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Chipping is an important, but sometimes neglected part of the game. There’s nothing worse than setting yourself up perfect, then blowing it all with a poor chip shot. Follow these tips and stop costing yourself vital strokes from poor chip shots. These tip are sure to improve your accuracy and consistency.

1. The ability to lead the clubface through impact greatly affects consistency.

2. Focus on delivering a descending blow and not an upswing.

3. Do not try to slide the clubface under the ball or scoop the ball up.

4. You want the majority of your weight on your left foot, atleast 70%.

5. Don’t get wristy. Let your whole body move the club, not just your wrists.

6. You want your feet positioned fairly close together when setting up a chip shot.

7. Keep your hands ahead of the ball during your swing.

8. Lead to a controlled smooth follow-through on the swing.

9. Choose the right club. Many golfers tend to use only one club for chipping; experiment.

10. The clubhead should follow a straight line from the backswing to the follow-through.

Well that’s it for my golf chipping tips. I hope you find them helpful. Always try to think of chipping as more of an art than the rest of the game. Now get out there and put these tips to work.

As a kid, I received a beautiful golf chip board, when I started playing this game, which stayed with me all my life.
An unknown / golf / guru approached me on the putting green when I was hitting a bump and some songs with my 9-iron. He said:

"You know the ball should go and not your club. Try dragging a rake."

He noticed my puzzled look and I took over a nearby tree and told me to collect some leaves with myclub.

“Now tell me what you are doing and how it feels?”

He was really friendly and had a voice that reminded me of my English teacher, with whom I also had great rapport, so I dragged a few more leaves into an ever increasing pile and replied,

“Actually I’m not doing very much just pulling the sole of the club along the ground and the club face is collecting the leaves.”

He smiled then continued,

“In order to benefit from this ‘golf chipping tip’, don’t tell me what the club is doing, tell me what you are doing?”

I thought hard and started again and explained to him that I was standing over the pile of leaves that I had already gathered and was pulling more leaves towards the pile from the right-hand side.

I also remarked that my hands were keeping the club shaft at an angle where the club head stopped behind the pile and my hands would always reach further to the left over the top of the pile.

I also established that I was automatically keeping the clubface square to the direction I'm pulling to keep the palm of my right hand on the ground under the same angle as my shaft was in contact with the ground.

"Great stuff!" replied the stranger,

"Now, try to spread the pile you collected with a mixture of what you do and a swing that looks like a swing scaling.

He warned that once again tries to tell him what I did and what I felt.

After the whistlethe battery left, I was able to report that the swing is more dynamic and more like a sweeping motion classification.

I knew I had to where I wanted, because he says,

"OK, you're ready, let's get a ball and closing on the dynamics of this" chip on board golf. "

He told me to do some movement, raking the long grass as a practice golf swing and feel that I was doing at the target.

EThen again, a bit 'more like the scan and then without much thought, do the same thing with the ball.

This must be tried to be believed. Suddenly, my understanding and feeling of the dynamics of this plan have been quadrupled.

I always use "golf chip board" with my students and they thank me for my wisdom.

So, Mr Stranger, for years I have been successful in this part of my game and be able to transmit it to others …

"I sincerely thankyou. "

This is the part of golf that many golfers have the most trouble with. Because chipping requires a bit of finesse, it’s much easier to flub a shot or overshoot the hole. There are some good techniques you can use when chipping the ball up onto the green.

There are two parts to a successful short game: the plan and the execution. The plan is simply defining your shot before you play it. You should determine where you plan to land the ball and how far it will roll. The plan should include landing the ball on the green whenever possible and playing the best percentage shot. The best percentage shot is usually the one that is simplest to execute.

Since you are hitting the ball a shorter distance than with a full swing, you should choke up on the club, narrow your stance, and stand closer to the ball. Picture the shot you’re about to play and make a practice swing to approximate the swing you’ll need. The club should be swung with arms and shoulders, with some wrist break. The key to shots around the green is to “keep the arms moving”. Read the rest of this entry »