From 60 Yards in: How to Master Golf's Short Game

The winner of the 1986 U.S. Open discusses how to improve the golfer's short game, covering sandtraps, chipping and pitching, recovery, shots, and putting

While most of golfers love to hit the driving range and just grip it and rip it, the truth is golf is won and lost in the short game--the chips, pitches, and putts that mean the difference between good scores and psychiatrist's bills. Raymond Floyd's swing may be unorthodox, but his guilt is in the safecracker's touch he possesses around the green. While Floyd is primarily concerned with passing on quality short-game instruction, his chapter on "Golf and the Mind" is indispensable to anyone intent on taking the game seriously.