Welcome to Golfbeginnerworld. I'm Vaughan and I'm looking forward to
helping you today with your chipping so if you really having difficulties around
the green. I'm talking about those ten to thirty yards chip shots. I have a method
for you that I think can really help you.
There are three very important points and the first one is stand close to the
ball. Standing closer to the ball will automatically help you swing the club
straighter back and through. The second important point is try to stand more
upright. Okay so if you're hitting fat shots, you definitely want to find a way of
eliminating fat shot and this is the easiest way possible. My arms are relaxed
and my chin is quite high. I'm very upright and when I chip and make my
practice swings, I'm only brushing the grass. I'm unable to
dig into the ground, it's not possible. Okay so it's a very very simple tip and
you can help you immediately. And the third point and this point I've
learned from Pete Cowan. He's a fantastic short game teacher. He's taught players
like Frederick Stenson and what he teaches his pupils is to close the club
slightly. Now why does he do that? It's very interesting. A lot of players play
with an open clubface or even a straight club face. The problem with
that method is that when you hit the ground with the leading edge of the
club you definitely want to hit the ball at the same time. If you hit the ground
before you hit the ball, obviously that's going to cause difficulties. So if you
can see now - in this point - my clubs right next to the ball. I'm probably
going to hit the ground with the leading edge and the clubface is still an inch
away from the ball. Now look what happens if I close the club.
Okay now the club face will come into contact with the ball when the leading
edge hits the ground and that's what we want. I play with an open Club face by
the way - it has many advantages, but then one is forced to transfer weight to turn,
etc. So it's definitely not wrong. This is a method for those of you that just are
not happy with with chipping at the moment. This is a way of
finding a guarantee for this shot. okay so, closing the club face will help you
contact the ball a lot lot better. Okay, so let me go through the three things.
Stand closer, number two - up right and then close the club slightly. And this
will by the way cause the ball to fly a bit lower.
It'll also roll a bit further so you don't need to hit the chip as hard as
you normally would. Okay and it might be that the ball flies
slightly to the left - well then just aim a bit more to the right.
Okay let's try hole this. Uprigh , closed club face.
And be confident . I can get it closer than that!
Okay so it's a very easy method and it'll definitely help you to gain
confidence when chipping the ball. And once you get confident you can try other
methods and you'll just have a lot more fun around the green. Okay so have a good
week and I look forward to seeing you soon again.