I have been a professional golfer for many years,struggling away on the mini tours.recently i changed my swing to teh One Plane,and it was the best move i made.I feel its pwerful,and easy to repeat,Jim Hardys explanation of the move is so easy to understand and makes so much sense.

Now to the short game...I practice this 2 to 3 hours most days.I am looking to find some expertadvise on this matter.I want to know if a player like myself can get their short game to be world class,i mean matching tour standard.

Many Pros say the short game has nothing to do with natural talent,so how do i go about getting great at it.
Is it about having a good technique,then spending all day at it.A coach told me,the top players practice it 3 hours a day on average,so i should work 5 hours a day at it to catch them up.

So if i was to spend all day ut there around the green,would i become a great short game player.

Any experts on this matter,please tell me your thoughts.It would help me so much

thnak you very much for your time

David

I would get some private instruction from the following –

Putting:
Mark Sweeney –
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http://www.aimpointgolf.com/instruction.html

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Chipping and Pitching –
Mike LaBauve –
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http://www.kierlandgolf.com/page.ph...83bec560b8

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Then practice what they teach you.

yes ive heard they are great caches.with me been i europe makes it just not so straight forward with the costs and my sponsor wont stretch to that,unfortunatly.
im wanting to know really the answer to time spent.thanks for reply

David - Where in Europe are you?  We've got three certified instructors over there.  All of them were taught their short game methods by Mike LaBauve.  Mike normally does the short game portion of our certification seminars and his and Jim's teachings on short game are very similar.

I've also heard the debate on whether or not short game is talent or effort.  I believe it is a combination of both.  There is definitely talent involved.  However, most can get their short game good enough to compete through repetition.  I will also say good technique has a LOT to do with this.  Practicing the right mechanics that result in the most consistent contact will make you better, faster.  Flawed mechanics make it that much harder (and that much more reliant on talent) to achieve the same levels of success.
 

Its quite funny,In my office in Austria i have a picture on the wall of a male golfer,hes standing their with his clubs scattered all over the range,dozens of golf instruction books open lying on the ground,and all the training devises you can imagine.Theres a 60 mile an hour gust blowing into his face,and hes throwing the grass into the air to test the wind direction...

If I would have known, hey we need a certified instructor in continental Europe, is a matter of urgency Someone who does not molest you with 2p style armsy takeaways, pump drills and blocking hips, I went through all of it and just in the very recent months i've learned how to hit a ball, after many years of... funky stuff. My biggest mistake was to not take all the imagery of JH directly as he have shown it and to put the materials aside (even if it will look different, but it all should feel like he shows it, IMO). I've practiced the whole winter two parts in takeaway and down swing, now I am dreaming that this evil white stuff goes away and I can spend my time in the deepest practice bunker we have (really, I am already in that bunker every night ).