|
Purepoint Golf Chip Shot Tips – Short Game
By David Nevogt
Copyright 2006 David Nevogt
I recently played a round of with a friend of mine. Every time he had a chip shot, he used a sand wedge. It didn’t matter if he had a short chip shot or long chip shot. Every single time he chipped the ball, he chipped it with a sand wedge.
Let me tell you what the problem with that is. If you use a lofted club to chip a ball, you might be okay on the smaller chip shots, the short ones, where you don’t have to make too big of a swing. But to make a ball go further when you're chipping, you have to make a bigger swing.
If I had a small chip shot, the backswing would go maybe a foot or a foot and a half long. If I had a longer chip shot, I would have to make a longer backswing. You have to be very talented to do that.
Here’s something that will really help you. If you have a short chip shot, try chipping with a 9 iron. Ball in the middle of your stance, a little weight on your left leg, the handle over towards your left leg, and make an arm swing out of it.
If you have a medium length chip shot, the very same swing: ball in the middle of your stance, weight over to your left leg with the handle over on your left leg, and make another little arm swing. Because the loft is flatter, the ball will go further.
I’ll take it a step further for you. Let’s say you had a chip shot and you had to go all the way to the back of the green. Instead of making this long swing with a sand wedge, why not try a 5 iron? Ball in the middle of your stance, a little weight on your left leg, handle over towards your left leg, and make the same swing that you made with a 9 iron and the same swing you
|
|
We strive to provide only
quality articles, so if there is a specific topic related to
golf that you would like us to cover, please contact us at
any time.
And again, thank you to
those contributing daily to our golf putting green website.
|
