For a golf beginner, it is useful to learn the right golf chipping technique when chipping the golf ball from outside the putting surface. Although the golf chipping is a short stroke similar to the putting stroke, unlike the golf putting, you need a lofted club to enable you to send the ball into the air, before it hit the putting surface and roll into the hole.
There are a few pointers you should know to guide you into improving your chipping technique:-
1. Visualize the flight and roll of the ball to determine where you want the ball to land on the putting surface so that it will roll the distance and along the correct line to the hole.
2. Check the way the ball is lying on the grass outside the putting green.
3. Choose the right lofted club with the right pitching wedge. Select a club that provides a minimum air time and maximum ground time. It is easier to judge the rolling distance of the ball than trying to land the ball in hole when you are outside the putting surface.
4. The basic chipping stroke and stance is similar to the putting stroke, except that your feet shall be closer to the ball. Keep your body relatively still and your wrists stiff as in putting. Your grip is such that both the palms of your hands are facing each other. On the backstroke, allow the club head to come off the ground more abruptly than in a putting stroke, letting the club head strike down on the ball with minimal follow through. When you set up to the ball, concentrate only on hitting with the firmness necessary to land it on the spot on the green you have picked up.
5. Practice the technique mentioned above on the practice green using clubs with the different lofts for various distance from the hole.
