The Gary Smith Golf Academy is full of in-depth, practical resources on all areas of planning, building, and implementing an ideal golfing season...

Training programmes on every area of your golf performance from short game to long game and beyond.

• Short Game Training
• Grip 
• Setup, Posture & Stance
• Movement & Rotation
• Bunker Play
• Chipping
• Pitching

• Long Game Training
• The Fundamentals
• The Swing
• Faults & Fixes
• Perfect Practice
• Case Studies
• How To Guides

and much, much more...

Optimize Your Short Game And See Your Golfing Performance Improve.

There are many variables that can affect your golf, but for improving your score, your short game can give you the quickest gains. Our training programmes will help you improve your short game, using Gary's Linear Approach. Gary takes you step-by-step through what you need to do to optimise your grip, setup, posture, stance, chipping, pitching and bunker play for maximum performance improvement.

• Grip

• Setup, Posture & Stance

• Movement & Rotation

• Corridor Of Success

• The Four Stations

• Bunker Play

• Chipping

• Pitching

The Perfect Short Game Programme

Gary spent thousands of hours and thousands of pounds experimenting with different approaches to the short game, evaluating successes and failures, then refining his approach. The end result of Gary's struggle with the mechanics and physics of the short game is a world class approach, known as "The Linear Approach" that has now been adopted by many of the world's top players. It has been carefully distilled into a comprehensive online course consisting of 8 modules covering every area of the short game and specifically designed to help golfers drop shots from their game, no matter what level they are at. 

In the "Grip" module, Gary covers the key grip requirements for the short game and how it can differ from the long game.
In the "Setup, Posture & Stance" module, Gary covers three crucial areas to master if you want to have a great short game.
In the "Movement & Rotation" module, Gary covers the key attributes (energy, strike and consistency) to help you hit great shots.
In the "Corridor Of Success" module, Gary shows you how to develop your technique and build your confidence before you practice on the golf course.
In "The Four Stations" module, Gary covers a range of different pressure situations to further enhance your skill set before you play competitive rounds of golf.
In the "Bunker Play" module, a range of bunker shots are demonstrated along with the linear approach technique for bunker play.
In the "Chipping" module, Gary shows you a range of different shots around the green with different clubs to allow you master and look forward to playing chip shots.
In the "Pitching" module, Gary covers the key things you need to do to hit a range of pitch shots from different distances along with lob shots.

Bonus Modules

You also get FREE access to our Bonus Modules, such as...

What Kind Of Results Can I Expect?

Clients can drop up to 8 shots and beyond from their game. Obviously, if you are already training at pro level, you may not see these types of gains. 

If there is anything at all that you're not certain about, anything we haven't made clear; any concerns or questions then please do contact us as [email protected] and we'll help you out.

"Hi Gary – last year you gave me a single lesson on the short game – I still follow your technique and my spin, launch and roll out is so consistent now I am getting up and down 60-70% per round, up from 30%. I’m extremely confident around the greens and actually look forward to missing greens (not really) Just wanted to say great stuff. Whats important is that the strike conditions are so consistent you subconsciously pick up flight length and roll outs. I can go from a SW chip to a six iron runner and get the length right first time. Gold."

"Hi Gary, just to let you know that since your short game day at Ramside..... I have used the method ever since, and have not fatted any chip or left any ball in a bunker, short game gone from strength to strength. Many many thanks, I am spreading the word"

"I am really glad we have started working together as I have had a few short game lessons but none have produced such fantastic results and confidence in my short game."

"Your linear bunker technique is incredible and I will be excited to see my ball land in a green side bunker in my next medal comp."

"You're not a golf coach you're some sort of ninja Sensei.  I've been working on the things you showed me on Monday and I can't believe what I'm doing."

"Gary, You may remember that last Saturday you did a demo at the golf show in Manchester discussing chipping and the short game. After that I came over and spoke and you did another session using me as an example. Well I played today and wow, that chipping technique is fantastic. It solves so many problems and now I have some confidence over my short game. Thank you very much!"

"Gary hope you're well. Just wanted to say you've revolutionised my short game. My bunker play is more consistent and with a wedge in my hands I'm peppering the pin. I played a quick 6 holes in the dusk and shot 3 under! Thanks so much"

"VERY pleased to say that, following a bit of coaching with you, I did manage to win that singles knockout competition at Frilford. He was 1/2 my age, hit it 1/2 as far again and was receiving shots but I kept it down the middle and, with some good scrambling, took him out. This is after 25 YEARS OF TRYING ! See you soon Gary"

"One of the clinic attendees came in today asking for your number. He said he had made 6 up and downs and won his Elders match against North Hants. His opponent was so impressed he wants you to do a clinic over there. You may get a call from him..."

"Excellent material presented clearly & memorably. You won't see some of his very sensible teachings anywhere else & his approach is far less complex than far too many other teachers. His short game approach is one of the best two I have encountered. Bravo Gary Smith. He deserves to be knighted! Wish I had discovered his knowledge & approach 60 years ago when I started playing golf at 12 years of age."

"We'll be back to see you this year and cannot thank you enough. We had a ball! Thanks ever so much for Saturday. You were truly awesome! Richard and I had THE best time ever.  I'm starting to understand it more but the trip was about Richard and boy did you deliver. His changes were as quick as ten minutes in and his light came on throughout the 6 hours we were down, We both loved it and cannot thank you enough!"