October

  • Chipping Out Of The Rough

    Written by Expert Village on Wednesday 27 February 2008

    Learn golf tips on improving your chipping when your ball is hugging the rough in this free video clip.

  • Basic chipping drill

    Written by Nick Clemens on Friday 9 May 2008

    Do you struggle with the basic chip shot? Watch this Nick Clemens golf video tip to improve your basic chipping skills… Firstly, make sure that the ball is in the centre of your stance. Have your hands further down the handle to encourage more control of the clubhead. Ensure that your feet are narrow in width, having the left foot withdrawn to achieve an...

  • Strike Chips Sweet

    Written by Lee Scarbrow on Thursday 15 March 2007

    Fat chance! Lee Scarbrow helps you to eliminate those scuffed chip shots. The key to eradicating the duffed chip is to understand why it happens in the first place. Scarbrow explains the reasons then offers some useful tips to help you strike your chip shots sweetly around the green.

  • Short Chip Shot Drill

    Written by Mark Moore on Thursday 5 June 2008

    Do you fluff your chip shots? It’s easily done when the pin is close and you try to get very delicate with the shot. Short chips are easy once you know how to strike the ball crisply. Just make a couple of small changes to your set-up and you’ll be laughing. Rudding Park golf professional Mark Moore has a clever drill you...

  • Cure Your Chipping Yips

    Written by Nick Clemens on Monday 5 May 2008

    The yips is one of the most embarrassing faults in golf. If you fluff your chips then this simple practice drill will help you develop a free-flowing stroke that you can rely on. Watch this golf tip to sharpen your chipping action.

  • Never Duff Another Chip

    Written by Anthony Wall on Wednesday 29 April 2009

    Here’s a brilliant little shot that you can play round the greens that is guaranteed to save you shots – I call it the ‘fluff free chip’ because it relies on a technique that makes chunking the grass first a thing of the past. The basic idea is to lift the heel of the club off the ground so that the...

  • Check your chips

    Written by Steven Orr on Monday 7 December 2009

    Do you suffer from… • Lack of backspin with chip shots Why does this happen? It’s a downward strike into the ball that generates backspin for short shots. If you attack the ball from a shallow angle or try and scoop the ball airborne with your hands, you won’t generate the backspin and your ball will run through the green. It also increases the...

  • Don’t Shank Chip Shots

    Written by Lee Scarbrow on Wednesday 30 September 2009

    Don’t be fooled into thinking a shank is a horror shot that just creeps into your long game – it can filter down to your short game too! The shanked chip is often the consequence of a bad address. If the shoulders sit too far open at address, the right elbow tucked in close to the side, the club is forced to...

  • Five Ways To Better Chipping with Nick Dougherty

    Written by Nick Dougherty on Wednesday 27 May 2009

    Chipping is one of those things which, if you get wrong, can make you look a bit of a fool; and yet, with these few tips you can never duff the ball again. You can spot a bad chipper before he takes the club back. They hunch over the ball and grip the club much too tightly. With their stroke they...

  • Basic Chip Shot

    Written by Adrian Fryer on Thursday 18 June 2009

    The chip shot is a small stroke that’s used from around the edge of the green, the stroke generally occurs from the waist down. In order to regulate your chip shot power you need to minimise your stance – in other words shrink everything. TG Top 12 Teacher Adrian Fryer shows you how to set-up to the chip shot and demonstrates the...

  • Four Tips For Chipping Yips

    Written by Adrian Fryer on Thursday 18 June 2009

    If you’re struggling with your chips and you’ve got a touch of the yips then it’s a sign that you’re too active with your hands. TG Top 12 Teacher Adrian Fryer has four simple tips you can use to erradicate this destructive habit from your chipping technique.

  • Cure chipping yips

    Written by Noel Rousseau on Friday 27 January 2012

    One of the main causes of the chipping yips is when the arms and body become locked trying to over-control the action. This increases tension and has a detrimental effect of the strike. As TG Elite Pro Noel Rousseau explains in this golf video tip, the key to curing the chipping yips is to have a free-flowing action. This practice drill...

  • A drill to use your bounce when chipping

    Written by Tom Denby on Thursday 4 August 2011

    Not only will your free tees and ball marker with this month’s copy of Today’s Golfer come in handy on the course, they can also help you play better golf! We’ve compiled a series of exclusive video tips and drills using your free gifts to fix common faults and help you hit the ball longer and straighter, as well as sharpening...

  • Chipping tee drill

    Written by Tom Denby on Friday 22 July 2011

    Not only will your free tees and ball marker with this month’s copy of Today’s Golfer come in handy on the course, they can also help you play better golf! We’ve compiled a series of exclusive video tips and drills using your free gifts to fix common faults and help you hit the ball longer and straighter, as well as sharpening...

  • Create a neutral arc when chipping

    Written by Adrian Fryer on Friday 10 June 2011

    As TG Adrian Fryer demonstrates in this golf video tip, you’re able to chip to a decent standard with many different stances: open, closed or even on one leg! The key is to ensure the clubhead travels on a neutral arc during your swing, from in-to-square-to-in, creating backspin (not sidespin) and a crisp contact.

  • Retract the clubhead chipping drill

    Written by Adrian Fryer on Friday 10 June 2011

    Many club golfers mistakenly think the ball gets airborne when chipping because of a lofty follow through. But it’s the angle of attack and loft on the club that does it, as TG Elite Teaching Pro Adrian Fryer explains in this golf video tip. If you struggle to control the strike and distance control on chip shots, try this drill during...

  • Pivot your body when chipping

    Written by Adrian Fryer on Friday 17 June 2011

    When commentators describe a player using a ‘hands and arms’ shot around the green, this assessment can be misleading because every shot in golf uses some degree of body turn, as TG Elite Pro Adrian Fryer explains in this golf video tip. A gentle turn of the body actually helps you strike the ball better and control the distance. There’s a...

  • Double-overlap chipping grip

    Written by Adrian Fryer on Friday 17 June 2011

    The most common fault among club golfers when chipping is the right hand dominating through the hitting area, causing the club to rise up through impact and often catch the ball fat or thin. A good drill to stop the right hand taking control is to use a double-overlap grip, as TG Elite Pro Adrian Fryer explains in this golf video...

  • How to chip from different lies

    Written by Kristian Baker on Monday 27 June 2011

    Different lies around the green mean we must use different parts of the golf club to achieve a crisp strike, as TG Elite Pro Kristian Baker explains in this golf video tip. We must also implement a different set-up position, which affect the angle of approach. From a fluffy lie with the ball sitting up, we use the bounce much more...

  • Trust your loft when chipping

    Written by Rob Watts on Friday 11 February 2011

    The classic mistake amateur golfers make when chipping is to overuse their wrists in an attempt to help the ball in the air. To combat this disastrous fault, check out this unique video drill from TG Elite Teaching Pro Rob Watts. You’ll soon start to trust the natural loft on your wedge and chip it next to the pin every time.

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