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Tom's Featured Tip: Toe Down Chipping
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
I think that you are going to find todays tip to be short but very sweet if you give it a try.
It's about an alternate way to set up and execute short chip shots that's been used by some touring pro's that had deft touch around the greens when they were in their prime: Paul Azinger, Ray Floyd, and Dave Stockton to name a few. I think Steve Stricker uses it too.
I teach my heirarchy of shot selection for ball that are just off the green as follows:
- Putt
- Chip (ball that rolls more than it flies)
- Pitch (ball that fies more than a chip shot)
- Flop (highest trajectory of all, use only when absolutly necessary, it's the toughest shot to master)
I finally got my "shoot my age goal" for this birth year out of the way last Saturday, so I can experiment a little. I was sweating it out because I turn 73 in October, and I have a "shoot my age streak" going since age 68, but my trusty old two ball putter got red hot and I got 'er done.
The technique that has me curious is basically the same technique that I use when I'm putting with my hybrid: crowding the ball a little bit and setting up with the toe down so that the heel of the club is less likely to strike the ground before the sole of the club.
It's going to require some reps to nail down:
- how much I want the face down and the heel up
- alignment
- ball position
- and effective distance for this shot, which will fly less and check less than a traditional chip shot method
I'm thinking that it will be vastly superior from the first cut of rough off the green. I have a son that swears by it for longer pitch shots, but I'm not quite there yet. Maybe in time if the shorter shots pan out.
It's basically a toe down, heel up setup with a putting stroke technique. Pretty simple concept, and I really like the thought of eliminating heel and hosel grabs from surrounding grass.
Here's how I plan on setting up and up and executing this modified chipping technique:
- Crowd the ball
- Raise the heel of the club up and lower the toe, experiment with degrees of up and down
- Ball position - middle will be my default for now, a bit further forward from longer grass
- Club selection - good lie, Gap Wedge, PW, 9,8, depending on the roll out desired
- Club selection - poor lie, more loft - maybe even more of a pitch shot swing with a normal grip
- Narrow stance as usual
- Very slight forward press for a small amount of shaft lean
- Choke down a bit for control
- Use a putting stroke, with or without your putting grip - exeriment with both
- As with a putting stroke, arms and shoulders, very minimal body rotation. This is the big change for me.
- Don't allow your wrists to break down (flip) through impact
How about you? It might be worth a try.
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