7 Shots Every Golfer Needs - And How To Play Them | Golf Monthly

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In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by PGA Professional Alex Elliott to talk through the 7 shots every golfers needs, and how to play them.
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00:00 (golf club smacks)
00:02 Hello everyone, Neil Tappan here from Golf Monthly
00:05 and welcome to this video in which we're gonna take a look
00:07 at the seven shots that every golfer needs.
00:10 Now these are things from the tee all the way through
00:12 to the green that are really gonna help you
00:13 shoot lower scores.
00:14 They're not necessarily the flashy shots
00:16 that everyone wants to hit,
00:17 but they certainly are the ones that are gonna help you
00:19 get your handicap down so they are well worth learning.
00:22 Now the advice in this video comes from PGA Pro Alex Elliott.
00:25 He'll offer you everything you need to know
00:27 and how to play these shots.
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00:35 But let's head out now to the golf course here at West Hill
00:37 and look at the seven shots that every golfer needs.
00:40 (upbeat music)
00:42 If you wanna keep your score ticking over,
00:47 you're gonna need to be able to play
00:48 this sort of half pitch shot
00:50 and it's one that so many golfers struggle with,
00:52 myself included, Alex.
00:53 Why is it that people struggle with this shot, you think?
00:56 - For me, it's the lack of speed,
00:59 so it's a lack of commitment.
01:00 I'm not set up to it correctly.
01:02 Anything that we're talking around short game,
01:05 we've gotta be set up to it correctly
01:06 'cause we've not got the speed, we've not got the momentum,
01:08 we've not got that time to compensate and hit the shot.
01:11 - Yeah, so there's nothing you can do
01:13 about the fact that you can't put much speed into the shot.
01:15 It is what it is.
01:16 - Exactly.
01:17 - But how do you set up to it properly
01:18 so that you can take the kind of bad shots out of play?
01:20 - So straight away, I want to feel as though I grip
01:24 in the middle so I have even amounts of grip
01:26 at the top and the bottom.
01:27 So shortening the length of the club.
01:29 And if you think about it, we're looking for accuracy,
01:31 we're not looking for distance.
01:32 So all these things are everything that's gonna help us
01:35 give control rather than give distance.
01:37 - Okay, fine.
01:38 - I like to feel ball in the middle of stance,
01:41 shoulders parallel to target line,
01:43 but lower half slightly open.
01:45 And this is the best thing for me.
01:47 I'd encourage a lot of you to make
01:48 some one-handed practice swings 'cause it's amazing.
01:50 Anytime you make a one-handed practice swing,
01:51 actually, most people swing it on plane
01:54 and most people swing it really good.
01:55 So I would put my right hand onto my left elbow
01:59 and just make some practice swings back and through.
02:02 Really trying to concentrate on,
02:03 can I create this L shape?
02:05 So every time you do this,
02:06 I've not even thought about doing this,
02:08 I've made the club feel light.
02:09 It's not feeling heavy and too far around the corner.
02:12 It's not too far out and in front of my hands.
02:14 It's not heavy in each direction.
02:16 Anytime the club feels light,
02:18 it's a lot easier for me to control speed.
02:21 - Can I just ask you, why do you open up your hips?
02:24 So what does that do for you?
02:25 By opening your stance up a little bit,
02:26 what does that do?
02:28 - Helps us clear that left side.
02:30 So a lot of people go wrong when it's very scoopy.
02:33 So if I was to stand very square on,
02:35 this would encourage sort of a more
02:37 scoopy nature to the motion.
02:39 So I'd always start with a bit of a routine,
02:41 club down behind the ball,
02:43 everything starts parallel, ball in the middle of the stance,
02:45 lower half opens, weight goes left,
02:49 little bit of a waggle.
02:54 - Yeah, very nice.
02:55 - And we get a good bit of consistency.
02:58 We've got a routine.
02:59 Anytime we've got a routine, we can trust it.
03:01 - And the one thing you have to do with this shot
03:03 is practice.
03:04 A stock shot.
03:10 Alex, it's something that everyone needs, right?
03:12 Everyone needs a shot they can rely on,
03:14 a swing thought that they can have
03:16 that's really going to just help them
03:17 get the ball in play.
03:19 What's your advice here?
03:20 - I think a stock shot, we've got to have it
03:23 when we're under pressure
03:24 or when we're not playing our best golf.
03:26 And if we can get the ball around the golf course that way,
03:29 that's our best golf, I think.
03:31 That's most impressive golf.
03:32 Stock shot that gets us around the course.
03:34 So I think most golfers will tend to fade to slice it.
03:37 So I think it's working out on the day.
03:39 Is it more fadey today or is it a little bit straighter?
03:41 'Cause sometimes we have days where we feel better
03:44 and it becomes a bit more of a straight shot.
03:45 So I tend to get five golf balls
03:47 before I got on the golf course.
03:48 And maybe these are my last five
03:50 before I actually walked the first tee.
03:52 No real swing thoughts.
03:53 What I would try and do here is--
03:55 - No swing thoughts at all?
03:55 - No, I want you to, at this point,
03:57 we've gone through that process of working on a swing thought
03:59 and maybe getting a feel into the swing.
04:01 What happens if I naturally make a swing?
04:04 What ball flight comes out?
04:06 Because if we can let the ball flight dictate our swing,
04:09 then that's a great place to be in.
04:11 How many times have we've all done this?
04:12 No matter the level of golfer,
04:13 we've tried so hard to get it into a certain position.
04:17 We're not really worried about the ball flight.
04:18 So if your last five shots make a swing,
04:21 let's see what ball flight comes out.
04:23 - Right, okay.
04:24 So when you're out on the golf course, Alex,
04:25 do you play with no swing thought?
04:27 You're just focusing on the target and the ball flight?
04:29 - I separate it like this.
04:31 I have kind of like a virtual line,
04:32 which is thinking zone, playing zone.
04:34 So I'm quite heavily thinking about technique
04:37 and swing thoughts right here.
04:39 As soon as I step over the line,
04:40 I let the shot dictate the swing.
04:42 'Cause I use a theory,
04:43 we all practise to improve our technique.
04:46 So we've got to trust that actually improving our technique,
04:48 while we're improving our technique,
04:50 so it becomes an inherent movement.
04:52 So I keep reminding me what my kind of blue star,
04:54 my gold star, my blueprint is.
04:57 So when I get over here,
04:58 I trust that what I've done in my routine
05:00 is going to somewhat come into my golf swing.
05:02 But simply shot dictates the swing.
05:04 - Okay, so your stock shot
05:06 would tend to be a little fade with it?
05:07 - Yeah, definitely.
05:08 - Yeah?
05:09 - Definitely.
05:10 Some days it comes out a little bit straighter.
05:11 So it's for me just finding out what it is.
05:13 And I would tend to split these five golf balls up,
05:15 three with my seven iron and two with driver.
05:17 - Go on then, hit a couple for us.
05:19 (golf ball thwacks)
05:22 - There's one.
05:27 - Yeah, little. - A little bit of a fade.
05:28 - Little fade.
05:29 - So straight away, I've got a little bit of feedback.
05:31 Again, no real thoughts,
05:32 just seeing what ball flight comes out.
05:34 (golf ball thwacks)
05:40 Again, a little bit of a fade.
05:42 So I'm getting some feedback right now,
05:43 knowing that just out on the golf course today,
05:45 I can expect a little bit more of a fade.
05:47 - Yeah, and you can see now that that's building a picture
05:50 in Alex's mind, should be building a picture in your mind
05:53 of exactly the sort of shape you'll have.
05:55 So when you get into the golf course,
05:56 you can have a positive image in your mind
05:59 before you play the shot.
06:00 And if you can do that,
06:01 you should be able to get the ball
06:02 around the golf course in fewer shots.
06:04 Okay, so I guess this one, Alex, is on the list
06:11 because it's one of the most intimidating shots
06:12 that people face, isn't it?
06:14 So having to hit a chip shot over a bunker,
06:17 it's tricky for anybody.
06:19 In this scenario, you've got a little bit more green
06:21 to work with with the flag,
06:22 but if the flag was a little bit closer to the bunker,
06:24 this would be a very intimidating shot for a lot of people.
06:27 How do you play it?
06:28 - I think a lot of people go wrong
06:29 with this kind of shot straight away,
06:31 especially if this flag was a little bit closer,
06:33 is the Phil Mickelson, million dollar shot,
06:35 of trying to land it just over the bunker
06:37 and take all the risk into play.
06:39 - Right, yes.
06:40 - I always try and think if there's not a lot of green
06:42 between the fringe and the flag over a bunker,
06:44 try and land it in the hole.
06:45 So I always overcompensate and take 10, 15,
06:48 even 20 foot past the flag.
06:49 - Right, so you're taking the bunker out.
06:50 - Yeah, I think for a lot of golfers,
06:52 if we can avoid going in here, we avoid that card wrecker.
06:55 - Okay.
06:56 - And we can keep our score going.
06:58 - That also begs the question,
06:59 how do you avoid hitting it 50 yards over the back?
07:02 - So the setup that I like to use is,
07:04 is ball position in the middle of my stance,
07:07 choose my most lofted wedge, which is my 58 degree.
07:10 I then really like, want to feel a little bit of separation
07:13 between upper and lower.
07:14 So I feel like my shoulders point towards,
07:16 or parallel with target,
07:17 but my lower half, so my feet and my hips are slightly open.
07:20 If we think in the long game,
07:21 everything that we're looking for is to be open at impact
07:24 and be through to target.
07:25 Whereas in the short shot, we've not got the speed,
07:28 we've not got the momentum for that.
07:29 So it's almost like preempting where we want to be.
07:31 - Okay, fine.
07:32 - So I'll either feel, just get that split
07:34 and almost feel my stance is very, very narrow,
07:36 ball in the middle,
07:37 underarm throwing it through towards target.
07:41 And really trust that I've got to put the speed in.
07:44 Now, if I took a really long backswing,
07:46 I might tend to de-accelerate into the ball
07:48 to control the distance that way.
07:50 However far back you go is how far through we go.
07:53 - Let's imagine the flag is a little bit closer to us
07:55 than it is, 'cause with this shot,
07:57 it would be a slightly more straightforward shot,
07:59 but if the flag was a bit closer to us.
08:00 - So again, I would picture landing it into the hole.
08:03 I wouldn't open the face too much.
08:04 I've chosen my most lofted wedge
08:06 and trust the fact that the loft is going to come
08:09 from what club I've taken.
08:10 Ball in the middle, weight slightly left.
08:13 (ball thuds)
08:16 (ball thuds)
08:19 - There you go. - And trust that it's going
08:20 to land over, roll just past the flag.
08:22 And I'd always say to every single person,
08:24 we'd rather have a 10-foot putt past the flag
08:26 or even 20-foot putt than be in the bunker in front of us.
08:29 - Yeah, if you can, devote a little bit of time
08:31 to that in practice, because it's the sort of shot
08:33 you're going to need from time to time
08:34 out on the golf course.
08:35 And avoiding the bunker and avoiding hitting it
08:37 over the back is the only way to keep your scoring intact.
08:40 (upbeat music)
08:43 (upbeat music)
08:45 - Okay, so this one is about the punch.
08:47 Now, a lot of people watching this might think
08:49 to themselves, well, I want to master a normal golf shot
08:53 before I develop the punch,
08:54 but actually, it's a shot well worth practising, isn't it?
08:58 'Cause it can teach you an awful lot about your game.
08:59 - Definitely, I think what most people are looking for
09:01 with their irons, hands ahead of the golf ball,
09:03 just hit the ball and turf.
09:05 That's everything this shot's sort of tending itself to be.
09:08 So you can actually have some great benefits
09:09 technical-wise.
09:10 - Yeah, okay, so how do you play it?
09:11 How can people play it in the most simple and effective way?
09:15 - So, first off, we've got to think of,
09:17 we're trying to lower the ball flight,
09:18 so we want a little bit less speed and less spin.
09:20 So less speed and less spin,
09:22 a little bit more gripping down.
09:23 - Yeah, so by having, when you have more spin,
09:25 more backspin, and it doesn't matter what level you are,
09:27 I think a lot of people associate backspin
09:29 with like, tour level.
09:30 - Yeah, definitely.
09:31 - Everyone creates backspin.
09:32 The harder you hit it, the more you create,
09:33 the higher the ball will go.
09:34 That's the basic physics, right?
09:35 - Exactly.
09:36 - Yeah.
09:37 - So, shortening the lever, so ultimately,
09:39 making, gripping the golf club closer towards the steel.
09:42 Ball towards the back of our stance.
09:44 So I try and tend to use my reference points
09:46 as where my buttons are on my shirt.
09:48 Just to write my buttons, no specific point, really.
09:50 Start everything feeling like it's working
09:52 parallel to target.
09:53 I then open up the lower half, and weight goes left.
09:56 - Why do you open up the lower half?
09:57 - Now, without going into too much detail,
09:59 the more you hit down on it, the more light this ball's
10:01 going to want to squirt a little bit out to the right.
10:03 So I open up my stance and feel as though
10:06 I swing down my feet line and hit down on it that way.
10:09 - Right, okay.
10:09 Go on then, hit one for us then, Alex, can you?
10:10 - So, club down, gripping down more towards the steel.
10:13 Start with everything parallel,
10:14 and that's a really nice point.
10:16 Open up the lower half, weight goes left.
10:19 Swing down the feet line and keep the weight left.
10:21 And I'm really trying to feel like I make
10:25 a three quarter backswing to three quarter forehand.
10:27 - Yeah, and you should notice that it doesn't look
10:30 like Alex is really, I think I have a,
10:32 certainly I have a tendency to try and hit the ball
10:34 too hard when I'm doing it.
10:35 And then you just create that ball,
10:36 you create the sort of spinny flight
10:38 that you're looking to avoid.
10:39 So it's really important, isn't it?
10:41 - Yeah, and I kind of attach that to gears of a car.
10:45 So we probably, you hit our normal shots
10:47 to nine and kind of gear four out of five.
10:49 Whereas I try and feel it more in gear three.
10:51 A little bit smoother, a little bit slower.
10:52 - Yeah.
10:53 Okay, so our next one relates to how to chip from a bad line.
11:00 Alex, we have given you a particularly bad line here.
11:03 And it's one of those situations that you're going to need
11:05 to have a shot that helps you in this scenario,
11:07 because this can be a real car wreck, can't it?
11:10 - Yeah, I mean, we've all been there.
11:11 Late in the round, 16th, 17th, 12th, just missed the green,
11:14 and we end up in this.
11:16 - Yeah, so you need to find a technique
11:18 that is going to take the duff and the thin,
11:21 and even actually from a line like this,
11:22 the double hit out of the equation.
11:24 - Yeah, that's what I'm worried about right now.
11:26 - So what are you doing here to escape
11:28 and get a good contact on the ball?
11:30 - For me, there's two factors.
11:31 It's club selection and how we set out to the ball.
11:33 I think these two things have got to be on point
11:35 to allow us to, I think, our level of expectation,
11:38 we don't expect to get it too close here,
11:39 it's like I said before, get it on the green.
11:41 Worst case scenario, bogey,
11:43 not turning that into a double or a triple.
11:45 So I always like to advocate using a more specialist wedge.
11:49 So we have wedges that are part of the set sometimes,
11:51 a bit more of a cavity on the back.
11:53 This is more of like a specialist wedge.
11:55 Bounce, it's got a little bit more bounce on
11:56 than a traditional wedge out of a set.
11:59 And this just helps us in terms of interaction
12:01 on the ground.
12:02 So my preferred wedge for this is 50 degree,
12:05 52, or even 48 could be,
12:07 as long as it's a specialist wedge,
12:08 will really help us play this shot.
12:10 - Okay, so fine.
12:12 Technically then, how are you changing it
12:15 from your normal chipping technique?
12:16 - My normal chipping technique,
12:17 I would stand a little bit open.
12:19 I wouldn't be as close to it.
12:20 This whole, my sole of the club would be on the ground.
12:23 And I would feel very similar to a chip and run shot
12:26 that I would underarm throw it back and through.
12:29 Whereas this setup changes completely.
12:31 I like to feel, I get the toe on the ground.
12:34 I walk a little bit closer to it
12:35 and I grip it just short of the steel.
12:39 So all I'm trying to feel is that I keep my weight left
12:41 and I get the toe brushing the ground.
12:44 So ultimately we feel as though the toe is working
12:49 and scooping this ball up.
12:51 It's like pops it up.
12:52 - Okay.
12:52 - It's the best way I can describe it.
12:53 It's like a knife in butter.
12:54 It's like a sharp edge getting into that bad lie
12:57 and popping it out and up.
12:58 - Okay, go on then, show us how it's done.
12:59 - So we're in there, I have a few practice swings.
13:01 I think it's important to have a practice swing
13:03 and commit to this.
13:04 'Cause a lot of people would see this and be like, ah.
13:06 - Yeah, and probably also to practice it from time to time.
13:09 - Definitely.
13:10 - You know, it's very tempting
13:10 when you're practicing your chipping,
13:11 just to give yourself a perfect lie
13:13 and practice those ones that just spin a little bit
13:15 on the second bounce.
13:15 But actually, in reality, it's these shots
13:17 that are gonna really help you out on the course.
13:19 - These are the ones that keep momentum.
13:20 You know, if you get up and down for par here
13:22 or not even that, you just don't make a card wrecker,
13:27 then you're gonna feel good walking onto the next tee.
13:29 So a few practice swings, just get the toe,
13:31 interact on the ground,
13:33 try and feel it's more of a wooden motion.
13:35 No real setting the wrist.
13:37 I try and feel my thumbs are really pointing
13:39 down to the ground.
13:40 Walking in, weight left.
13:42 - Ah, that's really well played.
13:47 Do you know, that got a little shooty bounce, but it's fine.
13:49 - I mean, from there, I'm more than happy with that shot.
13:53 - It's a really good shot.
13:54 It's probably a little bit unlucky, actually.
13:56 So, you know, it's one of these things
13:57 that can be tempting not to practice this shot.
13:59 When you are confronted with a situation like this
14:01 out on the golf course, you'll need technique.
14:03 Hopefully Alex's that he's shown you there will help you.
14:05 Okay, so the next one relates to putting
14:13 and in particular putting from long range.
14:15 If you can get down in two from this area more often,
14:19 it's gonna make a massive difference to your momentum
14:21 and your scoring, and it's just gonna help you
14:23 all round the whole of your game.
14:25 How do you prepare and then what do you do to make sure
14:28 that you're getting the ball consistently right
14:29 in terms of the distance?
14:30 - So preparation is key, getting the speed of the greens.
14:33 Out on the course, I'm picturing a bin lid around the hole.
14:36 So not really from this distance looking to hole it.
14:39 If we do, absolutely fantastic.
14:41 I think we can get into a bit of trouble trying to hole
14:43 a putt of this length and it going three
14:46 to that four feet past.
14:47 - So what do you do pre-round then
14:49 to help you get a better judgment for pace?
14:51 - This might sound quite counterintuitive really,
14:53 but I don't putt towards a hole.
14:54 I have two golf balls.
14:56 What I would do is I would put into free space
14:58 and I'd almost try and play balls.
15:00 I'd try and hit my second ball onto my first
15:02 because if I can do that, it's a lot harder to do that
15:05 than it is to get it inside that bin lid.
15:07 - Okay, so why do you take the hole out of the equation then?
15:10 - So there's no real outcome in terms of something
15:11 that I can make it relative to the course.
15:14 So I'm literally tuning into not actually holing a putt,
15:17 but getting pace.
15:18 I think a lot of golfers think they're better at pace
15:22 than they are at reading the putt,
15:23 and they don't actually tune into this enough.
15:25 - So then Alex, what are you doing on the course
15:27 in a situation like this
15:28 to make sure that you get that pace right?
15:30 - What I would do is similar to what we might do
15:32 on a long chip and run, I would walk half the distance.
15:35 Make a triangle between me and the hole.
15:39 Walk back, and this gives us a great perception of distance.
15:43 - Right, yeah.
15:44 - So looking at something this way,
15:45 we can make it sometimes look a little bit shorter.
15:47 - Yeah, it shortens it a little bit, yeah.
15:49 - And just taking a walk on that journey,
15:51 you get a little bit of feedback.
15:53 Is it uphill?
15:54 Is it downhill?
15:55 Is it left to right?
15:56 'Cause sometimes we've all been there.
15:57 We've looked at a putt from this side.
15:59 We've gone to the other side,
15:59 and we're like, it looks totally different.
16:02 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:03 - So it gives us a real good instincts coming to play.
16:06 It gives us a real good view of what the hole
16:07 and what the putt is like.
16:08 So as I'm preparing for a putt,
16:10 I'm looking at the hole.
16:11 I'm making that stroke back and through,
16:13 asking myself a question.
16:15 Is that enough?
16:16 If it's not, take it a little bit further back,
16:17 a little bit further through.
16:19 Really getting some great feedback for hitting that putt.
16:22 Over the golf ball now.
16:23 One look towards target.
16:25 Pull the trigger.
16:26 - Yeah, very good.
16:32 - Now we've made that stress-free.
16:33 We're more than happy from 35, 40 feet,
16:36 walking up to that, tapping it in.
16:37 We may even mark it to be sure,
16:39 but definitely takes stress-free.
16:41 - Put those tips into play,
16:42 and it should help you
16:43 whenever you're in this sort of situation,
16:45 and you've got a scorecard in your hand,
16:46 and you need to keep it ticking over.
16:49 (upbeat music)
16:51 - Okay, so this one is about the chip and run.
16:55 Now I'm sure it's a shot that most of you have played,
16:57 but how many of you actually practise it?
16:59 And I think that's the key point, isn't it, Alex?
17:01 - Definitely.
17:02 - It's a shot that technically,
17:04 there's not an awful lot of difficulty with it,
17:07 but it does require practise
17:08 if you want to consistently get the ball up and down.
17:11 - Yeah, and I think because it's not a glamorous shot,
17:13 it's not the shot people see on TV all the time.
17:16 It's like, I don't really want to practise that one
17:18 too much, but I tend to get a lot of people,
17:20 especially on like playing lessons, things like that,
17:22 using a rule, if he can put it, let's put it.
17:24 So in this situation here, we probably can't put this.
17:26 I know the turf's great here.
17:28 - It's quite a long shot, really, to play, isn't it?
17:29 - Yeah, so next resort in my head, I'm going, right,
17:31 if I can chip it, let's run it.
17:32 So yes, I can chip and run this.
17:34 Now I try and think of it in a simple analogy
17:38 of if I was going to underarm throw it,
17:40 or the strings of the badminton racket here
17:42 are ultimately my palm or the club face,
17:45 how much impetus would I have to put into it?
17:47 I know it's a lot easier for me to land it
17:49 five yards in front of me than 25 yards
17:53 next to the flag on a five pence piece.
17:54 - Okay, so when you're planning the shot,
17:57 how are you figuring out where to land it,
17:59 how much to run it, what club to hit,
18:01 all of those elements?
18:02 - So I would tend to, on a shot like this,
18:04 maybe have a little bit of a walk,
18:06 and especially because there's a little bit of a raise here,
18:09 and get to a point and sort of give myself an angle
18:12 from the side of what does this shot look like?
18:14 'Cause from the side, you get a much better
18:16 perception of distance.
18:17 When we're looking this way at something,
18:19 it looks a little bit shorter.
18:21 Yeah, so I tend to get to the side of it,
18:23 have a little bit of a look,
18:24 always walk to where I want to land it on as well.
18:27 So you've almost got a reference of,
18:29 even subconsciously, well that was about 10 yards,
18:32 I know I can bat myself to a 10 yard shot,
18:34 and I think most people watching this would as well,
18:36 no matter what your handicap is.
18:37 Whereas if I was trying to land it with my 58
18:39 off this lie as well, which is tight.
18:42 - Very tight, yeah.
18:42 What would be the mistakes that people make with this shot?
18:45 - I think, like what I said there,
18:46 is standing to it like a full shot,
18:49 letting the club work to around the body,
18:51 and then I always think, make gravity on your side.
18:54 So getting closer to the golf ball,
18:57 and I use this term lightly,
18:58 straighter back, straighter through,
18:59 it's never quite straight back, straight through.
19:02 But it allows you to easily drop the golf club
19:05 on the back of the ball,
19:05 rather than too much around the corner,
19:08 we're sort of fighting it and scooping it.
19:11 So everything's on your side then,
19:12 a little bit closer, a little bit easier,
19:13 and make it a little bit more wooden.
19:15 - Okay, go on, let's have a look.
19:17 There you go, really good.
19:23 And I think the point about this shot is, Alex,
19:26 that it's just, it's one of the safest shots you can hit.
19:28 - Exactly.
19:29 - If you are prone to the odd,
19:30 chunky chip around the greens,
19:32 or thinning one through the back,
19:33 and you're playing in competition,
19:35 it's just a fairly easy shot to play.
19:37 You're not gonna make double bogey from this scenario.
19:39 - No, I would say, your worst chip and run
19:41 is never gonna be as worse as your worst lofted shot.
19:44 - Yeah, okay, so practise that, hopefully you improve.
19:47 There you have it, that was our list
19:48 of the seven most important golf shots
19:50 that every golfer needs.
19:51 Guys, before you go, please do hit the pause button
19:54 and let us know, firstly, if you think we've missed anything,
19:56 if there are any shots that really would help players
19:58 get round in as few shots as possible.
20:00 And also, if you do use any of these techniques regularly,
20:03 let us know, we'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
20:06 But that's all now from West Hill,
20:07 thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time.
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