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Most golfers default to the same club for almost every chip shot. Cindy Miller breaks down a simple selection strategy, matching club choice to lie and landing spot, so you can keep the motion simple and control distance better.
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Jazz I understand and don’t want you to panic. Pay close attention. If you are right handed, your left arm, hand and wrist is WAY too tight. It is pulling the grip to the ball before the head. If the grip gets to the ball first, the face is WAY open. You
might even be leaning too far left with your weight as well, and/or shifting too far left while you are pulling the grip to the ball. This is what is causing the shank.
Try to keep your weight back on your right foot longer. Then, relax your hands, wrists, and arms, and try to get the face of the club to the ball before the grip. Send me an email if you don’t understand. cindy@cindymillergolf.com
Hi Cindy, I considered myself really good at chipping. My form, technique, club selection is correct. However, once every few months, I go through this period where I am shanking the ball or hitting the edge of club and it continues to happen for a while. I make sure that my form is correct (narrow stance, weight forward, both feet on ground, club path ok) but despite all that I still mess up. I can't understand why and how it happens. I don't know if its the nervousness or I am too stiff. I just hate the fact that my best part of the game, becomes my nemesis. It's frustrating because I lose 4-5 strokes a game. And then I stay anxious and stiff for next round on my short game. Please tell me a fix for this mental issue. --Jazz
Cindy, I have a standard 45 degree pitching wedge, a 50 degree "gap" wedge and my 56-degree sand wedge. Which wedge would you use from that lie that you show in this video?
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Great video, Cindy! You refer to using a “chop shot” that is a wristy. What exactly do you mean, and how far back and forward would you recommend going with the chosen club in this situation? Is that always the same, assuming you choose a club appropriate for the desired distance and roll? Thank you.
closing the face on a sandwich with the Bermuda grass what club would you say you’ve got the same loft with
Do you recommend trying to land the ball as soon as possible and have a longer run out vs flying it longer with a shorter run out? Thanks!
Come on Cindy! You did’t say one funny thing this time. I always count on you giving us a chuckle. But great tip!
How do you feel about using 7-9 for longer open chips to the green?
Great tip, Cindy. For some they may not know the difference between the wedges like “lob” vs “sand” so you may want to explain that next time. For me, I have a 56 that I use as a “sand” wedge and a 52 degree that I use more for chipping and short approaches, a U club (often called a Lob) that I use for an approach and sometimes a chip if I have a longer run on the green
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Jazz I understand and don’t want you to panic. Pay close attention. If you are right handed, your left arm, hand and wrist is WAY too tight. It is pulling the grip to the ball before the head. If the grip gets to the ball first, the face is WAY open. You
might even be leaning too far left with your weight as well, and/or shifting too far left while you are pulling the grip to the ball. This is what is causing the shank.
Try to keep your weight back on your right foot longer. Then, relax your hands, wrists, and arms, and try to get the face of the club to the ball before the grip. Send me an email if you don’t understand. cindy@cindymillergolf.com
Hi Cindy, I considered myself really good at chipping. My form, technique, club selection is correct. However, once every few months, I go through this period where I am shanking the ball or hitting the edge of club and it continues to happen for a while. I make sure that my form is correct (narrow stance, weight forward, both feet on ground, club path ok) but despite all that I still mess up. I can't understand why and how it happens. I don't know if its the nervousness or I am too stiff. I just hate the fact that my best part of the game, becomes my nemesis. It's frustrating because I lose 4-5 strokes a game. And then I stay anxious and stiff for next round on my short game. Please tell me a fix for this mental issue. --Jazz