Bobby demonstrates the dynamic impact position of chip shots. Note the amount of forward lean of the clubshaft. Without the aid of full loading and the use of the pivot, such forward lean (established at address) is needed to get the swing bottom in front of the ball to create dynamic impact.
Chip Shot Tips
The chip requires us to hit the ball up into the air, which imparts backspin on the golf ball. The only way we can accomplish this effectively is to strike down on the ball with an accelerating stroke so that the bottom, meaning the center, of the swing arc and divot falls approximately four inches in front of the ball. In other words, during the chipping stroke, the club moves downward and strikes the ball before it reaches both the ground and the bottom of its arc. It then continues to descend to its low point of four inches in front of the ball, before it swings back up to complete the stroke.
We want to maintain a Flat Left Wrist throughout the stroke, just as we do in putting. Therefore we will address the chip with our left wrist in a flat position in the same manner as we did with our putting stroke. However, because unlike the putt, a chip shot requires us to decisively strike down on the ball, we do need to adjust our set up position slightly from the putt to assure that we do so.
We do this in two inter-related ways. First we move the ball back from the (approximate) three inch position inside of our left heel where it was when putting, to a point past or behind the middle of our stance line, which automatically positions our hands more forward in relation to the ball. This rearward ball position also automatically creates a clubshaft that leans or tilts even more pronouncedly forward. As the chip shot lengthens and the swing gets longer, it will be less critical to have a “back-in-the-stance” ball position because of the increase in load, clubhead lag and the use of the pivot or workhorse will move the swing bottom farther forward.
We want to maintain a Flat Left Wrist throughout the stroke, just as we do in putting. Therefore we will address the chip with our left wrist in a flat position in the same manner as we did with our putting stroke. However, because unlike the putt, a chip shot requires us to decisively strike down on the ball, we do need to adjust our set up position slightly from the putt to assure that we do so.
We do this in two inter-related ways. First we move the ball back from the (approximate) three inch position inside of our left heel where it was when putting, to a point past or behind the middle of our stance line, which automatically positions our hands more forward in relation to the ball. This rearward ball position also automatically creates a clubshaft that leans or tilts even more pronouncedly forward. As the chip shot lengthens and the swing gets longer, it will be less critical to have a “back-in-the-stance” ball position because of the increase in load, clubhead lag and the use of the pivot or workhorse will move the swing bottom farther forward.
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