“I’ve known a great many worries in my life, yet many never happened” – Mark Twain
We’ve all been there, and the feeling is not nice.
Your ball just sits off the edge of the green , not far from the pin.
You can’t putt, the grass is just too long, and you can’t just bump and run the ball, you’re going to have to chip with loft.
What should be a simple shot, is now making your stomach turn and heave, and your sweating more than if you’d just run a 10K.
Ok maybe a slight exaggeration, but chipping can give people the heebe geebes alright.
All sorts of nightmare scenarios creep into the players head.
Leaving the ball at your feet, blading it over the back of the green, even an outright air shot a complete whiff.
I’ve seen them all.
In my experience a lot of people get far too worked up when it comes to chipping, they are experts at making a mountain out of a molehill.
A bit like the Mark Twain quote above, they spend all their time worrying, but unfortunately when it comes to chipping their worries do come true.
Now the mental side of the game is important, very important. If you think you’re going to stuff up a shot, well you most probably will.
Hey ho.
Now something just as important as chipping and often rarely talked about in relation to your ability to shoot lower scores is how far you can hit the ball. Assuming (and it’s a big assumption) you have control of the clubface, if you learn to swing the club faster you will automatically hit the ball further.
That means less loft in your hands for your approach shots, increasing your margin for error with your swing and also being able to get to greens in two instead of three.
And did you know that most golfers are being robbed of yardage in their game, needlessly hitting the ball 20,30 sometimes even 40 yards shorter than they need be?
Such a crime.
But never mind, this free report outlines the problem and what you can do to make sure your never one of those golfers being robbed of valuable yardage.
Thank me later.
Bob James PGA