Our beginners golf series reviews the basics of how to play golf. In this video, GOLFTEC's VP of Instruction, Nick Clearwater and Kenzie O'Connell get close to the green and review which clubs you should hit on the shorter shots and how to successfully get up and onto the green for 50 yards or closer.
00:00:00 - To get closer to the green in golf, use a more lofted club, shorten your swing, and keep your feet closer together for better execution.
00:00:59 - Make a longer swing to hit the ball closer to the green, focusing on the basics of the shot; aim to place the ball on the green to follow up with your putter before progressing to aiming for the flag.
⛳ Using a shorter swing and a lofted club helps in making accurate shots closer to the green.
🏌️♀️ As you get better at golf, you can start aiming at the flag instead of just getting the ball on the green.
00:00:00 - [Music] thanks pop that right up in the air next to the hole let's talk about how Kenzie just did that so now we're getting closer to the green so with shorter shots means shorter swings so Kenzie let's talk about this one if you made a full swing here what would happen yes way over the green and have just another tough shot so as you get closer to the green you need more loft on your club she's using the most lofted Club on in her bag the one that has the face aiming
00:00:33 - the most upward then instead of making a really wide swing or wide stance and having a really long swing she's got her feet closer together that makes it easier to execute the shot and then her back swing the club head itself is barely getting over about where her waist would be and then the follow through she's making it about the same length I would keep using the same form in the same club and the same swing style for everything the way that you'll vary this
00:00:57 - is that if you get further from the hole make a little longer swing so go ahead and make one that's longer and as you get closer if we got right up to the edge of the green then her back strip might only be about that long that's it I mean those are really the basics of it now the strategy here as you get started the first thing you want to do is just hit this shot onto the green somewhere so that you can pull out your putter for the next one and we'll talk about that in the next
00:01:18 - video as you get better though that's when you can start aiming at the flag but for now first time out just getting into golf let's just get this thing on the green so Kenzie pull this one off one more time thanks so that's the basics for how to hit a little shot around the green go ahead and go onto the next video we'll start talking about what to do now that your honor [Music]
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