Best chipping advice you've ever been given?

[DiscipleofPenick]

The 7i bump. I use that shot from all tight lies around the green. It was the only good lesson I ever had as a teenager.

[Headhammer]

Move your weight to your front foot. 

[thechrisgibbs]

6 hours ago, Riverboat said:

Years ago, Ken venturi would do tips each week. On his best ever segment, he addressed chipping.  He said you should chip with your wrists in casts, and he actually had casts on as he hit one beautiful chip after another. Great way to visualize using the big muscles for the short game. The only time I want wrists involved is when it has to get up quickly with spin. The rest of the time it's dead wrists and get the ball on the ground as soon as possible. Ever since, I get up and down more than pretty much anyone else I play with. 

If you watch the Team Taylormade videos on YouTube, Jason Day does this exact chipping method. Rory actually comments on how simple but effective it is to basically use a larger putting stroke for every single chip. Though Jason Day isn't currently a top 10 player, I think using his approach over a 'feel' approach is important for players who don't have oodles of feel.

[Larryd3]

A bad putt is better than a bad chip  (something i think about when I'm close to the green and have options for the shot)  usually is true.  

[The 19th Hole]

Best Advise I ever got for chipping was to picture striking a match. Shorter backswing and accelerate through it. You would never slow down when striking a match and you should never slow down on your downswing during a chip. 

 

 

[MNUte]

Follow the KISS principle: keep it simple stupid. Find a smooth, consistent motion that you can repeat and be confident with no matter what the conditions or club are. 

For me, that's been the putter stroke motion for bump and runs. 

[thechrisgibbs]

4 hours ago, MNUte said:

Follow the KISS principle: keep it simple stupid. Find a smooth, consistent motion that you can repeat and be confident with no matter what the conditions or club are. 

For me, that's been the putter stroke motion for bump and runs. 

[Nateyeight]

Mine was getting the correct grind and bounce on my wedges for when I need to use them in the specific situations. Been a life saver, no more duffs. 

[thechrisgibbs]

26 minutes ago, Nateyeight said:

Mine was getting the correct grind and bounce on my wedges for when I need to use them in the specific situations. Been a life saver, no more duffs. 

I feel like a lot of questions can be answered by saying, GET FIT haha

[JeremyD]

as a kid I learned to chip with a 9 iron since it was the most lofted club I had. As I got older it became the 56/60. I was streaky. I wanted to get down to a PW or 52 for chipping, and I struggled. I follow Collin McCarthy, who gives some tips here and there. One thing he said was feet as close together as possible and weight 50/50. Just a smooth, almost putting stroke (as others above have mentioned) I thought he was nuts. While it may not work for all, it's been wonders for me in the past few weeks, especially using my 52 or PW.

[Nateyeight]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_TCG said:

I feel like a lot of questions can be answered by saying, GET FIT haha

Haha so true. But it really does make a difference. I tried to rephrase it so I wasn't that guy  

[rx1232]

Dont get cute, and keep more weight on my left foot ( as a RH golfer).

[Fairwayguy2]

Two tips I keep in mind that have improved my game.  "Strike the match"  Feel if your club is coming through the ball like striking a match, this keeps your club head accelerating.  Point  your right shoulder at the target. This forces you stance open a tad.  I keep my weight 60-40 on the front foot.  

[den748]

Best 2 tips I got were:

1) Weight in front foot.  I actually stand on one foot as a pre shot chipping routing to remind myself to do this.

2) Always use the same club.  I know there are times where chipping with a 7 iron make sense but I don't have the time to get proficient in it.  If I'm not confident it will show in my swing because I'll be thinking through the entire swing.  Outside of a  necessary lob shot (tucked pin having to go over a bunker) I always use my 54.  It gives me more predictable results as I know how it will spin and land and roll out.  The less I have to think about the better.

[BK_Strozier]

I recall my highschool golf coach watching me practice my flop shot walking up and saying:

 "you know there are other ways to chip right? You need to be more creative and understand situation. I watch you go for glory way to often." 

[gman8966]

Most of your weight on your front foot, forward press slightly with shaft to get the clubs leading edge down. Ball front of stance for high chip, back of stance for low chip. That was what helped me.

[thechrisgibbs]

10 hours ago, BK_Strozier said:

I recall my highschool golf coach watching me practice my flop shot walking up and saying:

 "you know there are other ways to chip right? You need to be more creative and understand situation. I watch you go for glory way to often." 

For my first two years of playing golf, I basically only did flop shots. It actually really hurt my ability to read green speeds on bump and runs because I only knew of flop shot turf interaction.

[thechrisgibbs]

3 hours ago, gman8966 said:

Most of your weight on your front foot, forward press slightly with shaft to get the clubs leading edge down. Ball front of stance for high chip, back of stance for low chip. That was what helped me.

Does the leading edge of your club ever get stuck in the turn though? I find I hit balls fat if my shaft is leaning too far forward.

[gman8966]

1 minute ago, GolfSpy_TCG said:

Does the leading edge of your club ever get stuck in the turn though? I find I hit balls fat if my shaft is leaning too far forward.

If there's too much shaft lean, it absolutely will have a greater chance of getting stuck in the turf. I should have clarified, but I only use this method on short chip shots around the greens where if you hit it fat it won't matter much.

There's a Phil Mickelson youtube video out there about chipping that's really good, very basic and easy to understand. I've shared with many friends and they said it was very helpful.

 

[RickyBobby_PR]

Return loft at impact 

Get the ball on the ground as quick as possible and let it roll out like a putt

[txgolfjunkie]

Best advice came from my junior college coach post playing days...

Ground club on toe (think Steve Stricker putting setup) with a broom/putting stroke. Any strike on the sweet spot could come out hot with a lot of spin or normal with good runout. A strike out on the toe gives a more consistent flight and roll out. It works with any club but I find myself with either a pitch, gap, sand or lob wedge. If you want the ball to fly high and land soft, keep the shaft vertical. The more run out you want, the more shaft lean you put on it. You can almost hood the club a bit to get a lot of roll out. You do kind of stand like Bryson putts (broom-like with rigid arms) but it's been the best chipping advice I've had to date. 

[PBH3]

Foot wedge works best

[Dmanntoc44]

Use whatever club gets the ball on the green the soonest and get the ball rolling. for example: If I'm 2ft off the green and have 25ft of green to the pin.....little putterswing with an 8iron.