Golf Chipping Tips

An effective short game can make all the difference between winning and loosing a match. A deal of strokes be added to your score when your chipping and putting is not as good as it could be. Focus on your wedge and putter and watch those scores come tumbling down. Commit a fair chunk of your practice time into using your putter and wedge and watch your game improve.

Confidence

Chip with confidence by working on a firm chipping stroke and know which kind of shot to play. If your confident from around the green, however ticklish the lie, you can attack the pin just as easily as if putting.

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Careful thought needs to be given to playing the suitable shot to give you the maximum chance of a makeable putt. Observe your position and check for hazards, rough and the slope of the ground. Having decided on the shot to use commit to it. Lack of commitment will frequently cause problems.

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Provided the lie is good, use your 5 iron and position the ball toward the back of your stance. Aim your club face at the flag and use your putting grip at the bottom of the rubber. Swing short, slow and even with no wrist break. Judging your stroke if you are on the fringe is hard when using your putter. To lift the ball cleanly and onto the green use your 5 iron.

Over Apron

Take a slightly open stance and use your 7 iron. Aiming your clubface at the flag, position the ball towards the back of your stance. Grip the club lower than usual and make a backswing and though swing of equal length with no wrist break – the left wrist staying solid through impact. To avoid hitting the uneven apron use a 7 iron instead of a putter.

Over a Hazard/Bunker

If you have a good lie but grass long enough to tangle, utilise a sand wedge and an open stance. With your hands ahead of the club head, place the ball in the centre of your stance. {Aim the clubface at the flag and try to drop the ball on top of it.} Place your grip lower than for a full wedge. Create a steep backswing and downswing by using an early wrist break. A confident stroke is necessary otherwise you are likely to end up in the sand in front of you.

Grip

To improve your feel for the club head grip lower than usual.  This will also give you improved control. An important component to attaining a sensitive greenside touch is club head awareness.

Stance

A beneficial hint for the chip shot is to position most of your weight on the left foot. It's important to remember to maintain your weight on the left foot as you make your swing. You require your club head to seing in the downward direction and whenever you let your weight to shift to the right foot too much you wil swing upwards instead.

Golf chipping tips practice is a fantastic means to reduce three shots into two around the greens. {Keep it straight forward and it will help you to shrink your handicap.}