Part Four - Situations that Require a Chip

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Beore we get into the actual situations, how about you take a few seconds to just think about where chipping differs from driving and putting. It should be fairly obvious really.

For starters, chipping isn’t about knocking the ball as far as possible in a given direction. Admittedly, with practice your drive could become fairly accurate, but the sheer distance means that tons of factors come into play, reducing this accuracy. Chipping on the other hand is fairly short-range, and therefore can be done with much greater accuracy.

Unlike putting though, it isn’t about rolling the ball along the ground. Instead, the ball is actually lifted, and therefore not exposed to any terrain, or affected by it.

Reckon you can think of some situations that may need a good chip now? Yes? No? Well, how about we think about hazards on golf courses for a second. Whether they’re water hazards, or sand bunkers, they’re plainly in the way.

If you can drive over them, great, but what if the green is nearby and going for a drive will risk you overshooting it tremendously?

That’s where a nice, measured chip could help you get over the hazard, and accurately land your ball on the green, close to the hole. Sure, it isn’t easy to attain that level of accuracy, but it is immensely valuable to work on it. Incidentally, pitching works just as well for such situations.

Some beginners actually try to work their way around hazards, resulting in their score being affected. Others may try to chip, but not pull it off properly, in which case you may land in a bunker and be forced to chip your way out of that anyway.

See where all this is going?

Really, no matter how hard you try, it is pointless attempting to run away from it. Even if hazards aren’t in the picture, if you’re going for a shot to get up to a green that is elevated, you’re going to want to make a chip.

Honestly, the amount of situations where a chip is necessary, or valuable, just could go on and on.

How about we just assume that you’re sufficiently convinced that chipping is something that will improve your game immensely, and start looking at where and how exactly chipping can go wrong.

Look For Part Five: Basic Mistakes and Misconceptions about Chipping

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Part Three - Importance of Chipping in Golf

“Why is chipping important?” That’s the question that we’re going to attempt to answer, very conclusively, in this section. Of course it may seem as though we’ve answered that already, as you know that chipping is an essential part of the complete golf game.

Why is it so essential though?

After all, couldn’t you drive the ball all the way onto the green, and then putt it into the hole? Why would you ever need to chip the ball if that is the case, right?

Okay, so admittedly, if you are very, very, very good at golf (better than Tiger Woods, even), you could possibly avoid chipping entirely. In fact, if you’re really good, you could probably just keep on scoring holes-in-one and then you’d avoid putting entirely too.

Realistically speaking though, let’s face it, that isn’t going to happen.

Therefore, it is safe to say that you’re going to find yourself in situations that require you to chip. And more importantly, you’ll also find yourself in situations that may not exactly require you to chip, but where you’d be infinitely better off if you did chip.

Get the drift?

How about we understand exactly where chipping is going to be necessary, and also where it is just going to be advisable.

Situations that Require a Chip

Before we get into the actual situations, how about you take a few seconds to just think about where chipping differs from driving and putting. It should be fairly obvious really.

For starters, chipping isn’t about knocking the ball as far as possible in a given direction. Admittedly, with practice your drive could become fairly accurate, but the sheer distance means that tons of factors come into play, reducing this accuracy. Chipping on the other hand is fairly short-range, and therefore can be done with much greater accuracy.

Unlike putting though, it isn’t about rolling the ball along the ground. Instead, the ball is actually lifted, and therefore not exposed to any terrain, or affected by it.

Reckon you can think of some situations that may need a good chip now? Yes? No? Well, how about we think about hazards on golf courses for a second. Whether they’re water hazards, or sand bunkers, they’re plainly in the way.

If you can drive over them, great, but what if the green is nearby and going for a drive will risk you overshooting it tremendously?

That’s where a nice, measured chip could help you get over the hazard, and accurately land your ball on the green, close to the hole. Sure, it isn’t easy to attain that level of accuracy, but it is immensely valuable to work on it. Incidentally, pitching works just as well for such situations.

Some beginners actually try to work their way around hazards, resulting in their score being affected. Others may try to chip, but not pull it off properly, in which case you may land in a bunker and be forced to chip your way out of that anyway.

See where all this is going?

Really, no matter how hard you try, it is pointless attempting to run away from it. Even if hazards aren’t in the picture, if you’re going for a shot to get up to a green that is elevated, you’re going to want to make a chip.

Honestly, the amount of situations where a chip is necessary, or valuable, just could go on and on.

How about we just assume that you’re sufficiently convinced that chipping is something that will improve your game immensely, and start looking at where and how exactly chipping can go wrong.

Look For Part Four: Basic Mistakes and Misconceptions about Chipping

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Part Two - What is ‘Chipping’?

Seeing as we’re going to be discussing it a lot, it would really pay off if you’re on the same page as us when it comes to what exactly chipping is.

Yes, it is a type of golf shot, that much is pretty obvious. More specifically though, it is a shot that is played short, and lofted. If you’ve watched golf before, then you’ll undoubtedly recognize the type of shot that is being described.

Otherwise, simply think of it as sort of ‘lobbing’ the ball. It definitely is nowhere near as powerful as a drive, but it does lift the ball and so it also is very different from your standard putt. A lot of the importance of the chip is how it rolls on the ground after it lands, and it is crucial that you consider that, as you’ll later see.

While we’re discussing chipping, we should also get into a variant of chipping that you will eventually come across. This variant is commonly called the ‘pitch’, and as you’ll see, it does live up to its name.

Very much akin to the chip, the pitch is a lofted shot over a very short distance that then does not allow the ball to roll around the ground too much. Many people regard the pitch as closer to flying putt than a chip, but as far as the ball motion goes, it does share some similarities.

For the purpose of this guide, we’re going to be referring to more conventional chipping, though once you’ve mastered that, there is little reason why you shouldn’t be able to try to pitch as well.

Anyway, seeing as we’re assuredly on the same page now, it’s time to look at something a little more relevant: Why exactly you need to know how to chip the ball?

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