Golf: Easy Tiger; YOUR WEEK-BY-WEEK GUIDE TO GAINING A BETTER HANDICAP.(Sport)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: May 4, 2005 | Copyright information

LAST week we analysed some key secrets to the power game of world No.1 Tiger WoodsThis week am going to show you how to emulate the touch and control of short-game wizard Phil Mickelson, whose speciality is the flop-shot.

His enormous skill in sending a ball up vertically to land on the green like a butterfly with broken legs is a shot every amateur could benefit from.

Mickelson hits more than his fair share of wild shots but his superb short game allows him to save a score from disaster.

Having a good short game is a key ingredient to becoming a good golfer and, to ...

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