Mr. Mclean says that putting is an art, and I think it truly is. He goes on saying that exist ten commandments about putting that we must follow if we want to be good putters. Here comes the first disagreement I have with him, this does not mean that these commandments are wrong, by no means. What I am saying is that everything is permitted in putting if the ball goes in. When I watch a tournament on television I can observe that every player has his own posture in front of the ball, some have the putt face square, others have it open, some players have their hands forward, and so on. I agree that every player tries to follow a routine so this makes things easier to repeat. Later he assumes what makes a good putter is the ability of getting the ball into the hole, so he understands that must not be so rigid on these commandments.

As he well said, chipping is simply a long putt where the ball must go most of the time rolling on the ground rather than flying in the air. I cannot stress enough how important is to keep the ball down, during the execution of this shot, the ball is safer on the ground than in the air. Professor Mclean maintains the same grip when chipping as well as putting, I differ from this, my grip when chipping is different as my grip when putting. However, I pursue all the other characteristics that he explains thoroughly, like having most of your weight on your left side, positioning the ball slightly back on your stance. He says also that we must putt if the ground around a green permits so before putting, I totally agree with this.

Professor Mclean starts defining pitching as “just a smaller golf swing, with certain adjustments”, and that is exactly where this game should begin to be taught to students. If some wants to understand a whole thing, first this person must focus on the small things that form the whole thing. For this shot the ball stays most of the time in the air with little rolling on the ground, so that our stance is going to be slightly open, our hands positioned forward the ball along with our weight, and the ball should be positioned in the middle of our stance.

The last part of the short game is dedicated at the bunker shot, where most amateur players try to avoid at all cost. He started with a piece of advice that is to learn these three basic things that we do not have to do in a bunker shot:

-Grip the club tightly with tension in our arms and hands.
-Play the ball back in our stance.
-Take a short, low, or flat backswing.

Besides these three, I would add a fourth one that would say something like this:

-Make sure your feet are not too loose on the sand. In other words gain stability by anchoring your foot to the sand.

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During the early 19th century, the game of golf was first introduced in the United States. Players would use wooden or metal clubs and would hit the balls into cups along an 18-hole golf course. The players would begin each hole from the tee box; from here, they would hit along the fairway and eventually end up on the green. Once the player reached the green, he or she would then putt the ball into the cup. Aside from the difficulties of understanding the game of golf, golf players also faced a number of shot hindrances on each hole. These hindrances included ponds, sand traps, and high grass, which would make it harder for the golf player to play the hole. Each hole had a number of strokes designated, “where the number indicated the benchmark number of strokes allowed for that hole.”  A hole was a Par3, Par4, or Par5, with a Par3 being the easiest and a Par5 being the most difficult. For an 18-hole course, 72 was the typical total par, which was the sum of the par for each of the 18 holes. If a player was under 72, he or she was considered to be “under par”; if a player was above 72, he or she was considered to be “over par”. As time has passed, golf has proven to be an entertaining sport that is being played all over the world.