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One
Handed Chipping
To help create a solid impact for full swing and for
more consistent chip shots, try this one-handed chipping drill.
If you play right handed use the right hand for this drill.
First use a lofted club like a pitching wedge or sand wedge
and grip down on the club in a place where the hand would
be if the other hand was on the club. Play the ball back in
the stance in line with the shoe laces of the trailing foot.
I like to see the eyes positioned in front of the ball for
chip shots, don’t try to look at the back of the ball.
Settle the weight forward about 60 % front 40% back and maintain
that through the shot.
Next, forward press the handle of the club to deloft the club-face
and the hand will start in front of the ball by the left thigh.
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Now it is time to hit some one handed chip shots. In the backswing
keep it short and simple...
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...and deliver the club back to the ball with the handle or grip
WINNING THE RACE.
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After impact the club-head should not pass your hand...
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It is okay to create a little hinge in the wrist in the backswing
in fact I encourage it.
This drill is designed to get the hands ahead of the ball
at impact. The right hand or wrist should remain the same
through impact every time, then put both hands on the club
and feel the same solid impacts.
Note the launch of the shots produced are lower with the bottom
of the swing after the ball. I really like to see every ball
leave in the same launch time and time again.
Director
of Instruction, Sienna Plantation Golf Club, Neil Wilkins
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