| Are you frustrated with your short game? It | | | | impact and the ball. Your arms should hang freely |
| happens quite often. You feel like you have put in | | | | and hang straight down and not pointing out. |
| your time at the practice facility and do not know | | | | Second, simply set up with sixty to seventy |
| what to do next. Knowing the fundamentals of a | | | | percent (it is individual) of your weight on your |
| chip shot will help you get the golf ball close to the | | | | left foot for right handed golfers or on your right |
| hole or chip in. This will quickly lower your scores | | | | foot for left handed golfers. Then you make your |
| and your golf handicap. | | | | putting stroke with your iron. Your weight will not |
| Many golfers are confused on what the actual | | | | shift. Your weight will stay in the same place. |
| definition of a chip shot is. To make sure we are | | | | Setting your weight forward will make sure that |
| all talking about the same thing, what is the | | | | the chip shot will be hit with a descending blow |
| definition of a chip shot? A chip shot is a golf shot | | | | while you are in balance and you do not have has |
| that has minimum air time and maximum ground | | | | many moving parts. |
| time. To say it in English, the golf ball is on the | | | | Now to finish your golf set up, as you look down |
| ground longer than it is in the air. So a properly | | | | at the golf ball, move your hands so they are |
| executed chip shot will be lofted over rough or | | | | equal to your left thigh which is forward of the |
| uneven ground, and then roll the majority of the | | | | golf ball. Simply make a putting stroke, your hands |
| way to the hole. | | | | will return to this same position at impact and |
| A Fundamental Chip Shot | | | | then through to your finish position. With your |
| The fundamental chip shot is just that | | | | hands ahead of the ball at impact, the momentum |
| fundamental. To fine-tune your chipping use these | | | | of your iron is more likely to be moving forward |
| fundamentals to guarantee more accuracy and | | | | towards the hole. In English, this means your ball |
| lower scores, do the following: | | | | will be starting on the target line more often than |
| First, as you address the golf ball, the ball should | | | | not. |
| be positioned equal to where the logo would be | | | | Whether you are at the country club or in the |
| positioned on your right chest for a right handed | | | | back yard using a golf chipping net, you will be on |
| golfer and positioned on your left chest for a left | | | | the track to better chipping and to lowering your |
| handed golfer. With the ball position towards your | | | | scores. |
| back foot, the iron will be descending through | | | | |