Luke Donald Short Game Tips

Luke Donald talks to Golf Monthly about the relevance of technique and feel in the game and which he feels to be of premium importance.

Luke Donald talks to Golf Monthly about the relevance of technique and feel in the game and which he feels to be of premium importance.

Luke Donald Short Game Tips

Seven-time European Tour winner Luke Donald gives his thoughts on the significance of both technique and feel in golf to the Golf Monthly team.

Donald discusses the importance of understanding correct technique to generate feel. Luke's wedge set up also plays a crucial role in teh quality of his short game.

The Buckinghamshire born golfer also addresses the issue of landing spots and how he uses technique, particularly the position of the golf club, to get a feel for the game and how to play winning shots. The relationship between feel and technique is crucial as players who are looking to improve their mechanics often lose the natural feel that was at the heart of their game. We asked Luke Donald how he manages this balance.

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Donald is renowned as one of the best pitchers in the world of golf, and in part this is down to his superb fundamentals like a perfectly neutral grip.

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He reached the summit of the world game in 2011 and became the first player to win the European and PGA Tour Money Lists in the same season that year. His success was born of a fantastic short game, he was solid from inside 6 feet and posessed an electric short game.

Nick Bonfield
Content Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, commissioning and feature writing. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x