You probably heard Brandel Chamblee talking about the "new" chipping technique Tiger used at the Wyndham on Saturday... I believe it was at the 16th hole. [CORRECTION: It was 17.] Chamblee said that, although it was new to Tiger, it was a technique that both Dave Stockton and Jim Furyk use. In fact, he recommended finding a video of Furyk chipping.
Guess what? Here's your video request! I believe Jim also demonstrated this on Golf Academy Live but I couldn't find the clip at GC's website, so I pulled this old one from YouTube.
There aren't any awesome secrets and techniques to this technique. Essentially, you keep your chipping iron like a putter, set up like you are going to putt, after which use your placing stroke. However, right here are the key checkpoints:
- Hold the iron so its shaft is in line with your forearms.
- Stand up taller with the ball a bit closer to your feet. As Jim says, you aren't bent over like a normal iron shot; this is like your putting stroke. These first two steps are what "make the magic" with this technique.
- Use your putting stance, although you may want to put a bit more weight on your lead foot to ensure a downward strike.
- Place the ball about in the middle of your stance.
- Make your putting stroke.
The thing you have to watch out for -- and a little practice will teach you how to adjust -- is that the face of the club is now tilted a bit away from you so the ball might not go quite straight toward the hole. That will require a very slight adjustment in the direction the face is pointing. All you'll do is close the face just a bit at setup. It's not much and you'll find how much pretty quickly when you try it.
And it's all there's to it. A lot of gamers use this technique because the club doesn't get caught within the grass a lot, that's mainly critical on grainy grasses like bermuda. You'll be capable of select it up quickly, after which you will have any other alternative for your short sport.
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