Do you’ve got bother with consistency across the greens? Do that drill from GOLF Prime 100 Instructor Josh Zander to repair your woes.

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Everybody misses greens. It’s a easy reality of life — dying, taxes and lacking greens.

On the PGA Tour, the place the very best ball strikers on this planet compete on a weekly foundation, the common share of greens in regulation sits round 65 p.c annually. Meaning the common professional is lacking six(!) greens per spherical. However that doesn’t imply they’re making six bogeys (or worse) each 18. Why? As a result of they’re elite with a wedge of their fingers.

In 2021, Tour common scrambling share sat at 58 p.c, that means of the six greens the common professional misses, they’re saving par between three and 4 instances per spherical. Add in a pair birdies and also you’ve obtained a tidy scorecard within the books.

Consistency is vital if you wish to rise up and down, however getting that consistency is simpler mentioned than carried out. Our recommendation: block out the noise and get some recommendation from an expert. And fortunate for you, Josh Zander, a GOLF Prime 100 Instructor, simply shared a easy drill that’s certain to extend your consistency and have you ever hitting crisper chip photographs.

First, arrange for a chip shot and place a membership beneath your toes on the lead foot, like Zander demonstrates within the video above. Then, your purpose is to push your weight into the membership beneath your foot as you are taking the membership away.

“As I am going again, I load the lead aspect,” Zander says. “After which I push up.”

This transfer helps you retain your weight ahead and never sway your physique away from the goal.

“As I load the lead aspect, you’ll see somewhat flex within the lead knee,” he says. “After which once I come via, that flex goes away.”

Easy, straightforward and efficient.

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Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for Patacon.org the place he spends his days running a blog, producing and enhancing. Previous to becoming a member of the group at Patacon.org, he attended the College of Texas adopted by stops with Workforce USA, the Inexperienced Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on all issues instruction and covers novice and girls’s golf.