Transcript: Short Chip

Golf Tips
Episode: “Short Chip”

Joe Beck: Joe here, I am going to show you how to make a short chip shot. Every once in awhile you find yourself in those predicament where you hit a good shot up by the green just off the edge you have got a little area to carry the ball onto the green and then you want the ball to roll to the hole like a putt.
You can see this high grass here; you are unable to putt through it so you have to chip over it. What I am going to use today is my sixty degree wedge. And this wedge is going to help me get the loft I need to get it over this first cut of grass and then let it roll to the hole like a putt.
The setup that we are going to use is really the setup that we use for most short shots. You are going to have the ball more centered in your stance, the weight is going to be on your front foot and then you want to make sure that the club shaft is always leaning towards your target. If the club shaft leans backwards then the ball is going to be mishit.
So in other words if the club shaft comes in and looks more like this, then you’re either going to blade the ball across the green or hit behind it. What we are trying to achieve is making sure that the club shaft stays forward the whole time during the shot. Here’s how it works.
Ball position in the center, weight on your front foot, lean the shaft towards your target and make sure the club shaft stays towards your target. That’s what I am talking about.
Key points:
1. Ball centered
2. Weight Forward
3. Lean shaft forward to target
4. Keep shaft forward to target