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Dan Grieve's Formula For Perfect Bunker Shots (And Better Distance Control)
5 Short Game Myths You Need To Stop Following To Save Shots For many golfers short game practice is the same as the new exercise and health regime you promise you’ll start once you are home from holiday, but …
Dan Grieve's Formula For Perfect Bunker Shots (And Better Distance Control)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Any amateur golfer can hit great bunker shots - you just need the right formula. | Credit: Howard Boylan If I was having bunker problems on the golf course, short game guru Dan Grieve would be the first person I'd turn to for advice.
Dan Grieve's Formula For Perfect Bunker Shots (And Better Distance Control)
If I was having bunker problems on the golf course, short game guru Dan Grieve would be the first person I'd turn to for advice. In this video and article, the world-class coach shares a superb short game clinic that aims to not only improve your bunker play, but also assist you in dialling in your distance control from the sand.
Dan Grieve Fixed My Short Game In 30 Minutes - Here's How
If you asked a selection of golfers which area of their game needed the most attention, I would wager the majority would say the short game - it's the elusive missing piece of the puzzle for many. Rarely does a mid-handicap golfer get the chance to have a one-to-one short game clinic with one of the best coaches on the planet, but that's exactly what we organised for amateur James Henry.
Dan Grieve's 5 Best Chipping Drills (And A Bonus Tip To Practice At Home)
You don't even have to be on the golf course, either. Dan's expert advice extends to a great bonus tip that you can practice in the comfort of your own home or at your desk in the office - so there really is no excuse. If you want to shoot lower scores and cut your handicap in 2026, a focus on your performances around the green could be the perfect starting point - and Dan's 5 best chipping drills should be your first port of call... Dan Grieve's 5 Best Chipping Drills 1.
Dan Grieve's 5 Best Chipping Drills (And A Bonus Tip To Practice At Home)
Dan Grieve has built a reputation as one of the world's leading short game coaches, so we are very excited to be able to share his wisdom with you. It doesn't matter if you are a scratch golfer or a 20-handicapper, everyone should strive to improve their short game. Whether it's diagnosing the 7 most common mistakes made by amateurs or sharing his favorite drill, Dan Grieve has helped countless amateurs to do just that. You don't even have to be on the golf course, either.
Dan Grieve's 5 Best Chipping Drills (And A Bonus Tip To Practice At Home)
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Short Game Guru Dan Grieve Answers Your Questions On Chipping, Pitching, Bunkers And... The Dreaded Yips!
Dan Grieve is a world-renowned short game expert and one of the most recognisable names in the industry. As a PGA Master Professional, Dan has helped countless amateurs and professionals to sharpen up their short game...
New To Golf Social Media? Here Are The Content Creators You Should Be Following...
Whether you're just taking up the game and can't get enough instruction tips, or you simply love consuming golf in its many different forms (for example, watching Bryson DeChambeau trying to make a hole-in-one over his house), there are a wide and varied mix of accounts worth following.
New To Golf Social Media? Here Are The Content Creators You Should Be Following...
So, you're new to golf/golf social media and you want to know who to follow and who produces the best content. At the top of the list, of course, is Golf Monthly; then we have a long list list of golf content creators and influencers putting out some excellent stuff.
Short-Game Expert Dan Grieve Reveals The 7 Most Common Mistakes Amateur Golfers Make Around The Greens (And How To Fix Them)
One of the quickest ways to shoot lower scores is to sharpen up around the greens. However, time and time again we make the same mistakes - most of which are technical, but we can be often be a lot smarter, too. In order to fix the most common short game faults, we asked Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach and short game expert Dan Grieve to help.
Pitch Shots In Golf: Short Game Guru Dan Grieve Shares His Favourite Tips And Drills To Master Pitching
Pitch shots in golf are often the source of frustration and despair for plenty of amateurs, often stemming from a lack of understanding for how to hit a pitching wedge or poor setup fundamentals. Similar to learning how to hit a bunker shot or how to chip in golf, the pitch shot is a crucial skill to create scoring opportunities but also to limit big numbers from destroying our scorecard.
This Dan Grieve Short Game Video Instantly Improved My Chip And Run Technique... And It Was So Simple! Original
Dan Grieve is one the best short game coaches in the world, helping numerous professionals and amateurs to improve their performances around the greens through his expert tuition. Having a plethora of short game shots in your arsenal is a great way to shoot lower scores and reduce your handicap, so spending time working on how to hit a chip and run shot, the flop shot or the one stop and hop shot is always a valuable investment.
Dan Grieve Golf Tips: 3 Releases To Save Your Short Game Original
Whether it’s chunking or thinning, lots of amateurs struggle to make consistently good contact when chipping, which saps their confidence and costs them shots. Having a short game lesson with your local pro on how to hit chip shots would almost certainly help you to improve your consistency around the greens, but in the meantime we have provided you with an opportunity to learn from one of the best short game experts in the world.
In The Mag: Peter Finch Exclusive, Dan Grieve's Pitching Masterclass, Jason Day, The Big Junior Survey & Much More!
Golf monthly magazine. A message from the editor, Neil Tappin: If you were to create a list labelled Contentious Club Golf Issues, the World Handicap System, slow play and dress codes would all be vying for top spot. Recently, I had my own brush with one of these topics. Having hit their drives, a group of four teenage boys made their way down the fairway.
In The Mag: Peter Finch Exclusive, Dan Grieve's Pitching Masterclass, Jason Day, The Big Junior Survey & Much More!
A message from the editor, Neil Tappin: If you were to create a list labelled Contentious Club Golf Issues, the World Handicap System, slow play and dress codes would all be vying for top spot. Recently, I had my own brush with one of these topics. Having hit their drives, a group of four teenage boys made their way down the fairway. For context, the course was quiet, it was a warm summer’s afternoon and they were wearing normal golf clothing (collared polo shirts, shorts and short socks).
'The Path To Success Is Simpler Than We Think'... PGA Pro Dan Grieve Shares 5 Expert Tips For A Repeatable Golf Swing Set-Up
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'The Path To Success Is Simpler Than We Think'... PGA Pro Dan Grieve Shares 5 Expert Tips For A Repeatable Golf Swing Set-Up
As golfers, we all want to hear the best golf tips as we look to prepare for a strong season on the course. Straight away most golfers head to the range and look to hit the ball straighter, power up their golf swing and work out what is causing that dreaded shank. But despite our thirst for information and desire to overcomplicate, the path to success is often simpler than we think. Having a simple, repeatable set-up could save you shots on the course before you have even hit the golf ball.
Reading Lies In The Rough Around The Green Is Hard... But Short-Game Expert Dan Grieve's Method Can Make It Easy!
We have all seen an example of this on the television, where one of the world's best golfers arrives to a difficult lie around the green and proceeds to seamlessly extract it and spin the golf ball perfectly to the hole. This is something tour pros do well, but it certainly isn't as easy as they make it look. Judging lies in the rough is a skill that needs practice, so we asked Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Dan Grieve to share his top tips to get you onto the green and out of trouble...
Short Game Expert Dan Grieve Reveals Two Key Shots You MUST Add To Your Arsenal (The Results Could Transform Your Wedge Play) Original
Spinning the golf ball is one of the hardest things to do from around the greens, but it's one of the most valuable assets you can add to your game. The ability to make a good score when out of position could be the difference between saving par or a dreaded double-bogey, so it's well worth investing some time to practice the skill. With that in mind, we enlisted the help of Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach and short game expert Dan Grieve to share two key shots you must add to your arsenal...
I Can Show You A Great Drill To Escape Greenside Bunkers Every Time... All You Need Is A 5-Iron!
Many golfers struggle with their short game around the green, and adding sand into the equation rarely makes things better. Improving your bunker play takes time and practice, but you don't always have to reach straight for the wedge. In this video and article, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Dan Grieve shares an interesting drill to help you escape from the sand, by opting for a slightly less conventional club... How can I improve my bunker shots in golf?
How To Chip From A Downhill Lie - The Key To Better Strikes!
The downhill chip shot it something that a lot of golfers really fear. In the video and article below, Golf Monthly Top 50 coach and PGA Pro Dan Grieve shares his expert advice that will remove the intimidation factor once and for all. I understand why this situation poses amateurs problems, but with a few simple set-up changes, you'll quickly realise there's nothing to worry about at all. The biggest problem here is that players fail to adapt to the slope.
Master The Matt Fitzpatrick Drill To Improve Your Chipping
Whether it’s chunking or thinning, lots of amateurs struggle to make consistently good contact when chipping, which saps their confidence and costs them shots. In the video and article below, short game guru Dan Grieve runs through a cross-handed drill that will improve your technique and get you striking your chip shots better.
Why This Drill Holds The Key To Better Ball-Striking...
Golfers in general and amateurs in particular are plagued by all manner of swing faults. In the video and article below, PGA pro Dan Grieve shares a brilliant drill that might just offer you a solution to your problem. So this is one of my favourite drills and it's called the split-grip drill. And the reason I like it so much is because it covers so many areas in the swing that so many golfers struggle with. For example, it works if you struggle with an inside takeaway you get a bit long at the top.
Master Any Lie In The Bunker With These Simple Set-Up Tips
Being able to judge a lie in the bunker and adjust your technique accordingly is a really useful skill to develop. In the video and article below, PGA pro and short game expert Dan Grieve shares his top tips.
Simple Tips To Alter The Trajectory Of Your Iron Shots
In the video and article below, Golf Monthly Top 50 coach Dan Grieve runs through his simple tips that will help you hit the ball high and low at will. Being able to alter the trajectory of your iron shots is a really useful skill, particularly when you're playing into the wind or downwind, or to a pin that's either hugging the front or back of the green. You might also be in trouble and need to hit the ball low or high to escape, so it helps to have something to fall back on.
How To Cure The Chipping Yips
The chipping yips, like the putting yips, are a nightmare for golfers and can really sap the fun out of the game. If you've got them it might feel like there is no end in sight to your suffering, which is why we asked short game guru Dan Grieve to share some tips on how to cure the chipping yips in the video and article below.
Drill To Improve Control Over Strike Location/Improve Clubface Control And Hit More Fairways
We all want to strike the ball out of the centre of the clubface to get the most out of our driver – but how can you do that time after time? In the video and article below, PGA pro Dan Grieve shares some brilliant drills to help you improve your strike location so that you can find more fairways and lower your scores. Quite simply, the strike location is where you connect with the ball on the clubface.
What Does Forgiveness Mean In Golf?
We hear a lot about ‘forgiveness’ in golf, but what does it actually mean? In this video below, I show you what we're talking about. It's a topic closely related to strike location, and I also have some tips for how to find the center of the clubface on a more consistent basis. If you look at my strike points below (I’ve applied some foot spray), you can see that I’ve used pretty much all of the clubface, yet all but one or two landed on the fairway – and they went a good distance, too.
Golf Shank Drills - Tips To Improve Your Ball Striking
It's a shot that strikes fear into all golfers and often rears its ugly head at the worst possible moment. In the video and article below, PGA pro Dan Grieve shares a couple of simple drills that will help you improve your ball-striking and get rid of the dreaded shanks... There are two main causes of a shank. Either the swing path comes excessively from the inside or from the outside. So, if you’re struggling with this shot, you need to work out which category you fall into.
Golf Tips for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Golf tips for beginners are the building blocks of a lifelong passion. We know it might feel daunting at first, navigating through the jargon and etiquette of a sometimes complicated sport, but establishing a strong foundation of clear fundamentals will inevitably lead to increased enjoyment and greater improvement. This article aims to guide you through everything you need to know in order to start your own golfing journey.
How To Avoid Creating Too Much Spin With Your Driver
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. Many of us will have been in a situation where we aren't driving the ball as well as we'd like, perhaps due to us not getting the optimal launch angle or our driver address position is slightly off. Often, however, faults with our driving can be linked to creating too much spin.
How To Hit A Pitching Wedge
Knowing how to hit a pitching wedge is a great way to improve your short game... but it's even better if you can control your ball flight on approach to the green. Pitching is a crucial part of the game, especially for beginners, and one that can help you create birdie opportunities or save par when out of position. We have enlisted the expert help of Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Dan Grieve to teach us how to control the ball flight when pitching... How do you pitch perfectly in golf?
Master The Golf Chip And Run Technique With Our Expert Tips
Mastering the chip and run technique could help you get up and down more often from around the green, adding another string to your short game bow. In this video, from Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Dan Grieve, and this article, by Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Gary Munro, we explore everything you need to know to nail this score-saving shot... What is the chip and run technique?
How To Hit A Flop Shot
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. How to hit a flop shot With a flop shot, the aim is to get as much height as you can so the ball can land softly without much forward release. The best lob wedges help but you also need to know the proper technique.
How To Hit A 3-Wood Off The Fairway
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. How To Hit A 3-Wood Off The Fairway A lot of club golfers find it difficult to hit solid fairway wood shots, to the point that they stop trying. As a result, the 3-wood becomes redundant, which just limits your scoring potential.
How Slices And Pulls Are Linked
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. How slices and pulls are linked It’s easy to regard the pull and the slice as two completely different shots when they end up on opposite sides of the hole, 100 yards away from each other. They are, however, very much part of the same family.
How To Stop Slicing The Ball - Try This Simple Drill
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. The slice is arguably the most common shot shape amongst amateur golfers – a shape that starts relatively straight before arcing off right (for a right-handed golfer) into trouble. In the video below, I show you how to rid your game of this destruction shot with a few simple drills.
Dan Grieve's Top Tips To Stop Striking Your Irons Heavy
Hitting fat golf shots can be a common occurrence for amateur golfers, but that doesn't make them any less frustrating. They are up there with shanks and pull shots in terms of scorecard destroying habits, so how can we banish heavy strikes for good? In this video and article, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Dan Grieve shares the probable causes and runs through some of his expert tips to help you overcome heavy strikes with your irons...
How To Fix A Hook In Golf: Causes And Cures
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. How to fix a hook in golf The hook plagues a lot of golfers off the tee, a shot that has an aggressive right-to-left shape (for right-handed golfers). In the video and article below, PGA pro Dan Grieve explains the likely causes – and, crucially, what you can do to cure it.
How To Hit The Ball Dead Straight
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. Hitting the golf ball straighter, and preferably longer, off the tee is a crucial component to producing lower scores. Golfers tend to sacrifice one for the other, but what if I told you that you could have the best of both worlds?
How Much Sand Should You Take For Perfect Bunker Shots?
One of the keys to being a good bunker player is to understand how the entry point affects how the ball will react. In the video and article below, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Dan Grieve sheds some light on this topic and shares some simple bunker shot tips that will help you become a master of the sand. A lot of golfers struggle with how to play bunker shots but it's not as difficult as you might think.
How To Pitch From Muddy Lies
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. How to pitch from muddy lies It's a shot that many of us fear as it can bring the duff and the thin into play. watch this video and you'll soon be more confident playing from muddy lies. Many amateur golfers find it tough to get that clean, ball-first contact.
Putting Technique Drills - Tips To Master Your Stroke
Golf Monthly created this content as part of a paid partnership with TaylorMade. The contents of this article are entirely independent and solely reflect the editorial opinion of Golf Monthly. Putting Technique Drills Having control over your technique is mega important if you want to play to your ability, and that applies to putting as well. In the video and article below, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Dan Grieve shares some fantastic putting drills that will improve your stroke.
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