Which Clubs To Use For Different Chipping Techniques On The Golf Green

In this video, PGA Professional Katie Dawkins offers some advice on which club to use in different positions as you chip around the greens.

Transcript

00:00 So a lot of people lose a lot of shots around the greens.

00:07 They've hit a couple of decent shots to get here, yet somehow still walk off with a six

00:10 or a seven.

00:12 And usually that's down to pool club selection or pool shot selection if you like.

00:16 So when you find your ball around the green, ask yourself one question.

00:20 If someone was going to give you a winning EuroMillions lottery ticket, if you could

00:23 throw the ball close to that hole, how would you do it?

00:27 I bet none of us from here would go up and over and lob it as high as we can.

00:30 We'd all give it a bit of lawn bowls and roll it along the ground.

00:34 That gives you the answer to the question of what club you should be putting in your

00:37 hand at that point.

00:39 We want something with less loft on here.

00:40 We want to be doing a short little chip shot that runs the ball in.

00:44 There's absolutely no point taking our sandwich out, flying it as high as we can in the air,

00:49 because for that we're going to need quite a big swing.

00:51 And we all know if that goes wrong, there's quite a lot of momentum there to carry your

00:55 ball further out and over the back of the green.

00:58 So small, compact swing is much, much safer option.

01:02 So that's one of the best ways to work out what club to hit from what place.

01:10 So here's the perfect opportunity where if we had that ball in our hand and we were going

01:14 to throw it, we're going to have to be a bit cute with it and pop it up high and get it

01:18 to stop quick.

01:19 So that tells us that we need to choose something with a lot of loft on it.

01:22 So possibly the most lofted club in our bags might be a sandwich, might be a lob wedge.

01:27 The biggest thing to remember with these clubs is they put the ball in the air for you.

01:30 The only thing you've got to do is make sure you get the turf so you get what's underneath

01:34 it.

01:36 And all you need to apply to this is a nice little tick tock action.

01:41 So just back and through.

01:44 And the ball will pop up in the air because there's loft on that club, not because you're

01:47 trying to help it.

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