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ACCURATE CHIP SHOT
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In order to hit the Chip Shot straight toward the target, you must first aim toward the hole and then you must hit toward it. These two factors, when combined into a workable procedure, will produce amazing results for you whether you are hitting a pitch or a chip shot. When lining up the shot, simply aim your right hand (as if you were going to pitch a ball underhanded) toward the hole, and then let your arms and hands move back and forth toward the target.
In the Chip shot the ball will go exactly where you aim it. If the directional force is toward the right of the target and the face is open, the ball will go to the right. If Chip Shot directional force of your arms and hands is to the left and the face is closed, the ball will go left. Always hit through the ball and toward the target.
After you have mastered Chip Shot technique of lining up the chip shot, concentrate your attention on learning to judge various distances. Then, when you play a round of golf, you needn't devote too much attention to the directional line to the hole. Instead, your full attention and concentration should be on hitting the ball a certain desired distance.
JUDGING DISTANCES.
Many golfers seem to have trouble judging Chip Shot distances when they have the short chips and pitches around the greens. This is because they are thinking too much about the stroke during the execution of it, rather than about the desired distance they want to hit, or roll, the ball. You can learn to judge distances by practicing from different positions around a practice green, or you can even do it on your back lawn. All you need is a seven- or eight-iron and a few balls. Just pick out a target, say about 30 feet away, and chip the ball to it simply by moving your arms back and forth toward the target. Try to get the feeling that the hands are leading the club-head on the downswing.
Each time you hit a Chip Shot , don't think of hitting the ball, but of hitting through it, as if it was just a twig or a leaf. With each swing, be sure that your club brushes the grass under the ball. The built-in loft of the clubface will put the ball into the air. Don't try to intentionally scoop the ball up. All you have to do is move your arms back and forth and let the bottom sole of the club touch the grass.
After you have played a Chip Shot from 30 feet, try for 50 feet by merely moving your arms and hands back a bit farther and through a bit farther. In other words, distance is directly related to the distance you swing your arms and hands back and through the ball.
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