The Complete Idiot's Guide To Improving Your Short Game

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A comprehensive guide to golf's short game that is ideal for newcomers to the game, but can also help experienced golfers sharpen their skills and lower their scores. Jim McLean teaches golfers the best short game techniques from the ground up: -- The basics of pitching, chipping, putting, lobbing, distance wedges and bunker play-- How to read greens and judge distance-- How weather affects trajectory-- The use of height, spin, and roll to diversify chipping-- Recovery shots such as tree-trunk chips and bladed chip shots from the rough-- The basics of sand traps-- How to practice on the courseThe book also includes dozens of photographs and drawings to guide readers along the way.