Phil Mickelson: Secrets of the Short Game DVD

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2 Disc Set - Wide Screen

 

Generally recognized as one of golf's great short game players, Phil Mickelson has
created this cutting edge program, featuring two DVDs and an instructional booklet. "Secrets of the Short Game" is loaded with Phil's personal tips and lessons on golf's money shots - those played inside 50 yards, including segments on:
  • Putting
  • Sand Bunker Shots
  • Flop Shots
  • Chipping
  • Specialty Shots
  • Phil's Trick Shots

Added Bonus: Phil demonstrates his famous "Over the head" backward shot 

Phil Mickelson, winner of 34 PGA Tour events, including three major championships and long renowned for his masterful short game, has teamed with Emmy Award-winning producer/director Terry Jastrow to create "Phil Mickelson: Secrets of the Short Game." The two-disc DVD focusing on all shots played from 50 yards is set is due to be released April 7. "My ideas about the short game are very different from a lot of the instruction I see out there," said Mickelson, "so it was a lot of fun to put this together with Terry and I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. The goal here is help golfers build a foundation so that their practice time directly correlates to improved scoring on the golf course." Jastrow has produced hugely popular instructional tapes with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and others but said, "No great golfer has done an instructional program in more two decades. For years people have acknowledged Phil has a superior short game, but the question they still ask is, ‘How does he do it?' Here Phil finally gives his answers." Mickelson has been outspoken on various topics throughout his career and continues to be so in sharing his "Secrets." On two popular chipping instructions, that "the club should go back and through the same distance" or that there should be "no wrist" in the swing: "If anybody teaches you one of those two methods, go somewhere else. There is one great way to chip and it is a method that I call "hinge and hold." There has never been a good chipper who does not conform to this technique." On putting: "For years I have heard how you want your hands to oppose each other. I don't buy into that either. We want our top hand turned stronger; this promotes a release." The DVD set focuses on all shots from 50 yards in and includes sections on putting, chipping, sand shots and the flop shot Mickelson popularized soon after he joined the PGA Tour in 1992.

Features

  • Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection 

Technical Info

  • Release Information
  • Studio: Paramount
  • Release Date: 4/7/2009
  • Running Time: 105 minutes
  • Catalog ID: 894424
  • UPC: 00097368944244
  • Number of Discs: 2

Competitive Edge announced today they will be representing Pasea LLC in a breakthrough golf DVD titled "Phil Mickelson: Secrets of the Short Game." The one-year agreement gives Competitive Edge's retail division exclusive rights to market the DVD series to golf retailers and websites, as well as green-grass shops. The two-disc DVD program and booklet discuss Phil's putting, chipping, sand and flop shot techniques and strategies that have made Phil's short game legendary. A national TV campaign will launch on Golf Channel the week of the Masters.

With Phil's win this past weekend at the Northern Trust Open, he has now logged 35 career wins, ranking second among active players and is 13th on the all-time wins list. He has finished second or third on the money list eight times including seven of the last nine seasons. He has finished in the top 10 at eight of the last nine Masters Tournaments, including wins in 2004 and 2006. He is the only U.S. player to appear in all seven Presidents Cups and the last seven Ryder Cups.

The DVD series and TV commercial were produced and directed by Terry Jastrow, a seven-time Emmy award winner whose credits include Producer/Director of six previous Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Super Bowl XIX, 68 Golf Majors and events ranging from an Indianapolis 500 and Kentucky Derby. Mr. Jastrow is married to actress Anne Archer and has two sons and is a member of the Texas State Golf Hall of Fame.

Jastrow has produced other instructional tapes in golf with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and others. "No great golfer has done an instructional program in more two decades. For years people have acknowledged Phil has a superior short game, but the question they still ask is, ‘How does he do it?' Here Phil finally gives his answers."

Mickelson has been outspoken on various topics throughout his career and it has landed him in some hot water at times. He doesn't pull any punches with his thoughts on how recreational players can improve their short game techniques. On two popular chipping instructions, that "the club should go back and through the same distance" or that there should be "no wrist" in the swing, he said this: "If anybody teaches you one of those two methods, go somewhere else. There is one great way to chip and it is a method that I call ‘hinge and hold.' There has never been a good chipper who does not conform to this technique." On putting: "For years I have heard how you want your hands to oppose each other. I don't buy into that either. We want our top hand turned stronger; this promotes a release."

Phil Mickelson: Secrets of the Short Game includes sections on putting, chipping, sand shots and the flop shot Mickelson popularized soon after he joined the PGA Tour in 1992. The set has a run time of approximately two hours and retails for $49.95.