Chipping Golf Tips
Golf is a difficult sport that involves concentration and patience with every difficult shot that you will face. There are several challenging shots you will face over a round of golf, but chipping is perhaps the most difficult. Everything from your position to the golf club selection to how hard you hit it should be considered.
When it comes to your golf-chipping stance, you want to begin with your feet within a foot of each other. You’ll want to put your weight on the forward foot, which is the left foot for right-handed golfers and the right foot for left handed golfers. This should take the pressure off of your back foot almost to the point where you can easily lift it off of the ground.
Your hands should always remain ahead of the ball with no wrist breaking like you do when putting. If your wrists do break, you will find yourself trying to lift the ball too much. The ending result will be no lift whatsoever.
A chipping tip that many people don’t realize when it comes to selecting the best club is that you can use virtually any club in your bag. Too many people are stuck on using their wedge when there are a number of other clubs that are far better choices. To get the most accurate shot out of pitch, you will want to get the ball rolling on the green as soon as possible. The longer it is in the air, the longer it has to make a mistake.
A common rule to use when selecting your club is that for every foot the ball is in the air, it will roll approximately 1 foot plus another in descending order. For example, if you use your wedge the ball will roll 1 foot for every foot it is in the air. If you use your 9 iron, it will roll 2 feet for every foot in the air. The 8 iron will roll 3 feet for every foot in the air and so on.
This is a great way to get an estimate of what club would be best. However, you have to chip the ball according to the way the course is playing. If the greens are rolling fast, you’ll have to adjust the club you select. If the weather is affecting the greens, you will have to select accordingly.
One of the best ways to practice chipping is getting a hang of your distance control. You can practice this by setting up targets and trying to chip the ball as close to the target as possible. Once you get your distance down, the ball will do the rest of the work by rolling its way to the pin. As with anything in life, the best chipping tip I can give you is to practice. The more comfortable you are chipping the golf ball, the more confident and accurate you will become.