| If you're like me, a weekend warrior golfer, then | | | | practice our drive, and not work on chipping. |
| no doubt you struggle with your game from | | | | I have a few theories about this, chipping isn't as |
| about 50 feet out into the green. Every time I hit | | | | glamorous as using your driver, not as many |
| my 2nd (or 3rd shot on a par 5) into the green | | | | people see you chipping as they do off the tee |
| and land it forty to sixty feet away I cringe at | | | | box so you want to look good for others, and |
| the thought of having to make a chip shot to land | | | | you can't brag that well about a perfect chip to |
| with in two putt range from the pin. | | | | putt in for par as you can about your 250 yard |
| For most beginner to intermediate golfers chipping | | | | drive on number 7 this morning. How ever the |
| is a very difficult part of their game. This is for | | | | smart amateur golfers will heed my warning when |
| two reasons, it does require quite a bit of skill and | | | | I say, practice makes perfect in golf, and |
| we don't practice it enough. What's the number | | | | practicing chipping and learning the skills needed to |
| one thing most recreational golfers practice? Their | | | | make chip shots consistently will reduce your |
| drive right, we spend hours on end at the driving | | | | handicap. |
| range trying straighten out our drives, get a few | | | | So what do you need to know to make great |
| more yards out of it. Yet if we spent only half | | | | chip shots. The first thing is your skill set, know |
| that time working on our short game we'd see | | | | what your capable of don't try to be super man |
| amazing results in lower scores and increased | | | | recognize what you can and cannot do. For most |
| accuracy. | | | | beginner golfers using a hybrid club or fairway |
| Up to two thirds of our game is played in and | | | | wood is best it allows you to keep good control |
| around the green, yet most holes only have one | | | | of the ball and be consistent. If you're a golfer in |
| drive (unless you put it in the woods or a water | | | | the high eighties or low nineties give your 8-iron a |
| hazard), and of course par threes don't even | | | | try, it's a little more technical to chip the ball and |
| require a wood or long iron. Yet we continue to | | | | roll it but with practice it can be mastered. |