One of the quickest ways to shoot lower scores is to sharpen up around the greens. However, time and time again we make the same mistakes – most of which are technical, but we can be often be a lot smarter, too.
In order to fix the most common short game faults, we asked Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach and short game expert Dan Grieve to help.
So, if you’re wasting shots around the greens and you think your chipping technique needs work, watch the video below – it’s sure to help tidy up your short game and add a little more finesse to your chipping.
HOW TO FIX YOUR CHIPPING FAULTS
Dan Grieve
Dan is one of the leading coaches in the UK, a Fellow of the PGA and a short-game virtuoso. He has had considerable success with a collection of tour pros, helping them to Order of Merit titles and Major victories, and his Short Game School is the most attended in the UK. His students, past and present, include Charley Hull, Georgia Hall, Inci Mehmet and Iona Stephen.
1. Upslopes, wrong club
Fault
A lot of club golfers take out their favorite club in this scenario – 58° or 60° wedge. If you do that, the loft of the club combined with the upslope will send the ball straight up in the air. You might get a good strike, but often it’ll land short because it has very little roll.
Another fault I see is leaning onto the lead side, which you should do for a standard chip shot. As a result, the club enters the slope and just digs in.
Fix
Get rid of the loft. I’ll play this shot using a 52° or 54° wedge. It’s plenty of loft to get the height you need, but it’s going to come out on a much more ‘sensible’ flight, one that rolls out more.
I also recommend placing the ball a little further forward in your stance, which will help you to ‘follow’ the slope. Something that will also help is a bit more release, which you can see in the video above.
2. Downslopes, wrong club
Fault
The biggest mistake I see with this type of shot is where golfers don’t set-up correctly, which will frequently lead to fat chip shots. When chipping off a downslope, you want to match the angle of attack with the slope.
Fix
I will play this shot with the maximum loft I have in my bag, which is a 60° wedge. So that I get myself sufficiently…
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