Online Golf Clinic: Improve Your Short Game in 9 Sessions

Use a metronome to build consistency in your putting rhythm and pre-shot routine. Focus on the target behind the ball, trigger the stroke, and avoid getting stuck over the ball.

Use the pool drill to hit one ball onto another, sharpening putts and accuracy by targeting around the hole; practice the 3-6-9 feet drill to hold putts inside 10 feet.

Improve your short game with distance control drills, including a leapfrog target drill and a three-gate drill to test direction, distance, and concentration.

This lecture introduces a distance control drill on the green, including a 25-foot eye-closed walk to test distance perception, plus a putting rail drill to improve concentration, pace, and feedback.

Learn to read the grain and slope from a lower, flatter view to visualize the ball’s roll, and practice with a string line and tees for consistent green-reading feedback.

Assess the lie before chipping, avoid complacency and overthinking, keep your head still, and choose an appropriate technique to read the green and match the pre-shot routine.

Develop a mental and physical pre-shot routine that assesses lie, uses an effective question to trigger positive imagery, and visualizes the shot to hold it.

Recognize anxiety signals, keep a light grip to preserve hand feel and improve distance judgment, and use confident anchors to link good shots with positive emotions.

Improve your short chip skills and confidence by performing diverse practice drills like power 18 and the lathers drill on the chipping green, using varied targets and a metronome.

Relax your hands and swing smoothly to pop the ball out of the bunker by hitting the sand behind it, then visualize a soft, controlled land near the flag.

Explore common pitching mistakes such as misjudging yardage, decelerating mid-swing, and creating tension near bunkers, then adopt a committed three-quarter swing with soft hands and clear positive imagery.

Execute a simple pitching pre-shot routine by confirming yardage and target, rehearsing a three-quarter swing to gauge distance, and anchoring confidence to stay composed after mis-hits.

Mix up practice drills from multiple distances to improve distance control, wedge precision, and pre-shot routine, while learning to handle mistakes on the range in 20-minute sessions.

Identify common mental-game mistakes in approach shots, rehearse with a proper practice swing, visualize the target, and use your natural shot shape for more consistent scores.

Refine your pre-shot routine for approach shots: assess wind and lie, plan beyond the flag, pick a target and shot shape, then commit with a calm, focused swing.

Develop a physical and mental pre-shot routine by setting strategy, choosing a draw, selecting a small target, rehearsing with a practice swing, and using an ABC routine with soft eyes.

Practice drills on the range emphasize alignment checks with a club placed down, using imaginary fairways and varied targets to simulate on-course play and support pre-shot routines.

Anchor confidence on demand by linking peak shots to a trigger word and positive body language, so practice swings cue reliable, confident performance on the course.

Identify common golf mistakes, from chasing the perfect shot to overconfidence, and learn to use a percentage-based plan with a hybrid to stay in the fairway and minimize risk.

Choose the right club off the tee to avoid bunkers and stay in the fairway by using a hybrid instead of a driver.

Choose between carrying the creek on a par 5 or going for the flag, a high-risk shot, then use a focused pre-shot routine for a simple pitch or chip.

Assess risky lines and resist ego-driven Hollywood shots over the trees in recovery, prioritizing safety to return the ball to the fairway and keep it in play.

Use course management to land beyond the flag with a 7-9 iron, aiming past the hole by about 10 yards, avoiding a slope and bunkers, prioritizing a safe approach.

Focus on controllable goals and mental preparation to avoid score targets and first-tee impulses. Use 3-4 controllable goals from post-round feedback and ask essential questions before each shot.

Maintain confident body language—shoulders back, eyes up—to feel stronger and hit better shots, while managing self-fulfilling prophecy through relaxed hands, visualization, committed practice swing, and breathing.

Explore attributions and adversity in golf by identifying internal and external reasons for performance, reflect on controllable goals, and pursue improvement through lessons with a PGA pro.

Learn to manage focus on the golf course by switching concentration on and off between shots, using a mental pre-shot routine and a triggering line to preserve mental energy.

Warm up for your round by stretching shoulders, hands, arms, and forearms, then gradually build confidence at the range by finding the middle of the club face.

Learn to focus on the process over outcomes by answering three key questions—your strategy, target, and shot shape—while using imagery and post‑round feedback sheets to anchor confidence on day one.

Master first tee nerves by lowering heart rate through controlled breathing, softening grip, and positive self-talk guided by a clear target to replace fear with confident focus.

Explore how the primacy and recency effect shapes golf concentration, and learn to maintain relaxed focus with steady controllable goals across the first, middle, and last six holes.

Finish a round strong by maintaining a calm mental pre-shot routine, controlled breathing, and good body language, focusing on controllable goals and course management.

Discover how to enter the flow state or zone by relaxing, using positive imagery, and a focused pre-shot routine, while coupling mental and technical practice to improve short game.