I think the next video I will post will be of me chipping.

I have really no consistency when it comes to this part of my game.

I will either hit too far behind the ball and get a clump of grass.. or I will thin it and sail across the green.

And Judging from the lack of short-game videos on here I am assuming that everyone else practices this as infrequently as I do.

That being said, does anyone have tips or links to good chipping sites?

Thanks in advance

I think I have some swing clips of Ernie Els, Fred Couples, and a few other pros chipping stored somewhere on my computer. If I can find them I'll try to upload them to the site.

In the meantime some good short game instruction can be found at the websites I have linked below.

Greg Norman tips:
http://www.shark.com/sharkwatch/instruction/

Nick Faldo tips:
http://www.golfinternationalmag.co.uk/nick_faldo/wedge.htm

I have been told that most of your weight is to be on the left (for right handers) leg. And that you take a very short backswing. Then accelerate quickly through the ball. This reduces the tendency to decelerate.

Thoughts?

The Secret to good chipping is moving the clubhead and the handle of the club in the same direction and watch the clubhead make contact with the golfball. I usually charge for that information.

I´m really a beginner, but I find chipping fairly easy, since someone told me it is basically a putting stroke with the handle ahead of the ball.

So I hold hips and head still, have more weight on my left foot (that helps to keep the handle ahead of the clubhead)

To keep accuracy, try not to turn the clubhead on the backswing, (unless it's a *very* long chip) and keep the clubhead at a constant angle through the stroke by keeping a good hinge in the right wrist. (the wrists should not move through the stroke) The end of the swing has the club pointing at the target about hip-height.

I find it´s a slowish constant-speed swing, where distance is varied by varying the backswing height.

I place the ball centre-stance, but experiment to find what works best for you.

Good swing-thought is that you are "putting" the ball with a crooked club. This will prevent the dreaded "scoop" where the club slides under the ball at a flat angle, with unpredictable results.

As I said, I'm no expert, but I hope the above helps.

The secret to chipping is to hit more greens.LOL

Easy to put into words.. hard to execute in motion
Tour professionals setup with most of the body weight forward over the front leg and hands well forward of the ball towards the target - they simply use a shoulder turn to mainly create the movement - however they key to good chipping is to return the club to impact with the hands ahead of the ball and the club going down and through the ball creating a slight divot without any release of the wrists at all through the shot - higher level chipping like the pros mix a pitch/chip type pattern depending on actual lie of the ball and situation so it gets blurred a lot!!!! however in each short shot around the green the key is to actually have a cupped right wrist position and flat left wrist position through the ball to the end of the stroke - some tour pros and Stan Utley teaches this a lot, will actually create a slight degree of extra lag in the chipping stroke through the ball with the very cupped right wrist position and using shoulder turn and slight forearm rotation they release the club - this however is after you have mastered holding the forward hand position through impact taking a slight divot with no hand, wrist, forearm action at all

It's fundamentals. Particularly having an open stance, playing the ball just off the back foot, getting the hands a bit forward, and keep the wrists firm through the chip. From there, it's just a lot of practice. One thing that helped me with chipping was to focus on the trajectory of the ball a bit more than focusing on where I want to land it on the green.



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