Thread: why do i fluff my chips

[QUOTE=tina001;10567305]Overanalysing your technique on the course is the last thing you want to do. Maybe fiddle with a few things on the practice area but when you get out on the course there is only one thing to do, focus on where your club hits the ground. QUOTE] my sentiments exactly

So I guess I am wrong and you are right? Quote: Originally Posted by bdbl LOL - a great example of how difficult it is to diagnose at a distance. I was just about to post that the OP may be too upright I had real short game problems earlier in the year which I solved by bending over more. Agree 100% with the practice swing advice to ensure contact / ball position is correct.

Quote: Originally Posted by keiko So I guess I am wrong and you are right? Er no. Chill out mate. One us may be right or both of us might be wrong, I don't know, and nor, not having seen the OP chip either, do you. Which was my point. I guess he's free to take or ignore any advice given since it is given in the dark.

Quote: Originally Posted by keiko You may be slouching, make sure you have good posture even more upright than normal, choke down on the club and take practice swings to make sure your contact is where it should be, depending on what you are playing, watch ball position, and most of all, don't move your head or look up until you have struck the shot. Chipping takes practice so be prepared to spend 30-40% of your range time doing it until...

Many times this is from using a shoulder turn on the backswing and then using mostly arms on the foreswing and not turning back through. The more you try to reach the hands forward in the foreswing, the more you hit behind. The turn must advance the hands in front of the ball, not the arms alone. Swaying is a related fault, similar reasoning. You see this in putting sometimes too when people stub the putter behind the ball. They rock the...

I once had the same problem. I fluffed three consecutive chips from the rough! The problem was, I was using a golf club with about 4° of bounce in high rough grass. The golf club, was passing just under the golf ball. So I went out and bought some wedges that are better suited for high rough. I Have one golf wedge with 14° of bounce, and a second, I think, is around 12° of bounce. These degrees of bounce, prevent me from fluffing my chips....

all i can say is check out Phil Mickelsons secret of the short game. according to him, there is only i way to chip and that is hinge and hold. It has change my short game completely.

The OP (Foozler) has not come back on this so we seem to be debating the problem amongst ourselves Is there a Foozler out there and have the replies been of any help?

Quote: Originally Posted by foozler my chips around the greens. why do i fluff my chips? this has come from nowhere and i can't get rid of it. My educated guess is that you've started decellerating or perhaps changed your technique from what you were doing some time ago. Here are some quick pointers on both: 1. Around the green, assuming it's not all soft and mucky, take a club with a reasonable amount of loft but will fly...

Two suggestions that have helped me. One is unorthodox; place all weight on the "back" foot, rotate only around the back hip and get a feel for consistent ground contact you can play your ball behind. Weight on back foot throughout eliminates sway with ball played off that back foot and hands well in front. The second, and more sound in theory suggestion is to NOT ground the club. That immediately sets ground contact before...