| I’m not someone
who chips with the same club all the time. To me,
that requires too much in-swing manipulation and is
just another complication to what should be a simple
shot. So I chip with anything and everything, from
a lob-wedge to a 6-iron, depending on how high I want
the ball to fly and how much I want it to run on landing.
Work on that a bit.
Pick a spot on the practice green and, using each
of your chipping clubs, aim to land the ball on that
spot and see how far it runs out from that landing
area. |
Only the club changes – the
technique doesn’t. As you will discover, the
more lofted the club you use, the less the ball will
want to run out on the green. You have to use this
information to figure out which club suits a certain
situation on the course. In general, I recommend you
get the ball on the deck as soon as possible. It’s
easier to hit a target spot that is near to you, playing
a low runner, than it is aiming to fly the ball with
a high lob. |