Improve your short game with this everyday golf item!
PGA coach Dan Grieve demonstrates six versatile short game drills using simple alignment sticks. Learn how to fix clubface alignment, control your start line, prevent wrist flipping, maintain arm connection, and manage swing plane for cleaner chipping contact.
Use parallel alignment sticks to align your stance, clubface, and ball position before chipping.
Practice hitting chips through a narrow gateway made of alignment sticks to train start-line control.
Extend an alignment stick along your grip shaft to immediately eliminate wrist flipping at impact.
Place a stick under both armpits to synchronize arm movement with torso rotation during short shots.
Set a stick in the turf at your shaft angle to prevent swinging too far under the ideal swing plane.