Short Game
January 26th, 2008 at 12:00am
Under Short Game
Everyone gets frustrated when they top their ball their chip shots. So, I will teach you a drill that will help your swing path in your chip, which will lower your chance for error in your chip shots. Okay, so set a ball on the fairway about 30 feet out from a green. Next, drop a dime about 2 inches away from your ball. When you hit your chip, you will be trying to hit both your dime, and your ball. Now hit your chip. Do this a couple times a day and you will be hitting almost every chip of yours airborne. Good luck!
By Golfer
January 1st, 2008 at 06:56pm
Under History+ Short Game
One of the major mistakes people make when they are chipping is they are forgetting to rotate and are using all arms in the shot. So I was taught a very helpful drill called the towel drill. In this drill you should put some towels underneath both of your armpits. Then, while holding the towels under your armpits, chip a golf ball about 25 feet. You will find that in order to do this, you must rotate your body and stop using only your arms because your arms are basically paralyzed in this situation. This drill will help you so much. Good luck!
By Golfer
December 4th, 2007 at 12:11am
Under Short Game
When you go out on a very windy day to play a round of golf, it can get very hard to chip. The biggest mistake someone could probably make would be to just ignore the heavy winds while chipping and aim the ball directly at the hole. Instead of ignoring the winds, you should be thinking of the winds as a break on the green. Lets say you feel a heavy wind from right to left while you’re chipping. You would want to aim to the right of the green, and the wind should push the ball left towards the hole as long as you hit it correctly. The same works vice versa.
By Golfer
December 1st, 2007 at 12:44am
Under Fairway Shots+ Short Game
Has your ball ever landed on an up-hill slope? Well, that happens to me all of the time. But when it does happen, I will tell you one thing not to do. Don’t swing regularly like you would at any other shot. That is just asking for trouble. First of all, your ball will not go directly to where you were aiming. What you want to do instead is sweep the ball. What I mean by sweeping the ball is on you back swing, don’t take your club higher than your knee. And then for your through-swing, just follow it up the slope. This will give you the best possible swing for an up-hill hit.
By Golfer