“Golfing in flip flops the only way” – Fans react to Phil Mickelson’s tutorial on improving short game

Phil Mickelson shared a new video on Twitter where he shared some free swing tips to enhance the short game.

Mickelson, who is one of the most accomplished golfers of all time, has shared tutorial videos in the past as well. On Tuesday, he gave some valuable points about weight balance, shoulder position, and swing to improve the short game.

In the video, he talked about a few important things to take care of while chipping.

He said:

"The first is you have to have your weight forward, that helps keep the leading edge down. The second is you have to have your hands in front of the club, so there's an inverse line.

"Once your hands get behind the leading edge, it comes up, and we talked about how we want to have the ball position forward if we want to go high, and back off our back foot if we want to go low."

In the video, the six-time Major champion further explained why it was important to turn the shoulder to get the club out in front on a good path. He added that turning the shoulders helps the club get out in front and go in the correct direction.

Mickelson continued:

"So what I like to do is really focus on getting my shoulders to start the turn, even though I'm breaking my wrist and so forth and getting my hands ahead. If I can just turn my shoulders as the first move, now, it's very easy to go through and into the finish.

"And what this does is, decreases the hand action and increases the feel in the hands, which is what we want," he concluded.

Fans were pleased to receive some invaluable tips from one of the greats of the game. Some fans asked the golfer for more tutorial videos in the future. Here's how a few fans reacted to the video:

"Love it, keep the golf tips coming! 🐐🐐"

"If I just had Michael Block’s short game I’d be a scratch golfer."

"Golfing in flip flops the only way"

"Hey, I like you, but we need to hear about putting Phil! You got a 7’ birdie putt for 4 available Saws! How do you digest the info and hit good putts! How do them eye alignment mirrors work!? Where in the stance is the ball? Slight arc? Straight? Let’s talk Turkey!"

"Helicopter Hy-Flying by…paid actor. @HyFlyers_GC"

"Dude looking like that missing submarine is in his left leg 🦵"

"Thanks Phil! Your short game tips have been extremely helpful."

"Awesome advice. Also dig the sandals. I’m rockin cloth #crocs"

"Thank you @PhilMickelson . Hoping to bring my little guy out to see you in Chicago later this year. I’ll never forget you taking time at the Western Open @ Cog Hill back in the day to sign my hat. Thank you for always being you."

"Phil I just holed out short sided twice after watching this thank you !!!!!!!!!"

"That's a handy mini lesson. The short game saves strokes. And like you,.. I'm a natural right handed guy but I learned to golf left handed. Same with swinging a bat playing ball. Left. My mother blamed the nuns from my parochial school days."

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