Chipping...

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I am rubbish at chipping. Though to be fair i am not great at this whole golf malarkey anyway. But Chipping i am considerably worse at then anything else.

I can get my 3 wood into play most holes, but if i do not hit the green i am stuffed.

My two common chip shots problems are -
goes up, and then comes down about 5 feet from where i was. Not very good.
or the common thin straight through the green, or from one greenside bunker to the other.

So basically, any tips or advice?

Thanks!

dynamark wrote:Only chip when you have to -get the ball on the green and rolling asap.If you'have to 'chip' be sure to be slightly ahead of the ball clean contact

I have heard a few teachers say that when pitching you should use the club that will land the ball about a foot onto the green and use as much roll as possible. I like the idea but it requires the mastery of so many clubs that I find there is not enough practice time available to use it. 20 mins with a SW and then 20 min with PW a couple of times a week is already a pretty heavy schedule.

ben,
This is what a pro says about the precision of Michael Tompson's chipping which was instrumental in him winning the "Honda".

http://www.pgatour.com/tourreport/2013/03/05/tip-from-travis--thompson-s-chips.html

I'm sure we'd all quibble with one or two aspects of this but, for what it's worth . . . .

Also: Remember Thompson is a tall man compared to most of us - one chipping size may not fit all.

first game since I asked for the advice tommorow morning. annoyingly it looks like rain. I will take on board the above tips and see how it goes.

looks like snow in edinburgh tomorrow morning