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Originally Posted by MrGolf
Save your money. Use your putter. Unless you can hit down on the ball first with hands like butter your putter is your best bet, no matter the distance/
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This is probably the best advice that you could get although I'm not a fan of the term "hit down on the ball".
I tend to get a bit yippy when chipping and pitching so if the lie is at all sketchy, unless I have to go over something, I'll pull out my putter.
The other thing about taking lessons is that unless you are wiling to put in countless hours practicing what you are told in the lessons, you're not going to improve.
Golf cannot be taught. It has to be learned. A lesson will show you how to learn and you need to spend the time learning and applying what you are told in the lesson.
The short game requires more practice than any other part of the game. One of the greatest teachers in history told me that for every hour you spend hitting balls, you should spend three hour chipping, pitching and putting.
If you think that you're going to take a lesson and suddenly be able to hit excellent pitch shots off of hardpan lies, you're going to be very disappointed.