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Tips & Tricks
Making Chip Shots:
Pitching less than 50 yards
- Use a pitching wedge or sand wedge
- Open stance / feet close together
- Place ball back in your stance
- Limit sway with weight on left
- Use a ¾ (or shorter) swing
- Think of hitting down on the ball (don’t try to lift or scoop the ball)
- Chip shot just off the green
Making a Chip Shot just off the green
- Use a club (5-9 iron) to land on the front of the green and roll to the hole
- Open stance / feet close together
- Place ball back in your stance
- Hands are slightly ahead of the ball
- Limit sway with weight on left
- Use a short backswing with arms close to the body (use a putting stroke if you are close enough)
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