Golf Tips on Chipping

It can be the most difficult part of some peoples game, even though they’re able to drive the ball a pretty 250 yards straight as an arrow into the fairway, you can still end up with a pretty ugly score if you’re not good around the green. Golf tips on chipping, aren’t as glamorous as those for tee shots, but they’re as if not more important because we play almost 66% of our entire round in and around the green.

So let’s get into it a little deeper, let’s look at some golf chipping tips to use from a 50 foot range and close to the green. For us weekend warrior golfers this is really a part of your game worth mastering, because a missed shot here can cost your two if not three strokes for recovery once you do land a nice shot close to the pin.

Tips on Chipping

The first major difficulty many players around the 100 scoring range have is in club selection, do you use a wedge, an 8-iron, or even a hybrid club. Choosing the correct club for your skill set is important, this will allow you to control the shot much better, and decrease your chances of messing up the chip shot.

You might be saying a hybrid club, what the heck. Bare with me here for a second, if you don’t have one of those fancy new hybrid clubs a fairway wood will work for this shot as well. First of figure out how you want to hit the ball, where do you want it to land in proximity to the green and keep in mind how far you need the ball to roll after it hits the ground. So you now have your golf club selected, how to make the chip decided address the ball normally, positioning the ball in the middle of your stance. Keep your weight evenly distributed on both feet, and take a putting like stroke at the ball. You don’t want to launch it think of this as a very long putt with a little pop at the end to give the ball a little trajectory.

This type of chip shot is easy for the beginner golfer to control, and will be more accurate then using a wedge. Now if you’re a more advanced golfer in the 80’s or the 90’s you’re more then likely going to want to choose a wedge or an 8-iron respectively to your scoring level.

Using an 8-iron for a chipping shot is easier then using a wedge as you’ll have more control. Take a stance where more of your weight is on your leading foot, and using your wrists to swing the club grip back to about 8 o’clock and come back down. As the previous example suggests you still need to determine where you want your chip shot to land, and how far to roll. The ideal scenario is to plan for a third of the distance to be in the air and the other two thirds to be roll on the green. This golf tip is a gem to remember when you’re on the course. The longer the roll the more control over the shot you have.

If you’re a golfer in the 80’s or 70’s we’re going to assume some what that you’re not in need of golf tips on chipping. You’re likely more confident and accurate in your shots so using a pitching wedge or sand wedge is not out of the question, being accurate is the key here. For most once a week golfers we get to carried away expecting miracles form clubs we don’t have complete mastery over. Knowing where our limitations are and taking into consideration some of these golf tips on chipping will help you choose the right club and course of action for the shots that are forty to fifty feet from the pin.

Our next tip is pretty much the exact opposite of the short game and deals with how to cure a golf slice. I don’t have the exact stats but I’d have to say that well over half of all amateur golfers struggle with a slice in some way or another.