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Each month, Golf Australia showcases great Australian courses and golfing holidays, profiles players and conducts road tests of the latest equipment. Leading PGA professional share instruction tips to improve your game and keep your handicap tumbling.

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OWN YOUR SHORT GAME • Eight fun challenges guaranteed to help you get up and down more often

GAME #1 JOB SWAP • The object of this game is simple: can you get your lob wedge to fly like your 8-iron, and your 8-iron to fly like your lob wedge?

GAME #2 LEFT HAND VS RIGHT HAND • Are you a better chipper with your lead hand, or your trail hand? And why does it matter? Let’s find out

GAME #3 GOALPOSTS • This great game will help you harness spin, educate your hands and develop creativity

GAME #4 THREE-WAY GRIP CHALLENGE • Round the green, there is more than one way to grip a golf club. Here’s a game that pits three holds against each other. Which one wins? And how do they affect your shots?

GAME #5 BREAK THE TEE PEG • For this game you’ll need your wedge. Forget technique and instead place your attention on one simple target; to break the tee under the ball

GAME #6 SAND CHIP • In the typical greenside bunker shot, we are looking for the club to impact the sand an inch or two behind the ball and take a carpet of sand from underneath it. But do you have the skill to nip the ball cleanly?

GAME #7 HIGH THROW, LOW THROW • No clubs involved here; this is a throwing game only. See how close you can get balls to the hole with your trail palm in two contrasting positions

GAME #8 7-IRON VS SAND WEDGE • This game is about club/shot selection, but also helps us grasp a key truth about shortgame shots. Let the two clubs go head-to-head; which one delivers the best results?

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WHAT IS THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF YOUR SHORT GAME? • The power of perspective can give your short game the freedom to become unrecognisably different in the future

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