The Difference between Chipping and Pitching

Friday, December 27, 2013

1. Distance Chipping: A Chip shot is usually used near the green. Anywhere from a yard to 30 yards off the green. Pitching: A pitch shot is usually used from more than 30 yard or so from the green.   2. Weight Shift Chipping: No weight shift is needed in general. You put your weight on y

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How to Hit a Chip Shot: 8 Ways to Set Up and 6 Ways to Hit it

Friday, December 27, 2013

8 Ways to Set Up   1. Take a narrow stance When chipping, you don't tansfer your weight. A narrow stance will help you keep your weight on your front during the whole swing.   2. Keep 80% (most) of your weight on your front foot By keeping your weight on your front foot during the

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Use Different Clubs for Chipping

Friday, December 27, 2013

When chipping, lots of players just grab their sand wedge and hit it. But if you use different clubs depending on the situation, it will make chipping so much easier. I usually use sand wedge, pitching wedge, 9 iron, 8 iron, 6 iron and 4 iron. Some golfers are surprised to see me use 4 iron for ch

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Chipping from Thick Rough

Friday, December 27, 2013

Chipping is harder out of the rough. One of the keys to hitting this shot is to make sure you accelerate your clubhead through the grass. I think most players who decelerate their clubhead are not so sure how hard they should hit the ball. That makes them to decelerate. So take 2 or 3 practice swi

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How to Hit a Low, Running Chip Shot

Friday, December 27, 2013

When you have plenty of green to work with, you should use low, running chip shot to roll the ball to the hole. There are many ways to hit this type of shots. Here is the technique that Michelle Wie uses. Whit this low-runner, she tries to keep her hands out of the shot. She uses putting grip and

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How to Fix Fat and Top shot When Chipping

Friday, December 27, 2013

Hitting it fat or topping it when chipping is a common problem for average players. To fix this problem, I recommend you to set up differently than normal. With this technique, we are going to hit the ball with the toe side of your clubface. When you strike the ball toward the toe of the clubface,

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Shanking Chip Shots and How to Cure it

Friday, December 27, 2013

Shanks are caused by hitting the ball on the hosel of the club. Some golfers think they are hitting it off the toe because the ball will go straight to the right but that's really rare case. A lot of times, fixing your set up will cure the shanks with chip shots.   The Cause Golfers who s

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How to Stop Topping your Chip Shots

Friday, December 27, 2013

There are basically two causes for topping chip shots. One is your address. Second cause is trying to scoop the ball in the air. Even the good players do this once in a while. But if you try to lift the ball in the air, you'll end up topping the shots. Because the ball is on the ground, you can hi

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7 Ways to Get Backspin on Your Chip Shots

Friday, December 27, 2013

To hit chip shots with lots of backspin, you need to set up like below. Use softer ball. This is necessary to get lots of backspin Use more lofted club. More loft means more spin. For chip shots, you might want to use your sand wedge. Position your ball off your right fott Put more weight

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How to Cure Fat Chip Shots

Friday, December 27, 2013

Hitting fat chip shots will not only cause you 1 stroke but also damages your confidence. Next time you are in the same kind of situation, you start to think you might hit it fat again. When you start doubting like that, you tend to decelerate through impact causing you to hit it fat. So golfers w

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Hitting Chip Shots from a Tight Lie

Friday, December 27, 2013

Hitting chip shots from a tight lie is difficult shot. If you hit behind it, the clubhead will either dig into the ground causing you to hit it fat or bounce back causing top shots. On the regular lie with some grass underneath the ball, the clubhead will slide a little even if you hit it a bit be

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