Amateurs far too often can tense up on short shots around the green. The memories of the chunks and skulls don’t ever go away. Nor does the fear of how easily one of those shots can cause a dreaded “blow-up hole”.
Mike Clawson has an out of the box fix for the short game scaries: use more club. For him, it’s often the 7-wood.
“I just treat it like a glorified putter,” he says…