How to Improve Chipping, Golf Chipper Save Shots
Better Chipping, Use Special Chipping Golf Club, Improve Chip Shots
Apr 21, 2009
Although chipping is the most basic golf shot many golfers struggle to strike chip shots well. If a player lacks confidence when facing a chip and is worried about hitting the shot thin or fat they are not able to concentrate on feeling the distance, and even if they manage to strike the shot well they will rarely end up close to the hole.
There is nothing more frustrating than hitting good shots towards the green but messing up from forty yards and in.
Top professionals have great short games because they are confident about the strike and can pour all their energy into feeling where to land the ball. It is a department of the game they practise for endless hours in the knowledge that a good efficient short game will help lower scores. Getting up and down in two should be a target for all golfers.
Improve Chip Shots and Lower Scores
If a golfer has tried to improve his chipping but still finds it difficult to strike the ball well it is well worth trying a special chipping club. Confidence in the short game is everything and a chipper is specially designed to make it easier to strike the ball. Considering how often golfers have to rely on their short game anything that helps lower scores should be tried
Why Chipping Clubs are Easy to Hit
Rather than using a seven or a nine iron, which are easy to thin or fat, a chipper is designed with extra weight at the bottom to lower the sweet spot making it much easier to hit.
Because power is not necessary on a chip the shaft is also much more upright allowing the player to get closer to the ball, which helps with accurate shots and makes chipping more like putting.
Best Chipper on the Market
There are many chippers on the market but one of the most popular is the Odyssey Marxman X-act Putting Wedge. Every design feature of this club helps to strike chip shots better. The low centre of gravity weight distribution allows the golfer to easily get the ball in the air and the lines on the club head make it simple to line up correctly.
Many manufacturers design special clubs for shots around the green and often golf shops stock one or two, normally found in the putting section. They are also inexpensive compared with other clubs. If you are in doubt, find a golf shop that will let you hit some experimental shots.
If you can improve your chip shots you will gain confidence and you will lower your scores.
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