On behalf of expertvillage.com my name is
Ray Boone and I run the Ray Boone Golf Academy at the beautiful Miami Beach Golf Club. Today
I'd like to present to you the basics of short game. I'd like to introduce you to the basics
of chipping. Chipping is a shot you're going to play once your ball is near the green,
but it's not on the green yet. We're going to use basically whatever club that's going
to land the ball on the front edge of the green and then allow the ball to roll to the
hole from there.
For the beginning player, I'm probably going to have them chip with
something like a 7 iron, a 9 iron or a sand wedge. Most players don't have enough time
to practice with a lot of different clubs. Truer players may use 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 pitching
wedge, sand wedge, lob wedge and also a 3 wood, okay so most players don't have that
much time in the day to really work on those. So what we're going to do is setup with the
ball on the right toe, we're going to grip down on the handle, we're going to lean our
weight on the left foot and we're going to try not to use much wrist action, so it's
more of a almost a putting stroke back in through the golf ball, again without really
cocking the wrist much.