| Are you frustrated with your short game? It | | | | Second, simply set up with sixty to seventy percent |
| happens quite often to amateurs and pros alike. You | | | | (it is individual) of your weight on your left foot for |
| feel like you have put in your time at the practice | | | | right handed golfers or on your right foot for left |
| facility and do not know what to do next. Knowing | | | | handed golfers. Then you make your putting stroke |
| the fundamentals of a chip shot will help you get the | | | | with your iron. Your weight will not shift. Your weight |
| golf ball close to the hole or chip in. This will quickly | | | | will stay in the same place. Setting your weight |
| lower your scores and your golf handicap. | | | | forward will make sure that the chip shot will be hit |
| Many golfers are confused on what the actual | | | | with a descending blow while you are in balance and |
| definition of a chip shot is. To make sure we are all | | | | you do not have has many moving parts. |
| talking about the same thing, what is the definition of | | | | Now to finish your golf set up, as you look down at |
| a chip shot? A chip shot is a golf shot that has | | | | the golf ball, move your hands so they are equal to |
| minimum air time and maximum ground time. To say | | | | your left thigh which is forward of the golf ball. |
| it in English, the golf ball is on the ground longer than | | | | Simply make a putting stroke, your hands will return |
| it is in the air. So a properly executed chip shot will | | | | to this same position at impact and then through to |
| be lofted over rough or uneven ground, and then roll | | | | your finish position. With your hands ahead of the ball |
| the majority of the way to the hole. | | | | at impact, the momentum of your iron is more likely |
| A Fundamental Chip Shot | | | | to be moving forward towards the hole. In English, |
| The fundamental chip shot is just that fundamental. | | | | this means your ball will be starting on the target line |
| To fine-tune your chipping use these fundamentals to | | | | more often than not |
| guarantee more accuracy and lower scores, do the | | | | So to create the fundamentals of a chip shot in your |
| following: | | | | next round of golf, find the best possible ball position |
| First, as you address the golf ball, the ball should be | | | | off your left chest, ensure your weight is properly |
| positioned equal to where the logo would be | | | | distributed from your right side to your left side and |
| positioned on your right chest for a right handed | | | | making sure your hands are located just ahead of |
| golfer and positioned on your left chest for a left | | | | the golf ball. Whether you are at the country club or |
| handed golfer. With the ball position towards your | | | | in the back yard using a golf chipping net, you will be |
| back foot, the iron will be descending through impact | | | | on the track to better chipping and to lowering your |
| and the ball. Your arms should hang freely and hang | | | | scores. |
| straight down and not pointing out. | | | | |