Beginners Guide To Chipping

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00:00 (gentle music)

00:02 Hi, Dan Grieve here, head professional at Woburn Golf Club.

00:07 Here to talk about chipping basics

00:08 so you can get that nice, solid contact every time

00:11 when you're on your fringe lie

00:12 and you have a little bit of green to work with.

00:14 So the good news here is if you do get the setup right,

00:16 you are 90% of the way there to making a good contact.

00:19 Doesn't make a bad shot impossible,

00:21 but it makes it difficult.

00:22 So let's make sure firstly we don't stand too wide.

00:25 Let's trap the center of gravity.

00:27 Let's make our feet really nice and narrow,

00:28 round about one club head apart

00:30 when you're playing a chip and run like this.

00:32 Ball position, just back of center.

00:34 Have a slight forward lean of the shaft,

00:36 so you don't lean it too much,

00:37 just a little bit is all you need.

00:40 And let's make sure the left foot here

00:42 is slightly flared out,

00:43 which is gonna allow you to put your pivot line,

00:45 your weight running from your left foot

00:48 through your knee, through hip into your shoulders.

00:49 So you set that pivot line,

00:51 that's the line in which you're going to rotate around.

00:54 It's also important that we make sure

00:55 the left wrist here is nice and flat.

00:58 We don't wanna get too far away

00:59 and start to create an angle here,

01:00 because this angle is likely to create too much wrist action.

01:04 For a chip and run, we're trying to take the wrists out.

01:06 So nice and close to the ball,

01:07 and let's make sure this is nice and flat.

01:09 Also, your shoulders need to be level.

01:12 We don't wanna get too much tilt.

01:13 Let's save that for the long game.

01:14 So nice and level in the way in which

01:16 you approach it with the shoulders.

01:17 And if you get all those ingredients right,

01:19 add a slightly lighter grip as well.

01:21 Most people grip it way too tight when they chip.

01:23 You're in a good position to hit a nice running chip shot.

01:26 Make a nice contact and get that ball

01:28 running close to the pin.

01:30 And one of the lost arts in chipping

01:31 is the ability to actually change your club

01:33 to change how the ball runs out.

01:35 So I'm never a great fan of players

01:37 sticking to the same club all the time around the greens,

01:39 because you end up having to hit the ball

01:41 so much harder to get the ball to the green.

01:43 If you can just have this one chipping technique

01:45 and change the club in your hand

01:47 to let the ball react differently,

01:48 that's a much easier way of getting

01:50 the ball closer to the pin.

01:51 So for example, I put a towel down on the green,

01:54 a third of the way on,

01:56 and there's two thirds between there and the hole.

01:58 So what I'm gonna try and do

01:59 is land the ball next to that towel

02:01 and see if I can get it to run two thirds of the way out.

02:03 So nine iron in my hand here,

02:05 normal chipping technique,

02:07 land it by the towel,

02:09 and you can see how that ball's running out

02:10 close to the pin.

02:12 Now, if I have other options,

02:14 I mean, that's obviously a good choice there,

02:16 but if I wanted to get that ball on the ground

02:18 a little bit sooner and run out,

02:19 I've got my seven iron in my hand.

02:21 Now a seven iron is around about a 25% carry

02:24 and a 75% roll.

02:25 So I need to bring my target back

02:28 or I'd like to land the ball.

02:29 So you'll see this land a little shorter,

02:31 but the speed will be greater in the ball.

02:34 And you can see how that ball is now running out

02:36 more towards the pin.

02:38 So another good option.

02:40 Okay, there's not particularly one way to do it,

02:41 it's what you're most comfortable with,

02:43 but I think generally,

02:44 if you end up using straighter face clubs,

02:46 you're gonna get a lot more joy.

02:48 So I've now got a 56 degrees,

02:49 this hand wedge in my hand,

02:51 and really I'm looking at carrying this

02:52 around about 75% of the way.

02:54 So it's much more in the air.

02:56 So it won't run that far at the other end.

02:58 So you can see how that is spinning more

03:01 and not running as much.

03:02 So I've just shown those three different ways to chip

03:04 with three different clubs.

03:06 And it's up to you to find out

03:07 which you're most consistent with,

03:09 but I really would try and encourage you

03:10 to get the ball on the green and running as soon as you can.

03:13 So one final point,

03:14 I do recommend that you do use the same golf ball

03:16 that you practice with, that you play with.

03:18 It just makes sense.

03:19 You can get the same feel

03:20 that you'll be able to take to the golf course.

03:21 So I use the Atelier Maite TP5.

03:23 I feel like it's really soft

03:25 and it gives me that touch around the greens,

03:26 but go out there, have a ball fitting with your local pro,

03:28 see what's best for you.

03:29 And yeah, make sure you have that consistency

03:31 in what you practice with and what you play with.

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