Brace to improve hand positioning for short golf game

A hand brace to assist a golfer in improving their short game skills, the hand brace comprising:

• a shell configured to cover at least a back portion of a dominant hand, a top portion of a dominant wrist, and a top portion of a dominant forearm of the golfer, the shell having an inner layer and an outer layer and being constructed from at least one flexible material;
• a first guard being disposed in association with the shell so that configured to extend along the back of the golfer's dominant hand from and between proximately the second knuckles of the index and ring fingers, over the top of the golfer's dominant wrist and extending toward a lower portion of the golfer's dominant forearm, the first guard being constructed to restrict the maximum extension of the golfer's dominant wrist to less than approximately 20 degrees;
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• a second guard being disposed in association with the shell so that it configured to extend along the back of the thumb on the golfer's dominant hand from a nailbed of the thumb to the first knuckle of the thumb to substantially restrict radial deviation of the golfer's dominant wrist to less than approximately 10 degrees.