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Last Updated: Oct 31, 2023

Golf Slang: "Soft Hands"

When someone has "soft hands", that means that they have great feel around the greens and are good at chipping and pitching.

Written By: Zach Gollwitzer

Posted in: Golf Slang

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Term Overview

A brief overview of the term including definition, usage, origins, helpful visuals.

definition

When someone has "soft hands", that means that they have great feel around the greens and are good at chipping and pitching. On tour, Phil Mickelson is famous for having one of the best short games (putting and chipping), so we might say, "Phil has soft hands around the greens".

how it's used in a sentence

Try and soften up the hands on this next chip. You're hitting it too hard.

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