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How to Improve your Golf Chipping Stroke

If you can have the confidence to getunderstand that your golf ball is going
your golf balls close to the hole nearlyto roll some distance after it hits the
every time you make a golf chippinggreen.
stroke, your scores are going to comeOnce you start to appreciate this point,
tumbling down faster than you canyou're now ready to develop a technique
possibly imagine!that takes this fact into consideration.
What Is The Chip Shot?If you're not aware of the distance that
Basically, the chip shot is a flat oryour ball is going to roll, you're not
low flying, forward moving approachgoing to get your ball really close to
shot.the hole, no matter how good a player
It's intended to be used in situationsyou are.
where there is no immediate obstacleA good way to get used to this new
between your ball and the target.adjustment in your approach is to stand
Suppose you happened to miss the greenon the edge of the green and just roll
with your second shot and your ballballs up to the hole.
landed on the apron or close to the edgeYou can do this quite easily and it
of the green. It may not be possible forwon't take you long to get used to how
you to use your putter, because themuch the ball actually begins to roll
grass is longer on the apron than it isand react to the slope or "borrow" as we
on the green.like to call it.
This difference in grass texture isOnce you are aware of the Landing Area
going to affect the roll of the ball, soand not the Finishing Area, you will be
the idea is to chip the ball over theabsolutely amazed at how good your
grass and try to land the ball on theperception and feel will begin to
short manicured green, where it can thenevolve.
roll out towards the flag.So do the same exercise again, except
You may also have a slight undulation inthis time, try and gauge where the ball
front of you. If you took the putter toneeds to land so that it rolls out and
play this shot, the depth of thefinishes next to or near to the hole
undulation and the length of grassyou've chosen.
you're playing from will also affect theAfter you've done this exercise a few
way the ball reacts.times, you're now ready to move onto
So we need to learn how the ball isunderstanding why the pro's are so good
going to react once we hit it.at chipping!
Why Is Chipping So Important?Why 3 Clubs And What's So Special About
Golf is not about how far you can hitThem?
the ball.If you've watched any live coverage of
Golf is mainly a target game whichgolf tournaments on the television, then
demands hitting the ball variousyou've no doubt been amazed at just how
distances and seeing how low your scoregood the pro's are at getting up and
can be at the end of a particular round.down from around the green.
If you can save shots by improving yourIt doesn't matter how difficult the shot
golf chipping technique, your scoreslooks, they always seem to be able to
will be lower and as a result yourget it close and on the rare occassion -
handicap will improve.it even goes in!
Distance & Direction - The Two SecretsThe majority of pro's only hit about
To Mastering Your Golf Chippingthirteen or fourteen greens in
Remember, as in Putting, the only way toregulation during a round of golf, so
have consistency is when you can controlsomewhere along the way they're going to
your distance and direction.have to chip or pitch the ball close
All putts and chips which go in theenough to the hole, so that they only
hole, or come to rest next to the hole,need a putt to save their par.
have the magic ingredient of distanceThe Secret Clubs The Pro's Use!
and direction.The 3 clubs that the pro's choose to use
The saving grace for you is that you'reare the one's which allow them to get
going to have at least a fifty percentthe majority of their balls close to the
chance of success no matter what yourhole, even if they make a mistake!
ball does, so long as you can hit it!The three clubs are:
The only question you really need to beThe Pitching Wedge
asking yourself is - "By how much do IThe Sand Iron
want to increase my percentage ofThe Eight Iron
success?"The Pitching Wedge is the cornerstone.
Once you get yourself into the top 70%This is what everything revolves around.
or 80% range, you're going to see yourThe Pitching Wedge will be used for a
handicap come down so fast, it's notball that has to fly fifty percent of
going to be funny!the way to the target and then roll the
Judging Distance - Flat Level Green'sother fifty percent of the distance to
Are Easier To Judgethe hole.
The idea is to get you to understandThe Sand Iron is used when the ball has
that if you can imagine playing all yourto fly two-thirds of the way to the
short shots, as though you were playingtarget and then roll one-third after
to a level green, that's one that has nolanding.
undulations or slopes by the way, you'llAnd the Eight Iron is used when the ball
be able to gauge the roll of the ballonly has to fly one-third of the way to
more precisely.the target and then is expected to roll
You must understand this one verythe other two-thirds.
important fact, if you're going to getSo if we break that formula down for
good at chipping.you, you can see that the pro's use
The one thing you really have to burnpercentages to increase their skill.
into your brain is that no matter howLet's see that formula broken down:
long or how short a chip shot you have,Pitching Wedge - 50% Carry - 50% Roll
THE BALL IS GOING TO ROLL SOME DISTANCE!Sand Iron - 2/3 Carry - 1/3 Roll
I rarely see people chipping around theEight Iron - 1/3 Carry - 2/3 Roll
green and the ball sticks to the groundNow, the next time you get to play a
as soon as it lands. First of all it'schip shot, remember how far the ball
an impossible scenario to imagine andneeds to roll after it lands on the
secondly the laws of motion won't allowgreen, then choose one of the clubs
it to happen!above to help you get it closer!
So, you had better get ready toRemember - "Play with Passion!



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