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 USGolfer.net Golf Tip for June, 2001.
Chipping
No matter how you’re striking the ball, improving your short game will immediately lower you scores. The quality of your long game will ultimately determine how high your high scores will be, but the quality of your short game will determine how low your low scores can be.
Getting the ball "up and down" in two shots is the trademark of a good player. Just look at the leader boards on the tours each week and you’ll see great short games at the top. To improve your short game, start with the chipping stroke. Follow these basic steps to learning a solid fundamental strike:
1. Start with a neutral grip like the one used for your full shots.
2. Choke down on the grip so that your hands are approximately two inches from the top end of the club.
3. Take a narrow stance placing your heels approximately 4-6" apart. Place your back foot perpendicular to the target line and open your stance slightly placing your forward foot several inches further away from the target line.
4. Bend forward from the hips allowing your arms to hang freely from your shoulders.
5. Now lean your body toward the target placing most of you weight on your front foot. Your hands should now be hanging over the knee on your forward leg. Looking down from this address position, your hands should appear to cover this knee.
6. Place the ball position opposite your left heel and you are now ready to make your stroke.
7. To make your stroke, swing the club away from the ball and back to it with your arms and shoulders. Be careful NOT to lift the club away with your hands. This stoke should be made by swinging the club back with your arms and shoulders with very little if any deliberate hand or wrist movement. The hands and wrists should only move as a reaction to the club swinging.
8. Your hands are a head of the ball at address and should remain that way through the entire shot, including the finish. Do not allow the club head to pass the hands during the stroke. In your finish your hands should be closer to the target than the club head.
Common mistakes when chipping:
1. Over use of the hands. This is usually caused by trying to get the ball into the air. To cure this, try to hit the ball as if you are going to drag it to the target. This drill will keep your hands leading the club head and keep the natural loft on the club giving you solid contact and proper flight. Remember a chip is not supposed to fly very high.
2. Uneven swing. Try to move your arms back and forward the same amount. Your hands should be at approximately the same height in the finish as they were in the back swing. But remember, the hands lead and finish forward of the club head.
If you keep theses simple techniques in mind your scores are sure to drop.
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