Everyone who has ever played a round of golf is aware of the importance of the chip shot. With that in mind, golf chipping instruction is vital to improving that area of your game and subsequently reducing your score.
It is obvious that every shot you ever play in a game of golf will be different. The distance to the green, the lie of the ball, the length of the grass and the speed of the green will always vary. Therefore there is no one chip shot that is better than the next. It will depend on a variety of conditions.
Let’s be more specific about golf chipping instruction, and consider the different chip shots that you can use.
1. The Standard Chip.
The Standard Chip is generally played when you are close to green but not on it. Normally, you would play it with either a wedge or nine iron. The rule of thumb is that a good chip will fly about one third of the way to the hole, and then roll the rest of the way. The standard chip should be played in the center of your stance with your hands well ahead of the ball and the club face square.
2. The Soft Chip Shot.
This shot allows the ball to fly further and land softly close to the hole. The most common club used for a soft chip shot is the lob wedge, but the sand wedge is often used with good effect.
