Golf Tips And Techniques For Golf Chipping Drills

Why should anybody spend their time on golf chipping drills? I've got a $400 driver and 2 new hybrids. Let's head to the range.

Does that sound familiar?

Have you ever before saw a player that was skillful who does not score very effectively? He's the guy who says "you know, I hit the ball pretty well today, but I just couldn't score." Have you ever seen a weaker player who's always in the hole? He's the guy who looks like he's out of it, then scrambles around and makes a par or bogey and somehow avoids disaster.

My guess is that the great golfer has a terrible short game and the weaker player may chip and putt with the best of them. It does not make plenty of sense that a great player must be bad around the green, or that a weak player should get better the closer he gets to the putting surface. But that's the case many, many times over.

Why is that? I really think it occurs since the short game is completely different from the full swing game. With the full swing, we have basically the same swing style and mechanics from the driver down through the full wedge. The swing looks pretty much the same with all of those clubs. But the short game is a whole different animal. It needs various skills and methods than the full golf swing.

Take chipping, for instance. This is always a short shot, but there are lots of variables that can make the chip complicated. Like deep rough around the green, thin lies in shaved chipping areas, or steep slopes and drop-offs. To make things even more complex, we posses plenty of chipping clubs at our disposal, everything dealing with five irons to lob wedge. Maybe we can't become a great all-around golfer, but possibly we can become a great chipper. If so, it's conceivable that we might see a reduction of 10+ strokes per round.