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Hints and Tricks for Average Golfers

Chipping

Feet are about 6-8 inches apart, not shoulder width. Swing from about 50° left to about 50° to the right and in the swing plane, not vertical.

Just like a big shot the knees must move so the hips and shoulders can rotate.

Be sure you are moving forward when hitting the ball which means you hit the ball with your back knee moving forward. Make sure to stay down so your clubhead skims the grass underneath the ball. On shorter chips you might choke up on the club which might force you to stay down.

And once again, keep the wrist rigid and inline with your arm. You must hit the ball when the back of your forward hand is pointing to the green.

Take enough club to pop over the fringe and roll on the green. Take a six iron or a hybrid if you need to roll a long distance.

Pitching

A good trick to pitching is swinging your wedges at the same speed and let the angle of the clubhead set the distance. It's a regular shot with but not a big a backswing. If the knees aren't moving you won't be in the swing plane and your distance will be inconsistent.

Anna Sorenstam carried 4 wedges from a pitching wedge to a 60° wedge. For each wedge she had 3 different degrees of backswing for a total yardage from 10 to 150 yards or something like that. For us average people I'd love to consistently hit 100 yard pitches. Much easier is keeping the same rotational speed and just one degree of backswing to cover 10 to 50 yards.

A pitching swing is not as full or as fast as a regular swing. This is why you can hit your pitching wedge as a pitch or full shot. The important thing is to hit the ball coming forward and keeping the clubhead in the swing plane. If you only have a pitching wedge you will be guessing at the distance. Have at least a pitching, sand, and lob wedges.

Don't baby the swing or you will be short. Make a strong swing, especially out of the rough.

Putting

Don't punch at the ball. Keep your wrists in front of the putter face. This is all important to rolling the ball rotating forward. If you punch at the ball or hold your hands behind the putter face Illustration the ball will rotate backwards and will probably hop a bit which all makes distance control hard.
Control distance by how far you take a backswing. Again, don't poke at the ball: Roll through.

Very popular are the big, fat putter grips. It helps by not letting the club twist as you putt. Try it, you'll like it.

Sand

If you are not into the score thing, draw a line about an inch or two behind the ball. Try hitting the line with the front of the face moving forward and hit down hard enough to make the club go into the sand. The ball is moved by the sand, not your club.

Use a wide stance to help stabilize standing in sand. Keep moving the knees to keep the clubhead in the swing plane.

It may feel you are really pounding the sand with the club (most likely you are not) as you swing down. That's good. It will seem to pop up the ball while forcing the club into the sand underneath the ball. Unfortunately, not all sand is the same. Do what you can in each instance.

Grip

If you are placing either of your thumbs straight down the grip or way rotated like a strong grip, it's time to transfer to a real grip, like the one that forces your fingers in a practice club. Note: you can buy a finger guide that snaps on to your grip to guide your fingers. They are available on most big box and sport websites for under $10.

You are making up for other problems in your swing needing the correct motions.

Lofting in the air

The trick is to come forward while hitting the ball.

Remember the club face turns over about the time you hit the ball.

When you utilize GLG swings it will go in the air, all the time.

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Ben Hogan was a leading component of shifting the knees and keeping the head back to come into the ball properly. Today pros do use the hip/knee flexing to come through the ball. But this long video is interesting. Note on the backswing his left arm is rotated over his back shoulder. And his shoulders at near 90 degrees rotation before the laft arm is raised.

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