| -> | | | | weight over to your left leg with the handle over on |
| I recently played a round of golf with a friend of | | | | your left leg, and make another little arm swing. |
| mine. Every time he had a chip shot, he used a sand | | | | Because the loft is flatter, the golf ball will go further. |
| wedge. It didn't matter if he had a short chip shot or | | | | I'll take it a step further for you. Let's say you had a |
| long chip shot. Every single time he chipped the ball, | | | | chip shot and you had to go all the way to the back |
| he chipped it with a sand wedge. | | | | of the green. Instead of making this long golf swing |
| Let me tell you what the problem with that is. If you | | | | with a sand wedge, why not try a 5 iron? Ball in the |
| use a lofted golf club to chip a golf ball, you might be | | | | middle of your stance, a little weight on your left leg, |
| okay on the smaller chip shots, the short ones, | | | | handle over towards your left leg, and make the |
| where you don't have to make too big of a golf | | | | same golf swing that you made with a 9 iron and the |
| swing. But to make a golf ball go further when you're | | | | same golf swing you made with the 7 iron. I |
| chipping, you have to make a bigger golf swing. | | | | guarantee you this will help you. |
| If I had a small chip shot, the backswing would go | | | | Get a picture of what you're trying to do. You're |
| maybe a foot or a foot and a half long. If I had a | | | | trying to make the golf ball go a short distance in the |
| longer chip shot, I would have to make a longer | | | | air and a long distance on the ground for a long chip |
| backswing. You have to be very talented to do that. | | | | shot: a short distance in the air and a medium length |
| Here's something that will really help you. If you have | | | | distance on the ground for a medium chip shot; short |
| a short chip shot, try chipping with a 9 iron. Ball in the | | | | chip, short distance in the air, and a little bit on the |
| middle of your stance, a little weight on your left leg, | | | | ground. |
| the handle over towards your left leg, and make an | | | | To do that, try to change the golf club. Control the |
| arm swing out of it. | | | | distance you want the chip shots to go by your club |
| If you have a medium length chip shot, the very | | | | selection, not by the length of your backswing. |
| same golf swing: ball in the middle of your stance, | | | | |