short game
Putting and chipping
Short game refers to golf shots played near or on the green—chipping, pitching, and putting.
While drives get attention, the short game often determines scores: His short game saved him after a wayward tee shot.
By extension, short game describes skill in close-range tactics or intimate social situations: His long game is fine but his short game with women needs work.
- chippingBreaking into fragments
- bump and runContact play then pursuit
- puttingGolf's finishing strokes
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- flop shotHigh, soft greenside stroke
scrambling · green · golf · up-and-down · touch · soft hands · sand wedge · feel · lob wedge · Phil Mickelson · mental resilience · approach shots · finesse · situational awareness · par · bogey · decision-making · birdie
- golfgolf, golf club, golf clubs, golf ball, golf balls
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- table tennispaddle, ball, serve, net, table
- golf instructiongolf lessons, junior golf, teaching aids, golf pros, swing analysis
- Senior Golfsenior discounts
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
short gamelong game
Planning for distant goals
big picture thinking · long-term planning · delayed gratification · long-term thinking · slow burn