Q Golf - Official online magazine for Golf Queensland Winter 2012 | Page 9

Sand Greens Golf - Short Game
With Lee Harrington
Golf Queensland Participation Development
Officer
PGA Member

I recently headed west to deliver golf
to local schools and clubs at some sand
green courses including Tambo, Blackall
and Barcaldine, and found a lot of the
players out there struggle with basic
chipping fundamentals. The variety of lies,
bounces and sand thickness really makes
the short game a true test of technique
and club selection on these courses.
Whether you play to a sand or a grass
green you need to assess the same issues

O open stance, you should open you
stance and body to the target just a little
so you can see down your target line a
little bit better this also will give you a littl