This info comes from the Ritson School of Golf I am going to give it a shot to see how it works out with my game. That is in a couple of months when my right hand has healed up properly.  FHs

"I define "Short Game" as all shots played inside of 50 yards of the green. So your "Short Game Handicap" indicates your proficiency in that area.

Each time you have a shot within 50 yards of the green, without actually being on the green, count how many shots it takes to get the ball in the hole. Mark this down on your scorecard. If you fluff or scull a shot that does not finish on the green, those shots must still be counted. So if you are within 50 yards of the green, and your pitch comes up short of the green, you scull your chip over the green, you chip your next one on the green and you two putt, your short game handicap for that hole would be 5.

For a further example, if, on the first hole I hit my drive and second shot to within 50 yards of the green, and then pitched on and one putted, my short game handicap would be two for that hole.

C, P & B = Chips, Pitches and Bunker shots.

SGS = Short Game Score.

On the next hole I hit a five iron from 190 yards onto the green and two putted for par. As I did not have any short shots around the green this hole does not figure into my Short Game Handicap.

How to Calculate Your "Short Game Handicap"

As you see on the scorecard I scored 35 for 9 holes. had 3 chips, 1 bunker shot and 2 pitches. . To calculate my short game handicap I add up the number of strokes I took from within 50 yards (see SGS on scorecard above) which is 13, and divide it by 6 (the number of holes I had to chip, pitch or play out of sand) to get my final short game handicap for this nine holes which is 2.16. You would then do the same for the second nine to finally determine your Short Game Handicap for the full 18 holes. Do this each time you play to keep track of your progress.

If your regular golf handicap is 20 or higher, you should be aiming at a short game handicap of 3. Between 19 and 12 you should be about 2.75, and below a 12 you should have 2.5 or better.

If your short game handicap is higher than these figures - get to work on your chipping, pitching and bunker shots.

If it's lower - think about joining the tour!"

I recall you running this on a blog months ago.  When I asked you to figure my short game handicap you never did.

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Class A PGA Teaching Professional

WILLMSU; My apologies. I either forgot, or did not see your request. But, it is not rocket science, and I am sure you could figure it out on your own. I suspect being a teaching pro your SGH should be pretty low to begin with.

Example: Today I played 18 holes. I missed getting my GIR on six of those holes. On those six holes it took me a total if 15 pitches, chips, and putts to get the ball in the hole.  So the formula would look like this 15/6 = 2.5. My SGH today was 2.5, and I would then add it to my list of previous rounds, and keep a running average. . After my previous 5 rounds my average SGH is 2.6. When I add today's round, my over all SGH for six rounds is 2.58.

Thought I would add this for a better understanding. That number 2.58 for me represents the fact I am not getting "up & down" as much as I would like to. Too many times I miss my first putt, after a chip, or pitch shot. I either leave my chip, or pitch to far from the pin, leaving me a longer putt, or I mis-read the break or landing area, again leaving myself a longer first putt. I usually make my second putt, but it is still a "3" for my SGH. Hope this helps.......FHs

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Golf Should Be Played.......No Watched

The Golf Digest challenge is kind of nice for figuring out short and long game handicap. It's less detailed than you have written here, but it's good to see those kind of stats.

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Work gets in the way of golf...

This is pretty good information as right now this part of my game needs to be 'taylored' 50 yards and in.  These strokes can add up, and fast!  As the old saying goes you, 'Drive for Show and Putt for Dough'....does not mean a whole lot if your short game is in the dumps.  Cheers!

~Oddly

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short game drills...that's what I need. and it would be great to have some I could do without a yard...I live in a condo.

what's the MOST I can do to improve my pitching and chipping WITHOUT a fancy facility?

somebody get me to practice, PLEASE. I just don't go do it. Why not?

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Work gets in the way of golf...