03/06/2026
You practice the bump and run because you’re good at it.
You avoid the flop shot because you’re not.
And then you stand over a tight lie with the pin tucked and your hands go cold… because your body has never actually been there before.
That’s not a skill problem. It’s a practice problem.
The shots that save the most strokes on the course are almost never the shots you practice on the range.
The flop shot. The downhill chip. The bunker shot from a plugged lie.
Hard. Uncomfortable. Avoided.
But these are the shots that separate a 18 handicap from a 9.
Three keys to the flop shot most golfers get wrong:
↳ Open the face before you take your grip — not after
↳ Put the ball off your lead toe
↳ Learn to swing longer and softer to allow the ball to@pop@ip softly off the face (this takes practice!)
Drill this for 20 minutes before your next round instead of dropping 10 balls and hitting the same chip shot you’ve done 1000 times.
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