Bangkok Post – Aim at something with your practice swing

Golf’s best players understand the immense importance of the short game. They put as many hours into their full swings as they do wedges, chipping, sand play and putting, as they know this will lead to better scores. Practising hard on your chipping and putting can bring your score down fast, it’s up to you. The trouble is that so many golfers think that practising the short game is hard work, that’s why so few of us do it.

Many times, you see a player take two or three beautiful practice swings and then step up to the ball and use a swing that is totally different — that inevitably causes a pathetic shot. As a golf coach I’ve seen this scenario a vast number of times, together with hearing the…