2 Little-Known Factors That Influence Your Short-Game Shots originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Ask most amateur players what they love most about golf practice and very few will tell you it’s ...

If you keep chunking or skulling short-game shots, top-ranked golf teacher Kelvin Kelley says it’s time to learn this secret from masterful wedge players. Like many amateur golfers, I really struggle ...

There are so many technical aspects when it comes to the short game, and if you forget about just one of them, you could add a handful of unnecessary strokes. When it comes to mastering distance ...

We all love to bomb tee shots on the driving range to blow off some steam — and try to flex some muscle to any onlookers — but if you really want to lower your scores, most of your efforts should be ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. I’d always heard that Parker McLachlin, aka the Short Game Chef, was a genius ...

Struggling with your short game? In this video, a seasoned golf coach demonstrates the most common golf short game errors—chunking and skulling (or topping) the ball—during a lesson inside a modern ...

It’d be great of we could hit every green in regulation, but unfortunately that’s simply not possible. Heck, even the best players in the world don’t hit every green. In 2025, the average GIR ...