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Old 09-06-2015, 04:53 PM
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Tom, if you want to do something to help her short game beyond getting her some coaching, if there is room in her yard, make a small putting green planting some Tiff Green and teaching her how to care for it. Get a reel type push mower to keep it finished like the real greens. Let her observe the grass all through the day to learn how the ball rolls differently at different times of the day and how it wants to follow the grain of the grass.

Then, again if there is room, build a sand box big enough to swing her sand wedge through with a wall to catch the sand. She can then rake it back again. She wouldn't hit a ball in this box. She would only use it to constantly practice swinging her sand wedge through the sand. A hard thing to learn and keep the feel of is how you swing the sand wedge THROUGH the sand without stopping the club allowing it to have complete follow through. Most players struggle in the sand, but by constantly swinging the wedge through the sand without stopping, she would have a leg up whenever finding herself in the sand, something that frustrates many golfers. With her long and straight drive she probably won't have to deal with sand as much as the others, but if she is good at it, it will be an advantage over most of her competitors.

Just some suggestions for things that a non golfer grandpa could do to help.
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