4 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Chipping

January 11, 2024

In Today’s Issue:

  • 4 “Chipping on The Green” Mistakes

  • Rory’s “Vision” for a Better PGA Tour

  • Did LIV Golf accidentally post the newest member of Martin Kaymer’s team?

  • And Much More!

Trivia Question:The US Masters was first played in which year?

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Avoid these Mistakes When Chipping on the Green

  1. Don’t hit your wedges like your irons. Now if I were to have you mimic a golf swing with an 8-iron vs a 56-wedge, how different would those two swings be? Hitting with wedges needs to be radically different than your other clubs because you need a radically different result. So be sure you keep that “handle forward and ball back” as Tod Kolb, PGA Player Coach, says.

  2. Don’t fear the roll. A big problem with your ball landing 25 yards from the pin is people freeze up and ruin their shot by trying to land a perfect lob shot next to the hole only to slam the ball even further than their opening drive. Sadly, I am speaking from experience on that one. The next time you find yourself that close to the pin, don’t be afraid to grab that 8-iron and tap the ball 10 yards with enough top spin to roll on home. Though this is something I’d highly recommend practicing BEFORE any big holes.

  3. STOP the “halfswing”. This is something a lot of amateur golfers do. While it does make sense with less distance requiring less swing. It doesn’t let you use the whole club and makes it so you don’t get as much backspin. If you are going for a miraculous, stop-on-a-dime shot then you need to get underneath that ball with the whole club for more lift so it goes just as high, or higher, than it goes far.

  4. Practice getting under the ball, NOT under the grass. Our good friend Rory Maude has a great 10-minute video on this. See, the problem people have with swinging a golf club is they either swing with their arms or with their body more than the other. To counteract this problem, or see if you’re doing this yourself, try swinging with your hands separated on the golf club and watch if you drift forward with one over the other. You’ll get more under the ball than the grass when there’s a balance.

Bonus - CLICK HERE If you want a FREE 30-Minute Video to practice to at the range. Clay Ballard from Top Speed Golf created a great video on his channel

P.S. This is NOT a sponsored video, it’s helped me a lot so I hope it helps you to

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Rory’s “Vision” for a Better PGA Tour

Real quick, if you want to read Rory Mcllroy’s full “Vision”, Golf Digest has a full 1,000 word+ article on this if you want to read the full thing

But here’s what Rory envisions the PGA Tour at its full-potential could be 👇

  • Making the Venues and Golf Courses more at the center of the matches

  • Adding in other countries like Japan and South Africa and other places with reputable courses

  • Golf teams more like Cricket’s Indian Premier League, as opposed to LIV Golf’s model

I’m going to break these up into the first two and then explain the last one separately as I feel the first two are more about making the PGA more money.

Rory understands the game he plays after all.

If there aren’t dollar signs anywhere close to changes to the game then they’re likely not going to happen.Cr

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Increasing attention to the courses will increase the money the course owners.

BUT…

Not in the way you’d think 👀

If you’ve ever tried to get a tee time for these top-tier, Masters level courses then you know that you often can’t without having an adequate enough Handicap and sometimes literally have to “know somebody”.

The Old Course at St. Andrews, for example, has already filled up with reservations for the WHOLE YEAR.

So here’s how these courses really make their money; members fees.

These courses make millions from the people with money to pay for them and when they get members with serious star power, those members will stay at that course just so they can say they’re members at the same place Brad Pitt or the Elon Musk goes.

(That’s not to mention the events and banquettes that pay prices just as high to say they were at the place Brad Pitt and Elon Musk goes)

Now, if PGA is going to highlight other courses and have a South Africa Open or Japan Open is another story for the same reason.

The high end courses in other countries often have deals with other golf organizations and so the problem of MONEY has entered the chat once again.

This is especially true with LIV Golf throwing endless amounts of money into the ring.

The PGA, while being the dominant name in the world of golf, has long had contentions with other organizations and even battles within itself as “PGA” has numerous off shoots run by different committees that all have to split up both the cost and the revenue of events.

But this is already becoming long enough of an issue without going into that complex bag of worms so we’ll just jump to the last part.

I know, I know you’re probably thinking,

But here’s the team system Rory is recommending…

Making it private.

Think of watching players like Rory, Viktor Hovland, Jordan Spieth, and Scottie Scheffler announce they’ve teamed up for the year under the banner of the “Spellcheck Thinks Our Last Names are Errors”

(For real, every time I write about either of them this always bugs me lol)

They then would be the collective score against other groups of 4 or possibly even 3.

It’s less like how LIV’s current model simply groups up players and more like Soccer teams.

And this way of playing is something I think would definitely work for increasing viewership.

Everyone of us would be a lot more compelled to watch the next match-up when you’re rooting for a team or when one of its golfers gets into a slump or even a minor injury.

As for if any of these changes would happen is anyone’s guess.

The only predictor of any possible change would be how excited the public gets about seeing these new changes in action.

Would it make YOU watch more??

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