I like to have the ball more forward in my stance so that with weight forward, I can still see the back of the ball. I love watching Phil's videos on it he makes it look easy. I tried Phil's Hinge and Hold technique, and while it would work sometimes I am apparently not talented enough to be consistent with it. Looking forward to pursuing this in the future and seeing this method works for me in the future.Įveryone is different about what feels good to them. I like how Mickelson simplifies matters by hitting high chips off the front foot and low chips off the back. I was terrible from the sand with the 59* Driver grind wedge. I chipped 5 times, holed 2 for birdies, got up and down 2 more times and hit one about halfway there and then three-putted. The hinge and hold method worked great for chipping for me yesterday. They replaced a Vokey S grind 56* and 60* K grind I used well from bunkers. I should mention that I also changed wedges, using Edel Driver grind wedges that I had been fitted with 7 years ago but could never work into the bag because full shots were more than a full club shorter than my gamers at the time. Great distance control for me, and I holed three when practicing getting up and down from all around the green. I practiced chipping for about an hour or so last Sunday, the day you made this post, with good results. I reread Phil Mickelson’s book focusing on chipping and practiced for a week in the house with good results. My short game has deteriorated and I believed my issue was an inconsistent radius. Here is a really great body rotation drill to help reduce the hand/wrist flipping that can really kill a chip. You can pick up a couple of alignment sticks at Home Depot for like $2.50 a pop. You're basically at the green so don't forget to read it like you would a putt. Read your chip: don't play a wedge shot like it's just another shot to get you to the green. The ball position will determine club loft and trajectory after the ball is struck. This will ensure that you're hitting the ball first. Weight: always weight forward and toward target no matter what shot. Just remember that the position of the ball will impact the loft of the club. Some may only like 1 trajectory and there's no problem with that. Further forward = higher, further back = lower. Place the ball according to desired trajectory. These are what work for me and I'm sure others will provide equally valuable examples.īall position: there is no specific position. Here are some fundamentals that I apply in my chipping gameĭisclaimer: there's are many many ways to skin this cat. Whatever you're outlook, it is definitely important to keep the 1 or many chipping tools sharp at all times. I like to have a variety of shots in the quiver if needed but mostly stick with a few solid fundamental shots that I can use effectively 90% of the time. I'm a mid-complexity kind of wedge player. So imo chipping can be as complex or simple as the individual wishes it to be. You just have to experiment and see what feels better and what works better for you. But after 30 years of doing it this way it requires no though on my part and I am comfortable with this approach. I press it forward to keep it low and running or normal loft to land 1/2 way to the hole and then roll out, or open it up to land near the hole. So I listened to him. I use my gap wedge 90% of the time. I was a 20 something handicap and he was scratch. The guy who taught me was a one club approach. Even though this should be the simplest part of the game it isn't. Some say use one, some say it depends on the distance to the hole. There are different thoughts about what club to use. If you took 20 of us and recorded our chipping you would have 20 different results. In other approaches if you use the bounce of the sole and hit behind it, your club could bounce and you can skull the shot over the green. If you hit slightly behind the ball the leading edge would dig in and chunk it. You have to remember that Phil is a master of his approach to chipping. You are correct, there are many schools of thought.
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