Three Ideas To Improve Your Chip Shots

One of the commonest questions I am getting related to the short game is how do I improve my chipping? This is a typical problem that many golfers have, and yet it is a problem that with a little practice you can cure! While most of us will never be well placed to hit the ball like Tiger Woods as we simply don't have the physical capabilities, their really is no reason that you can't have an excellent short game that is tour quality.

1. When chipping the golf ball, ensure that you've an open position and play the ball even with your back foot. Putting the ball back in your position will ensure a solid strike, that means bigger consistency and control on each shot. The open stance will make sure that you start the ball online, which will lead directly to having shorter putts.

2. Ensure that you get things rolling as soon as possible. One of the most common issues that amateur golfers make is they attempt to play each shot around the green with a sand wedge or pitch wedge, and as a result hit poor shots that either come up short or skull across the green. To be certain this does not happen, chip with a 6 or 7 iron instead of a wedge. This will permit you to get the ball rolling sooner like a putt which may improve your chipping and promote consistent contact and distance control.

3. Keep your head down. This is maybe the most common golf tip ever, and yet it appears all golfers including myself struggle with this from time to time. I shoot par solidly and I find that many of my bad shots including chip shots are the results of me looking up on each shot. This leads directly to poor contact and distance control, which is one of the main reasons behind bad chipping.

Implementing these three tips should drastically enhance your golf game, and these very same tips have improved my chipping and they'll do the same for you.