Ball Position Is Critical When Chipping The Golf Ball…
For you to become consist with your chipping you MUST have the golf ball in the center of your stance EVERY TIME. The club head swings up in the backswing and when it returns in the downswing it has to return to the same spot in order for you to make ball turf contact consistently.
One of the ways for your chipping to become more consistent is to learn how to get the golf ball to fly (1/3 of the way) the exact distance every time. If it flies the same distance every time then it will roll (2/3 of the way) every time.
The challenge that many of you face is the ball flies half way to the hole one time, 3/4 of the to the hole the next, 1/3 of the way to the hole the next three times. You don’t know which one is going to show up next. When your chip shots are that inconsistent you wind up with no confidence.
So why the importance of ball position? After you address the golf ball, move 75% of your weight on to your left foot, then move the handle over to center of your body, you are ready to go. Wait one minute. If the ball is too far back in your stance, it will come out very low, won’t fly 1/3 of the way and will wind up running way past the hole. If you address the golf ball too far forward in your stance, the club head will have too much loft at impact, the ball will fly half way to the hole, with way too much backspin.
There lies the problem with inconsistent impact and distance control with chipping.
