Short Game

Play the Short Game of Your Dreams...

This app will introduce and explain the Linear Approach to Short Game, Gary’s innovative technique which is now adopted by many of the world’s top players. Gary’s says “The Linear Approach to short game is simple, highly effective and logical and means the miss hit shots still produce great results! Hard to believe but true!”. The app also covers solutions to all your short game problems from difficult lies to distance control and loads more.

The Android version of this page is available here.

Gary Smith AFPGA, known by many as one of the best coaches in the country, is a Golf Monthly UK Top 25 coach and has been a technical coach to England’s top amateur squads with the English Golf Union for over 14 years.

Gary regularly presents short game seminars to qualified Professionals, and the Professional Golfers’ Association has awarded him the status of Advanced Fellow of the PGA in recognition of his knowledge and experience within the game

Gary has also produced the ‘Gary Smith Long Game’ app

Included videos:

• Introduction to the linear approach
• Bunker play
• Hole out area
• Pitch shots

In-App purchases: The in app purchase price includes all the videos in a category, and is not per video)

Bunkers

• Drop and stop bunker shots
• Bunker faults and fixes
• Bunker drills I
• Bunker drills II
• Bunker drills III
• Additional bunker drills
• Difficult lies

Bunkers

• Chip and run shots
• Chipping faults and fixes
• Greenside long grass

Pitching

• Lob shots
• Distance control
• Faults and fixes I
• Faults and fixes II
• Faults and fixes III
• Shanking
• Difficult lies

About Gary Smith

Gary is a highly respected PGA Professional who has been coaching golfers of all levels for over 35 years.

He has 13 years experience working with England's finest amateur golfers as an English Golf Union Men's Technical Coach. His experience of county and regional squad coaching is extensive, #and includes Gloucestershire and Glamorganshire, and the EGU South Regional Junior Squad covering Surrey and Hampshire.

He has consistantly been named by Golf Monthly as one of the UK's Top 25 Coaches. The testimonials to Gary's coaching, particularly for short game, below show the extent of his reputation with all ages and levels of golfer, so much so that he now passes on his knowledge of, and ground breaking philosophies on pitching, chipping and bunker shots to Qualified PGA Professionals, through 2 CPD Seminars entitled Passion for Short Game and Enhance Your Passion for Short Game.

Professional Highlights

• Awarded Advanced Fellow of the Professional Golfers’ Association 2006
• Lecturer for PGA seminar entitled ‘Passion for the Short Game’ 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10
• Lecturer for PGA seminar entitled 'Enhance Your Passion for Short Game' 09/10
• Travelling Coach for the victorious England Team – European Team Champions 2005
• Travelling Coach with the England Team – Home Internationals September 2005/2006 and 2007
• Lead Coach England A Squad 2005 - 2008
• Great Britain and Ireland Top 25 Coach as voted by Golf Monthly 2004/05, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008 - current
• English Golf Union England Men's Squad Technical Coach 1997 - current
• Swiss Professional Squad - Short Game Specialist Coach - 2008 - current
• English Golf Union A Squad Coach 2004 - 2008
• English Golf Union - Pathway to Success - Lead Coach 2008
• English Golf Union - The England Experience - Lead Coach 2009- current
• English Golf Union Coach South Region – Boys Under 18 - ‘97- current
• Golf Monthly Teaching Panelist ‘95- current
• Gloucester – A and B Team Coach – Men ‘01- current
• Gloucester – Short Game Specialist Coach – Junior ‘01- current
• Glamorgan County - Short Game – 2004 – current
• Coach to the University of Exeter – World Students Matchplay Champions 2007 - '06- current
• EWGA Super Birdie Girls - Regional Coach - 2008 - current
• EWGA Birdie Girls – Under 14 – Regional Coach ‘02-'08
• ‘Play Better Golf’ DVD/Video in association with Justin Rose Detailed Short Game Instruction ‘03
• Co-Presented a CD-Rom/Video for Golf Monthly entitled ‘Play Better Golf’ covering all basic aspects of the golf swing ’97
• Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Short game Specialist Coach – Juniors – 2005/06
• Somerset – Senior County Team – Short Game Specialist Coach ‘03
• Coached Richard Boxall to European Tour Italian Open Victory And Dunhill Cup selection for England
• Coached Wayne Riley to European Tour Scottish and Portuguese Open victories and Dunhill Cup selection for Australia

Playing Highlights

• Winner Kenya Open 1975
• Represented Great Britain and Ireland in PGA Cup v USA 1986
• 3 x Winner West of England Championships 1978/79/82
• 3 x competed in The Open