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In terms of random targets vs static, I’ll go down to the sim room and pick out a par 3 or spot in the fairway and hit shots for half an hour or whatever. It’s cool…like you’re playing a famous golf hole with no worries cause they’ve closed the course for only you to play😁

Love going in the sim studio this time of year. Being mid-60’s I don’t practice a lot. However some sessions will only be practice. Mostly I’ll hit a few wedges, 7 iron, and driver swings. If everything is good, I’ll play 9 or 18. I can open the portal back at the recliner and review every shot overlaid on the course, with more shot data than you could ever want. The problem with a sim is watching a video or reading an article about the golf swing. You go try it in the sim cause it’s free…no bucket of balls to buy and you end up going down a rabbit hole🙄

Short game 🧑‍🍳 Chef has turned my SG completely around!! Same method as Chuck!

Very informative, and fundamental - thank you 🏌🏼‍♂⛳

Is there an actual "chipper" club?

Love the vids, I’m curious as to how there is such a big gap between your lw and sand wedge with your knee/hip/rib shots. My lw knee shit is 37 but sw knee is around 45? I don’t know how I would get a knee shot to carry 65 with a sw?

Garrett Engle is the amateur with the split grip

I think Mike Weir layed up and won the Masters.

Very interesting I thought the interlock would have been the most used grip, I like it and I feel it keeps me connected I never worry about my grip, but I do focus on my grip pressure and keeping it lite unless I'm in the deeper rough.

Nice work! Can you talk about distance control methods for chipping? A lot is covered on setup and clubs for it, but actually controlling distance would be good. Ive been basing it on length of swing being ankle, calf, knee.. and with a 56 deg, i know the roll out will be about 50% of distance carried.

So true. I've learned so much about Martin's method. I can hit a chip from almost anywhere since I started using his method. No more stabbing or digging into the turf when hitting that little chip shot.

Very true - toe down chipping is SO much easier 🎉🎉

i think its less than 2%. ive never played with anyone that even comes close to scratch.

Great stuff... I just came back to golf 3 years ago after a 10 year hiatus. And just came back to competitive golf this past year. It's been a struggle, mainly because of my wedge game and chipping... And mental/nerves, lol... I created a new wedge matrix at the end of the summer, and made it a priority to practice it at least 2 of my 3 sessions per week. Have dropped 3-4 strokes per round after about 2 months of sticking with it. Currently playing off of a 4.3, hoping to see scratch or better in the next year... Also recently purchased your 1st book, it's a great read so far... Keep up the great content Michael!... Cheers from Iowa.

A topped 3w will go about as far as a good 6i. Go for the green

How can I trust when you provide a link

What is the brand of the indoor hitting mats you are using in the video? In the process of setting up my indoor practice area. TY

Great video Michael, thank you. Happy new year

I've been building my wedge matrix since listening to your first book. I have gained confidence inside 100 yards it's crazy. This leads to awesome wedge shots that stop on dime and save strokes. Great video

Scott, what kind of numbers do you have on your driver, launch, swing path Etc

Do you enter your rounds in this app? If so could you explain how that works?

the driver should be a fairway finder

The interlocking grip rocks!!!!

So what’s the proper grip in Martin’s opinion

Well 1 thing he said seemed very true in my experience with PGA teaching pros, I've had about 20 lessons in my lifetime from pros and what they most seem to care about is do I have time and money. I've had 2 lessons from other decent golfers ( ones a tax guy, and the other a cardiologist ) both friends of mine and I learned way more from the 2 non pros and basically was taught to walk up to the ball from behind from the pros. The shame of it is with very little effort the pros could actually be teaching something as they do it with celebrity clients all the time but it seems to me if you are just a regular working guy, forget about it. My experience anyway.

So what should we do? Such a non video that’s wasted my time.

Ok so I'm doing it wrong i guess. What now? Not a fan of not including the answer in the same video.

Never heard of this guy. He’s not a unicorn.

i knew it! i started golfing later in life but i began and continue to play with my baseball grip. tried the interlock but never made it through a range session without going back to baseball grip. vardon grip is better than interlock and lasts longer at the range but I always revert back to baseball. my thinking is, if you can't keep your hands in the same place on the club from start to finish, having your hands disconnected isn't the issue!

So should you change to a vardon grip if you have an interlocking grip?

Nice summary from Tori

I agree in general with the logic, closer is better. However, each hole layout can change that risk reward ratio. I play to a 3.5 index and I find for high handicaps having a sense of confidence is most important. So if that is 100 yards then so be it.

Fun segment...good insights.

A big one for me was understanding that it could get better without 'curing' it. It's not something you just 'fix' with a few chair drills. Keep grinding in the right direction.

If I’m not hitting balls a couple times a week I’ll forget my swing mechanics it’s watching TH-cam videos that stuff up my swing

Big fan though new of podcast and now catching up on that and TH-cam

this is really really good advice

I'm headed to Scotland in July (6 months away) and I just want to improve my game before then. I'm playing with 3 family members, all better that me, so I'm just trying to make my game respectable. I know that the short game holds the key to that end. We'll see how I progress!

Consistency > creativity

Creativity is what makes golf fun. I think that playing a round with just one club, like a 7 iron, teaches you so much about shot making.

Q.What do you do after a blow up hole A. Write the number on score card, and Play the next hole.

When in doubt... chipper out

Right...like mindfulness where your thoughts just float away from you and evaporate

Crispy is the perfect way to describe it

Good advice. I play the ball too forward in my stance with wedges because I feel like I'd come in too steep when back in stance.

I'm the only one who knows the Actual physics. The actual physics

I see comments of people saying this would take too long. His process explained in words takes longer than the actual process is. And why can't much of this visualization, etc happen before it's our turn to play? I almost never wait for other people to play before I hit my shot except on the tee box. If I'm 40 yards away from someone and they begin their pre-shot routine, I start mine too. I am already calculating, visualizing, making a couple practice swings, and then my ball is flying a second or two after they hit their shot. No need to model how PGA tour guys do it, except for Brooks Koepka. If everybody played like him, golf would be much better.

GOLFERS confuse shot dispersion with inconsistency. If slice every tee shot you are very consistent, but you don't admit it as golfers want every shot to be dead Centre of club every time and consistently fly 250 m with driver every tee shot instead of playing with slice and learning to score.

I just literally switched back to basic chip my last round. Put my 58&54 degree away unless I need it to go high or it’s in a bunker Keep it low tumble it right next to the hole as if ur putting with loft

Excellent tips Michael. It's Winter in Boston as you know, but I WILL work on swinging 100 times daily, weight training, mobility program that my friend Michael Sassarossi created for me and will read your book again. Just purchased the grip you recommended. I already have a speed stick and will use that as well. Thank you, I appreciate you and your encouragement. - Woody