how you explain the action and reaction. In one year from the average 95+ I'm at 85-90 on my game. I'm 66 and play 1-2 per week. Thanks for all your dedication and hard work.

Great advice

Good stuff.

G'day Matt, excellent instruction mate. ⛳🇦🇺🇦🇺

another good one

Hi dude used your driving advice with my slice and fir the first time in a number of years I practiced your advice and I hit 14 fairways out of 18 so thank you

This is amazing

Love this Matt I think it's worth mentioning how the chest leads through these shots

Love his honesty it’s what people want

Matt, the imagery of “accelerating the triangle” really clicked with me.👍 Awesome, thanks!

good man

Great video! I will definitely give this a go when the weather breaks in Chicagoland. I agree with the 60 degree. I could only hit out of bunkers with it. Sold it. I bought new clubs and now I feel my gapping is off. My PW is 45 and the set came with a 50 as well. I don't like the 50 that it came with. I currently have a 52 and a 56. Should I look for a 58 and 54 or just keep what I have? Thanks

Love your studio... that's a lot of space.

You Rule, thanks for all your tips

U r great bro

Another great vid. Sometimes hear about strong or weak right hand grip (for a righty) for these type shots. What's your thoughts on that?

That short shot always screws me. I’m thinking of using an hybrid this year on the short shot. Love the Chanel great information. Be safe brother!

My swing thought: both arms come down at the same speed. That prevents the dreaded "flip", which is the right arm speeding ahead of the left arm. Great video Matt. Thank you!

Thanks for the short game tips. What stance mat and insert are you using in your sim setup? Thanks

that's why are you called Mr short game... Great content as always Matt...

Love you too man, but last week I watched your video that told us to use a 7 iron for the same three shots. I'll give it a try but I've been having pretty good success with the 7 iron since last summer.

I always dread coming up short to the green.. I'd always chunk the 54° or 60°.. I've started using a 9 iron or PW, and just use a putter stroke... But definitely no consistency there... I will definitely be practicing these tips ASAP!! As always, Thanks Matt!!

@alanduncan9204

3 жыл бұрын

Use a hybrid with a putting stroke. I even use a 5 iron with my hands way forward of the ball delofting the face and make a smooth straight back straight through stroke....no chance of chunking as the stroke is too flat.

how are you adjusting to the "winter" for practice/play and differing grasses of Georgia in your play?

I grew up on small "turtleback" greens that are built above the level of the fairway. So I learned how to chip with lob wedge as usually you've got to get it up quick. Now I struggle chipping with anything under 54*. Working on it though...my main 3 shots are standard pitch/chip, low spinner, and lob shot (not quite a flop but similar just longer arms and not as much hands.)

I.m french...l endesrstand when you speak...video super

How comes these aren't; the top, the thin and the shank, think people could find those much easier to hit frequently 🙈

@ginge5168

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 👍🏻🏌🏻‍♂️

@annefilippobertozzi7601

3 жыл бұрын

The chunk, the thin and the shank...

@TheBmihps

3 жыл бұрын

No one needs to practice those. They come as a free element of every known golf club set.

Great tips. What is the hitting mat that you use?

After 30 years of playing golf this finally makes sense to me.

I find the ball moves in the direction of the open face, rather than your body setup, when you open it up. And I have to remember to swing normally rather than in the direction of the open face. Important point!

This is my basic technique and is the reason I often do better around the greens than my buddies with much lower handicaps

Now if I can just remember all these tips on the course

Always like your tips - keeping it simple. Thanks.

Could you sometime do a PXG 0211 irons? New irons much more affordable.

do you move closer to the screen when hitting full swing wedges? I swear id hit the ceiling with a full wedge in that setup

When follow your step my short game cool now 👍

What shaft do you have on your 54? I like the look.

Gotta put a little left to right spin on those medium shots!

An 11:39 min on a very complete & explinate chipping & pitching lesson with wedges...maybe a Guiness record right here :)

if you open the face, do you aim with your feet / swing path or with the club face?

I’m a mid handicapper, playing with PXG 0311 irons. Considering switching to Ping 425. Thoughts?

Happy to try this as you haven’t put me wrong so far, but what do I do with my 60 degree wedge?

@dabatmaniamoutthed7975

3 жыл бұрын

Good question

@annefilippobertozzi7601

3 жыл бұрын

Use it just for bunkers...

Does the acceleration come from the rotation of the body?

What brand of shoe are you wearing?

Have any extra launch monitors you’re willing to give away?

Thanks to this video I scored 56 points

Does the accelerating the triangle thing work for driver too? I do it for irons but think I mess it up for driver

@jonathank9648

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but you should accelerate way sooner after takeaway. longer the club the sooner you should accelerate. But you should never feel like you are rushing.

Great simple instruction as always. My only question. What do you change on uphill or downhill lies?

If I only have a 60⁰ and am far from single digits, what club should I use?

Top dog

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are you going to get in on these matches that seem to be finding their way onto other KZread schedules? Zac Radford is mixing it up with the "Good Good" boys with the videos this week. I know you have played Coach from Golfholics but it didn't hardly feel much different than Big Cat happening to mention their total scores from time to time. I think you would have a better look with the Brits like Finch, Shiels or Robinson. Andrew Jensen comes to mind as well. definitely adults participating in the matches. also, any plan for visiting Myrtle Beach now that you're in GA? I know it's not the glam of some of the resorts and CCs in your group plan, but there are some notable tracks and fun signature holes to tackle.

54 Degrees for tight lies in bermuda fairway? What bounce and grind for 18 handicapper? Thank you.

So at what yardage does a chip become a pitch?

Hi your last shot was very wristie?

I practice these shots on a regular basis. It seems like there is always some degree of wrist action though. As I watched the video, you have a lot of wrist flex on the longest shot. I don’t know how you can avoid it.

@wallstreetoneil

3 жыл бұрын

You don't want to - 90% of the PGA tour will use a similar amount of natural wrist movement for 90% of their stock shots. It is the other 10% where you will see more or less wrist for specialty type shots - for example, you can take a mid-length swing and in a bizarre feeling way, take out all wrist movement, and it will turn into a short flop shot that will come out with near-zero spin and roll towards the hole

52 or 56 is better , instead of 54? Thank you.

How about up hill lies with crappy thick grass?

Good Morning

@zachryzimmerman4800

3 жыл бұрын

Sup

I used 60 wedge within 35 yards and often make trouble, such as topping the ball and run through the green, don't know what happened, why 60 wedge is harder?

As a single digit, these shots are the only reason I can’t constantly shoot in the 70s...

Only thing I disagree with is use of the 60° most amateur golfers struggle hitting the ball high on short shots (opening the face) a 60° to get over bunkers is invaluable for high handicap golfers in that position. Use of mine is different as i play a 04L grind vokey for the grind due to course conditions, a high bounce 54/56 just doesn't match the course I play in the summer but as I say different point

@clintsanderson6019

3 жыл бұрын

Want to get better - learn to use the bounce (not the leading edge). Giving a higher handicap a 60* to chip with introducing the leading edge leads to chunks and blades all day long. Teaching them to pitch with an open the face on a 56* (or54*)introduces the bounce. Chipping with the 60* requires perfect contact for consistent results. Pitching the ball doesn’t require perfect contact. Slightly heavy the ball lands short and rolls out, slightly thin and the ball carries further but bites up with spin. WAY better dispersion without requiring a perfect strike.

@neiltaylor1765

3 жыл бұрын

@@clintsanderson6019 I'm not thinking chipping/pitching I was more referring to flop type shots to a short sided pin over a bunker. Loft there is your friend, especially when you think there are options to have very high bounce at that loft (14°k vokey as an example) I game an 04°L grind purely due to conditions and will spend hours every week practicing shots around the green when conditions allow

This is a low percentage shot.. high margin for error. If trying to break 100 or 90.. Small.... just freaking putt Medium.... bump n run with an 8i Large.... bump n run with a hybrid Only use wedges if you HAVE to or trying to break 80😁

You got me stealing cutting boards from my wife and now stealing toys from my kids! What/Who else do I need to take from next?! Thanks for a great video!

@rickgarza265

3 жыл бұрын

Too funny ...

@annefilippobertozzi7601

3 жыл бұрын

The wife from your neighbor and you’re all set...

I just still chunk it

No I won’t hit the thumbs up, or the notification bell

give us an 18 hole beat your record

Are you and the family enjoying a real winter?

@clintsanderson6019

3 жыл бұрын

Real winter? In central Georgia? Hold my snow shovel for a sec, I can’t stop laughing

Do I have to wear a mask at the pro shop because if I do I ain't playing there or anywhere that requires one. No more insanity!

@annefilippobertozzi7601

3 жыл бұрын

In the pro shop, as in all closed spaces, you’d better use it. Not playing or walking outside: that’s really useless.

Keeping your eyes on ball and not looking up for a full second after contact is the key to my chipping success