Archive for April 2012
How To Improve Your Chipping Accuracy
When you watch a pro golfer chipping, they invariably come close to holing the chip shot. But when you watch an amateur golfer chip, they often miss the pin by a long way. So in this article I’m going to give you some advice to improve your chipping accuracy. Now the first thing you must…
Read MoreChipping Lesson 6 – Downswing
When you swing down into the ball for a chip shot the leading edge of the golf club has to swing down into the ground in the downswing. (See Chipping Picture #22 Below) Everything leading up to this moment allows the golf club to swing into the ground and under the golf ball. As the…
Read More3 Foods That Are Killing your Golf Game (AND YOUR HEALTH)
Did you know that some of the most common foods in your kitchen are actually hurting you? Yes, even foods that we think are “healthy.” Here are 3 Foods to Avoid: 1. Conventional White Potatoes Potato growers NEVER eat the potatoes they sell! Not for the reason you think. They grow their own separate plots,…
Read MoreChipping Lesson 5 – Backswing
Now we’re going to cover the chipping backswing and more specifically we’re going to look at how you should move the club to chip and how far back you should swing. When you make a chipping swing the arms are the only part of the body that should move. (See Chipping Backswing Pictures #14-16) …
Read MoreChipping Lesson 4 – Weight Distribution
In this chipping lesson we’re going to cover something that is critical to your chipping success. It is weight distribution. Once you have the golf ball placed in the center of your stance and you have the club behind the ball and your grip in front of the clubface you then need to distribute your…
Read MoreGolf Swing Take-Away Drill For More Distance
One of the worst golf swing faults amateur golfers make (that costs them a lot of distance) is to pick the club up at the start the golf swing instead of sweeping the club away. Picking the club away quickly at the start of the swing destroys almost any chance of long, accurate and consistent…
Read MoreGolf Tip – How To Beat Pressure On The Golf Course
Golf Tip Question Sometimes when I have a long shot into the green I feel under tremendous pressure and I freeze over the shot causing a horrible result. What advice can you give me to fix this issue? Golf Tip Answer The first thing I will say is that pressure is not a bad thing.…
Read MoreChipping Lesson 3 – Grip Position
Once you have the ball in the center of your stance for a chip shot (See Chipping Picture #6 Below)… …then you need to move the grip of the golf club across from the middle of your body a couple of inches towards the target. (See Chipping Picture #7 Below) There’s a couple of important…
Read MoreChipping Lesson 2 – Ball Position
In this chipping lesson we’re going to be looking at ball position which is critical for great chip shots. When you walk up to your golf ball for a chip shot you should be making sure the golf ball is in the center of your stance. So when you do this the golf ball should…
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