Master Your Short Game: A Two-Part Series to Lower Your Scores

Tips, Techniques, and Drills to Improve Your Chipping & Putting

When it comes to lowering your golf scores, there's one part of your game that offers the biggest return—your short game.

It's easy to get wrapped up in swing speed and long drives, but as every experienced golfer knows, rounds are won and lost within 100 yards of the green. That's why we've created a two-part blog series focused on the skills that separate high-handicappers from confident, consistent scorers: chipping and putting.

Whether you're new to the game or looking to sharpen your edge this season, this series is built to help you gain strokes around the green, improve touch and control, and build short game confidence that lasts.

In this foundational post, we focus on:

• Choosing the right club for various chipping scenarios
• Clean contact drills to eliminate chunks and skulls
• Setup tips for distance control on the green
• Easy, repeatable practice routines to build consistency

📍 Read Part 1: Improve Your Short Game

Now that you've refined your technique, it's time to learn the art of green reading. This post covers:

• How to analyze slope, speed, and grain
• The best angles to read a putt
• Visualization drills that lead to fewer 3-putts
• Mistakes to avoid when lining up and committing to the stroke

📍 Read Part 2: Sink More Putts

Golf isn't about perfect swings—it's about scoring, and that starts with precision around the green. By mastering your short game, you'll:
✔️ Save strokes from inside 100 yards
✔️ Build confidence in pressure situations
✔️ Turn bogeys into pars—and pars into birdies

If you're serious about improving this season, this is where you start.

👉 Need a little help dialing it in? Our 18 Hole Par 3 Golf Course, Barn Hollow, is one of the best short courses you'll play. With hole yardages varying from 94 to 222 yards, each one will challenge your short game and dial-in your iron play.
🔗 Sharpen Your Short Game on Barn Hollow