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“As I said in the chipping chapter, I don’t want the grip end of the club moving very far. If you get the idea that you need to make a faster swing with your arms doing most of the work, the first thing that’s going to happen is that the pulling action of the left arm will send your left shoulder up, tilt your spine back, away from the target, move the bottom of your swing way behind the ball, and there it is—a fat shot, or a skull from hitting it on the upswing. Think of it as a bigger pivot and you’ll start to feel the chain reaction”
― Stan Utley, The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down

“The part I always loved about golf was that you could go out there by yourself and be totally responsible for what happened or didn’t happen.”
― Stan Utley, The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down

“like to give myself enough room to allow my arms and the club to fully release in front of me at impact. I stand taller over the shot and play the ball farther away from me, in the same place I’d play it for a regular shot.”
― Stan Utley, The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down