Sometimes
you may be faced with a short chip shot that requires you to get the
ball up in the air quickly and land it with little roll, because you
have minimal green to work with, and on other occasions you will have a much
greater distance to cover, so will need to fly the
golf ball much further in the air to reach your intended target.
You will also have to contend with up hill, down hill and sloping green scenarios. So if you are only using the
one club for all of these golf chipping
conditions, just imagine how many different kind of
golf chipping techniques you will need to
master and how much feel will be required, to enable you to accurately
play these shots every time!!
To
simplify your golf chipping
experience and make life a little less complicated for yourself, you should try using more of the
golf clubs
in your
bag. The varying lofts of each of the golf clubs will enable you to use
one simple golf chipping technique that is easy to learn and will
produce consistent and reliable results.
I would recommend spending some time at your local practice golf
chipping area or get yourself a good quality
golf chipping net so
you can practice at home. Take a 6, 7, 8 & 9 iron and
practice using the same length back swing and follow through, so you
get a feel for how much carry and run you get with each club.
A good
golf chipping tip to remember is that the quicker you can get
the ball rolling on the green, the more consistent and accurate your
results will ultimately be. The margin for error dramatically reduces
the longer the golf ball has to stay in the air and the longer
your back swing has to be!
If you are serious about improving your golf chipping
and scoring, and looking for some inspirational advice on how to
take your short game and golf chipping to the next level, then i
would recommend that you get a copy of
Phil Mickelson's
excellent golf instructional book called
'Secrets Of The Short Game'More Golf Chipping Instruction:
