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ASHARPER SHORT GAME

“SO MUCH OF THE TIME IT’S ABOUT PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES. IT’S ABOUT KNOWING WHEN NOT TO PLAY A SHOT THAT CAN PUT YOU IN TROUBLE.”

A former Tour champion himself, Pete Cowen has reinvented himself as one of the most in-demand teaching professionals in the game. His work with Rory, Henrik Stenson and Brooks Koepka has seen him amass more than 250 PGA Tour victories and eight majors. Here he presents his 10 short game commandments.

If you watch someone who hits it down the middle all the time, they swing within themselves, finish perfectly in balance and can hold that position for 20 seconds. Most golfers

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