How to Use a Golf Chipper, Thomas Golf Chipper (Video) - by Peter Finch
How to Use a Golf Chipper, Thomas Golf Chipper (Video) - by Peter Finch

How should I use a Thomas golf chipper? Now a Thomas golf chipper is best utilized just around the green to get the ball lifted slightly off the ground, get it on to the putting surface and rolling out towards your intended target. A golf chipper is also used by players who aren't very confident with using a sand wedge or a lower lofted club as well to actually get the ball towards the target.

It’s a great little tool because the wide sole design and the patent to the alignment of technology on the top of the club help align the ball to the to the target, it help align the club to the target, but you can also cut through a variety of grass surfaces; from thick rough to light rough to also gliding across a nice mown fairway as well. Now to use your chip, you can utilize a couple of different methods. First of all, you can use your normal putting set up with your normal putting grip, getting the feet slightly narrowed together, popping a slightly more bit of weight on the front foot but then just rocking shoulders back and through and getting that ball popping down towards the target; it will jump off the ground slightly and then roll effectively down towards the pit. You can also use a more conventional chipping set up where the feet and the hips are slightly open to the target line, the club face and the shoulders are square, or the club face is square to the target line and the shoulders are parallel to the target line. A little bit of weight is popped on the front foot, the hands are slightly a head of the ball, the alignment aid is used to align up the club face and the ball, and from there we just rock the shoulders back and through glancing that actual sole placer to the grass and getting the ball popping down towards the target. So if you are a little bit uncomfortable, you’re not quite sure what to do around the green and you are not comfortable with the sand wedge or an iron get a Thomas golf chipper, give it a go, see what you think. It should help you get that ball on to the green and rolling out towards your target a lot more consistently. 2014-11-13

How should I use a Thomas golf chipper? Now a Thomas golf chipper is best utilized just around the green to get the ball lifted slightly off the ground, get it on to the putting surface and rolling out towards your intended target. A golf chipper is also used by players who aren't very confident with using a sand wedge or a lower lofted club as well to actually get the ball towards the target.

It’s a great little tool because the wide sole design and the patent to the alignment of technology on the top of the club help align the ball to the to the target, it help align the club to the target, but you can also cut through a variety of grass surfaces; from thick rough to light rough to also gliding across a nice mown fairway as well.

Now to use your chip, you can utilize a couple of different methods. First of all, you can use your normal putting set up with your normal putting grip, getting the feet slightly narrowed together, popping a slightly more bit of weight on the front foot but then just rocking shoulders back and through and getting that ball popping down towards the target; it will jump off the ground slightly and then roll effectively down towards the pit.

You can also use a more conventional chipping set up where the feet and the hips are slightly open to the target line, the club face and the shoulders are square, or the club face is square to the target line and the shoulders are parallel to the target line. A little bit of weight is popped on the front foot, the hands are slightly a head of the ball, the alignment aid is used to align up the club face and the ball, and from there we just rock the shoulders back and through glancing that actual sole placer to the grass and getting the ball popping down towards the target. So if you are a little bit uncomfortable, you’re not quite sure what to do around the green and you are not comfortable with the sand wedge or an iron get a Thomas golf chipper, give it a go, see what you think. It should help you get that ball on to the green and rolling out towards your target a lot more consistently.