How to Play the Golf Chip Shot Like the Pros - Learn the Secrets That Get You Up & Down Every Time!

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If you want to really start improving your golf score and taking strokes off your handicap then becoming proficient in your pitching and chipping is vital. This is the one part of the game often overlooked by beginners and amateurs as they tend to focus on the longer part of the game. You can literally save yourself anywhere from 4 - 6 shots a round just by improving your golf chip shots from around the greens.

The same principle applies to another area I have spoken about to hitting solid iron shots. This is the same reason why most golfers go wrong around the greens. The key principle in hitting any solid iron shot whether it is a full blooded long iron or a golf chip shot from the edge of the green is this: You MUST hit down on the golf ball always and let the club head do the work to move the golf ball forward.

Most golfers when attempting to chip the golf ball from just off the green try and 'lift' or 'scoop' up on the ball to get it into the air and onto the green close to the pin. What happens more often than not is this lifting up motion causes the blade of the iron (bottom part of the face) to make contact with the golf ball instead of the sweet spot. The result is usually a thinned or knifed shot that goes racing through the back of the green or sometimes a fat shot that barely leaves the spot it started at.

What you need to do is focus on just a few things. Firstly, keep your feet closer together, knees bent, head down and have most of your weight (70 / 30) on your left side (for right handers). Keeping most of your weight on your left side helps deliver the necessary descending blow required on the golf ball. Secondly, take a quicker wrist cock and ensure you make a downward, descending strike on the golf ball right through the impact zone. This allows the club head to do the work and the ball should pop up nicely off the club face and role smoothly onto the putting surface. Try these golf chip shot tips and you should start to see some dramatic improvement in your short game.

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