12 Days to Better Golf
12 Days to Better Golf
Join Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers as they take you through all the skills you need to know: driving for distance, solid iron strikes, control with the wedges, putting touch. Simple video tips to boost your entire game. Have your best season ever!

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Episode 1

Putting Basics + Making Solid Contact

If you’re like most golfers, the quickest way to improve your game is to get back to basics. In this 12-video series, that means setting the first building block for the short game and the full swing. In this video, teacher Brian Schorsten shares some putting tips and keys to making solid strikes with the wedges.

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Episode 2

Ball-Striking + Drill: Short Putts

In this video, Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Brian Schorsten demonstrates a few drills to improve your ball-striking and short putting.

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Episode 3

Keys for Chipping + The Swing Sequence

Sometimes the best way to improve your game is to oversimplify. This goes for the short game and the long game, and teacher Jason Guss covers both in this video. Here are some chipping basics and tips on how to use your body in the full swing.

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Episode 4

Weight Shift + Drill: Steady Chips

Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Jason Guss shares two drills: one that will help you shift your weight in the full swing and one that will promote consistent chip shots.

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Episode 5

Driving for Distance + Precision Pitching

Every golfer wants to hit the driver long and straight and pitch it close to the hole. There are a few simple keys that can rev up your driver swing and dial in your pitching motion. Here, teacher Trillium Rose covers some basic instruction in these two critical areas.

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Episode 6

Impact Checks + Drill: Swing Motion

It’s time to hone your driving and pitching skills. In this video, Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Trillium Rose will show you how to sharpen your wedge contact and add speed with the driver.

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Episode 7

Finesse Wedges + Iron-Play Basics

The fundamentals of good iron play are critical for developing golfers or those needing a refresher. And hitting less-than-full wedge shots is a skill every golfer needs. In this video, teacher Jason Sedan shares tips on sequencing the iron swing and controlling the wedges.

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Episode 8

Solid Strikes + Wedge Play

After you learn the basic swing positions with the irons and wedges, use these two drills from Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Jason Sedan to groove solid strikes in both areas.

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Episode 9

Fairway Woods + Distance Putting

Two of the more common challenges amateurs face are getting a 3-wood in the air from the fairway and eliminating the dreaded three-putt. In this video, teacher Renee Trudeau O'Higgins shows you ways to improve your fairway woods and roll long putts close.

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Episode 10

Putting Feel + Drill: Impact Test

In this video, Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Renee Trudeau O'Higgins demonstrates drills that will help you improve your lag putting and flush those fairway woods.

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Episode 11

Pitching Accuracy + The Driver Draw

Most golfers want to hit a draw with the driver, and every golfer needs help hitting better pitch shots. Here, teacher Joe Compitello discusses some simple tips on becoming a competent pitcher and learning to hit long, high draws off the tee.

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Episode 12

Power Driving + Drill: Wedge Control

Learning to trust that you’ll hit a draw takes practice, especially if you’re used to hitting a slice. It’s also tough to know whether you’ll cover the right distance on pitch shots. In this video, Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Joe Compitello helps you with both skills.

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