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As I am practicing this, I noticed a slight grip adjustment is needed for the chip. Different from the full swing, I move the index finger and thumb of the trail hand back up the shaft (connected more to the other fingers). This seems to give the ACU more stability to maintain the lower case “y” throughout the swing. Does this make sense?
Yes, you want a “weaker” grip or a more open face when chipping so the leading edge of the face does not “catch”
Shawn
I notice that on some videos when you are outside you do a lot from the rough. Is that so you can see the ideal strike location through the taller grass? Would be good for practice. Also the front view of this video shows how far back in your stance off the trail toe. I have been having trouble pulling my shots to the left but its probably due to the club already turning over because its past the ideal impact point. That might also explain why I have a hard time getting forward shaft lean to obtain a better impact.
On chipping, because there is way less lag and agressive hip clearing, the ball has to be on the back foot to allow the hands to naturally hang in front of the ball for natural lag; it is also the only place to use momentum from as placing it in the center of the stance would force you to shove on the club to get it to catch ball first!
Shawn
For basic chip do you advocate a shutdown or square clubface? Do you advocate using the same wedge for all chips? What do you use for the bump and run shot or long distance roll shot?
I have an amazing chipping video that explains all this big time; see the “chipping “ video at the bottom of the list; it is the be all end all of chipping! 😀👍
Hey Shawn, Just letting you know that the video content was great but the picture is kind of grainy and at 720.
Neal
Hmm. I will check on that and make sure my uploads to Vimeo have the correct resolution! Thanks Neal!
Shawn
I find the most difficult part of chipping is off a tight lie without scalding it or chunking it. Any suggestions on this? Off normal or heavier lies, this approach is great! Thank you.
Did you see the original chipping video at the beginning of the list?
Shawn
Using a less lofted club makes it much simpler on a tight lie provided you’re just off the green with nothing to go over.
When standing over that chip, are you looking to shave the grass in the direction you want to land the ball with the weight of the arms and club or are you worried about contact?
Usually worried about the contact…wrong swing thought.
EXACTLY!!! Let momentum shave along the grass in the direction you want the ball to go! Make sure you have an intermediate point!! You will be able to chip out of divots after that!