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Hitting a chip is frustrating—and common—for novice golfers. It’s a ball ride that’s not only ugly, but it also robs you of some serious power. If you want to get the most out of your game, you can’t just hit a banana slice off a tee.
The problem with the chip is that it can be difficult to repair on your own. When the Weekend Warriors see the ball spin to the right, they try to swing to the left to counter it, causing it to take on more trajectory and actually make it their slice. worst.
To make the ball stop chipping, you need to require two main ingredients – you face and your way. If you can make the face more square and work your way to the right, you’ll see the slide turn into a little drag, giving you more power to stop the tee and a more consistent ball flight.
Here’s a video from Top 100 Golf Instructors Jonathan Yarwood demonstrating the “magic move” you need to fix your chip.
“It’s almost always caused by something similar,” says Yarwood. “What I see with a lot of amateur players who cut the upper torso starts to drop too early. They relax too early until the main arm is too steep and the shaft too steep.”
Instead of starting the downward swing with your upper body, try instead starting your movement towards the ball with your main thigh.
“Make sure you start with a bump on your left cheek,” says Yarwood. “Keep your left butt cheek moving toward the target. Keep your back to the target for a split second until you’re browsing toward the target a bit so that the lead arm has a chance to travel across your chest.”
Once you begin to initiate your downward swing using the front butt cheek, you will be able to effectively surface the putter on your way down. With that surface motion in place, you can swing to the right with a closed face and turn that slide into a draw.
“Get it shallower,” says Yarwood. “Start with that lower body, and you’ll get rid of that chip once and for all.”