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Gary Nicol’s putting principles: Pace

published: Jul 7, 2017

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updated: Oct 3, 2023

Gary Nicol’s putting principles: Pace

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Renowned European Tour coach, TrackMan Master and Certified Mind Factor coach Gary Nicol shows us how to improve on the greens..

Gary Nicol's putting principles: Pace

Table of Contents

Jump to:

  • gary nicol’s short game secrets: mastering the flop shot
  • gary nicol’s short game secrets: the art of shot selection
  • the best irons for 2017
  • james morrison: ireland, scotland and, fingers crossed, royal birkdale
  • what golf’s obsession with dress codes says about us

In our quest to learn how to improve shot selection, The Golf Shack Academy on tour found our way to Archerfield Links, East Lothian, Scotland. Whilst there, we caught up with Gary Nicol, European Tour coach at TPEGS coaching, also based at Archerfield.

We asked Gary for some help on the putting green. Here he talks to us about the key putting principles and how you should always spend more time thinking about the pace.

Gary Nicol's short game secrets: Mastering the flop shot

Gary Nicol’s short game secrets: Mastering the flop shot

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Gary Nicol's short game secrets: The art of shot selection

Gary Nicol’s short game secrets: The art of shot selection

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About Gary

Renowned European Tour coach, TrackMan Master and Certified Mind Factor coach Gary Nicol is available for private coaching at Archerfield Links. Gary has successfully coached golfers of all abilities over a 25 year period and spent 16 years traveling around the world. He has worked with over 30 Tour Pros including numerous tournament winners and Ryder Cup players. Gary offers a range of private coaching programmes including – individual one hour lessons, playing lessons, video lessons and analysis. All this is delivered to your email address and smartphone for you to watch and learn from, wherever and whenever you want.

About Archerfield

The Performance Centre located in East Lothian, Scotland is regarded as one of the finest golf Coaching and Fitting Facilities in Europe. It boasts state of the art technology from; TrackMan, V1 Video, GEARS, SAM PuttLab and SAM BalanceLab.

They provide an enhanced level of coaching for all levels of ability and world class Junior Coaching programmes.

If you are looking for new golf equipment then look no further, they are now custom fitting PING, Titleist and Callaway golf clubs with a wide range of components and club options available. Their custom fit experts will work with you to find the best solution for your game.

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