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    Before hitting his short iron approach into the green on No.1, Fabian started making some small practice swings, hinging the club to waist height and adjusting the position of the club shaft. Skip stopped him and explained that even very good players…
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  • 013 26 F 0000 Vert Skip and Fabian IMG 7323.jpg

    Fabian was all smiles after his afternoon with Skip. He, told me, "I learned more today than I have all season. Just in this three-hour playing lesson." “Well if that's how you feel," Skip chimed in, " you're buying the beers!" Fabian did so, happily…
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  • 005 16 C 0005 Horiz Rough Lie 3 Screen Shot 2022 11 05 at 10.52.11 AM.jpg

    No over-swinging or attempting to hoist the ball in the air on this swing. A beautiful escape that left Fabian inside 100 yards from the center of the fairway.
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  • 006 17 C 0013 Horiz Par 5 Birdie Putt Screen Shot 2022 11 05 at 10.53.11 AM.jpg

    Fabian hit a sand wedge to twelve feet and drained this putt for par. The lesson? "Fabian hit a poor tee shot. But he hit his second shot to 80 yards. He put it in the middle of the green and sank his putt. So, the tee shot did not hurt him. So often…
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  • 009 22 C 0002 Horiz Water Hole Approach 1 Screen Shot 2022 11 05 at 10.58.18 AM.jpg

    Fabian hit a perfect drive on the next hole, a par-4 dogleg right. But as we approached his ball in the fairway, Fabian noted the water fronting the green and said "Oh, boy." This earned him a playful, but stern reprimand from Skip. "Now there's thirty…
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  • 003 14 C 0007 Horiz Rough Lie 1 Screen Shot 2022 11 05 at 10.50.51 AM.jpg

    No. 2 at Allendale is a long par 4. Fabian hooked his drive and found the left rough, well over 200 yards from the green. Fabian asked about technique, so Skip demonstrated, but first talked strategy. "What you should be thinking here," Skip explained…
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  • 010 23 C 0001 Horiz Water Hole Approach 2 Screen Shot 2022 11 05 at 10.57.40 AM.jpg

    Fabian thinned his approach a bit, but as Skip predicted, he was hole-high, never in danger of losing his ball in the pond.
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  • Playing Lesson Skip Guss 1

  • 004 10 B 0020 Horiz Chipping Coin Drill 2 Screen Shot 2023 02 20 at 11.25.18 AM.jpg

    When Fabian was able to land the club just beyond the ball, the nickel flew ahead, too – great feedback for proper technique.
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  • 002 08 B 0007 Vert Chipping Coin Drill 3 Screen Shot 2023 02 20 at 11.27.58 AM.jpg

    When the hands beat the clubface to impact, you make crisp, consistent contact. No scooping.
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