You can practice chipping it close in more ways than one!
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Chipping it close around the green requires a good imagination (think Seve) and a good chipping technique. After practicing several different shots around the green on the range, you will have several different shots to choose from when facing a chip shot on the course. Choose the option you think will work best for you in that situation. Piers Ward and Andy Proudman of Meandmygolf demonstrate just how to do this!
SHORT GAME GOLF SKILLS AT WENTWORTH. In this week’s Impact Show, Meandmygolf PGA Professionals Piers Ward and Andy Proudman are at The Wentworth Club in England on the 18th green where they help you with two different short game situations to improve your game.
Learn to play the “Bump and Run” shot to roll 3 shots into 2!
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Chip shot, pitch shot, lob shot… what’s the difference?
In this month’s video golf tip, Mel Sole discusses what makes these shots distinctive and introduces the Bump and Run shot, a unique type of chip shot that can help bring down your handicap. Use a fairly straight-faced club, land the ball short of the green, and let it roll to the flag! Easy, Peasy!
Golf Chats is a website to encourage discussions on various subjects relating to the game of golf. I am Mel Sole, Director of Instruction of the Mel Sole Golf School and SAPGA Master Professional. I invite you to enter into a discussion on this or any article on the golfchats.com website. The input is for the entire subscriber base to learn something new each time! Please post your comments below. Keep it clean and tasteful. We are here to learn from one another!
Anika Sorenstam once said of Tiger Woods, “He has more ways to hit a shot than anybody I have ever seen.”
The more ways you have to play a shot, the more successful you are going to be. Rotaryswing.com shows another way to teach yourself to chip the ball. Get out to the range today and try this!
Many of us golfers chip like the first half of this video. We swing down at an angle creating more stress on the shaft and a better chance at chunking. For those of you who haven’t had much luck with that technique, try the second tip here. It allows for more loft and backspin.
An Exercise in Consistent Chipping from Jim Furyk!
Golf Chats is a website to encourage discussions on various subjects relating to the game of golf. I am Mel Sole, Director of Instruction of the Mel Sole Golf School and SAPGA Master Professional. I invite you to enter into a discussion on this or any article on the golfchats.com website. The input is for the entire subscriber base to learn something new each time! Please post your comments below. Keep it clean and tasteful. We are here to learn from one another!
When I teach chipping at my school, I tell my students, “The Golden Rule” in chipping is “Fly the ball in the air as little as possible, and roll the ball as much as possible.”
And they all seem quite surprised by that statement because most club golfers tend to chip with a lofted club no matter the distance. Jim Furyk, multiple winner and Major Champion on the PGA Tour, gives us the same message but adds a few little gems like standing a little more upright, similar to your putting stroke! Thanks to nollprod for posting this. (not sure who nollprod is, but thanks anyway)
