I need the fundamentals of chipping. I am tired of hitting the ball good enough during my round of golf and then wasting away countless shots trying to chip the golf ball. I would like info on the set up position as well as what I should be doing with the club. I am ready to start from scratch if in the end I will be better at chipping.

We hear you loud and clear! As you go to practice you should be working on the following:

Your set up position should also have your hands closer to the target than the golf ball. In addition, you should have a little more weight on your left side for a right-handed golfer. This is where most golfers start to feel uncomfortable as this tends to feel a little awkward at first.

Now that you have a good chipping set up position, how should the club travel? As you practice place two clubs down aiming at your target line. The two clubs should be parallel to each other, should look like railroad tracks and just wider than the club head of the golf club that you are chipping with. As you practice, your club should not hit either shaft on the ground as your club works back and through.

Most amateurs do not understand how important the finish position is on every golf swing. It is no different while you are chipping. To be in the proper finish position for a chip shot, you need to make sure the shaft of your golf club moves past your target side leg. For right-handed golfers, this means the club must move past your left leg. In addition, you will want to be able to hold it there for a count of three seconds. Finishing in this position insures that you were accelerating the golf club through impact. As you watch the pros on TV, you will see each of them hold their finish position with the club shaft past heir forward leg.

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