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Golf Tips
Practical tips for putting, chipping, pitching, bunker shots, club choice and course management, on a real course and in Mashy.
- Tips Chip vs Pitch: What's the Difference in Golf? A chip is a low shot that rolls most of the way, a pitch is a higher shot that flies most of the way and stops. Here's the difference and when to use each. · 5 min read
- Tips Golf Course Management for Beginners: Play Smarter, Score Lower Golf course management means choosing targets and clubs that keep big numbers off your card. Ten simple rules beginners can use without changing their swing. · 5 min read
- Tips Golf Mental Game Tips: Stay Calm and Score Better The golf mental game is about playing one shot at a time, keeping your routine and letting bad shots go. Nine practical tips to stay calm and score better. · 5 min read
- Tips Golf Pre-Shot Routine: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide A golf pre-shot routine is the same short sequence before every shot: assess, decide, rehearse, aim and swing. How to build one that's quick and repeatable. · 5 min read
- Tips Hole in One Odds: How Likely Is an Ace? Hole in one odds are often estimated at about 12,500 to 1 for an average amateur and 2,500 to 1 for a tour pro. What that means and how to improve yours. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Break 100 in Golf: A Simple Plan for Beginners To break 100 on a par-72 course you can make nine bogeys and nine double bogeys. Here's the maths, a simple plan and where beginners lose strokes. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Break 90 in Golf: Turn Doubles Into Bogeys Breaking 90 on a par-72 course means beating bogey golf: one par and 17 bogeys gets you 89. The stats that matter and how to turn double bogeys into bogeys. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Choose the Right Golf Club for Every Shot Choose the right golf club by knowing how far each club carries, then adjusting for wind, lie, slope and what's in front of the green. A simple beginner method. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Hit a Pitch Shot: Setup, Swing and Distance Control How to hit a pitch shot in golf: setup, wrist hinge, body turn and a clock-face system for controlling distance with your wedges. Simple steps for beginners. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Hit a Tee Shot on a Par 3: Club, Tee Height and Target To hit a good par 3 tee shot, pick the club that carries to the middle of the green, tee the ball low, use the teeing area well and aim away from trouble. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Hit Out of a Bunker: Greenside Sand Basics How to hit out of a bunker: open the clubface, hit the sand behind the ball and follow through. Setup, swing, plugged lies and the rules in the sand. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Make More Birdies in Golf: Practical Tips To make more birdies, give yourself more short putts: hit more greens, pick the right holes to attack, sharpen your wedges and hole more from inside 15 feet. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Play a Dogleg Hole: Tee Shot, Angles and Strategy To play a dogleg, aim your tee shot at the corner of the bend, not the green, to leave a clear second shot. Club choice, angles and when to cut it. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Putt Better: Simple Fixes for Beginners How to putt better: a steady setup, a pendulum stroke, speed before line and a simple routine. Easy fixes that save beginners strokes on every green. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Read a Green in Golf: A Step-by-Step Guide How to read a green: find the slope, judge how speed changes the break, pick a start line and aim point. A simple step-by-step routine for beginners. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Stop Three-Putting: 7 Fixes That Work How to stop three-putting: improve first-putt speed, hole more short putts and give yourself shorter first putts. Practical fixes for beginners. · 5 min read
- Tips Lag Putting Tips: How to Get Long Putts Close Lag putting tips for beginners: control the speed of long putts, pick a target zone, read the slope and leave yourself an easy tap-in every time. · 5 min read
- Tips Putting Drills at Home: 7 Indoor Drills on the Carpet Seven putting drills you can do at home with a putter, a few balls and a carpet. Improve your aim, stroke and speed control without going to the course. · 5 min read
- Tips Short Game Practice Drills: 7 Games for Chipping, Pitching and Sand Seven short game practice drills for chipping, pitching and bunker play, plus a simple practice plan. Turn a session at the practice green into fewer strokes. · 5 min read
- Tips Three-Click Swing Meter Tips: How to Time Every Tap How to time a three-click swing meter: set power with a plan, watch the marker not the golfer, and fix early and late taps. With tips for Mashy. · 5 min read
- Tips How to Chip in Golf: Beginner Basics A simple guide to chipping in golf: setup, stroke, which club to use, where to land the ball, common mistakes, and three practice drills for beginners. · 6 min read
- Tips Golf Game Tips: 7 Ways to Lower Your Score in Mashy Stuck on bogeys? These seven tips on timing, club choice and putting will help you make more pars and birdies in an online golf game. · 4 min read
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