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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
made with the 7 iron. I guarantee you this will help you.
Get a picture of what you're trying to do. You're trying to make the ball go a short distance in the air and a long distance on the ground for a long chip shot: a short distance in the air and a medium length distance on the ground for a medium chip shot; short chip, short distance in the air, and a little bit on the ground.
To do that, try to change the club. Control the distance you want the chip shots to go by your club selection, not by the length of your backswing. Article Source: http://www.ArticleJoe.com David Nevogt writes instruction material that helps golfers of all levels reach their full potential and lower their scores. David is the author of "The Simple Swing" which guarantees to have you shooting 7 strokes lower in only 1 week from today. You can find more of his instruction by going to www.golfswingguru.com
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