Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro

So chipping off a tight lie can really put the fear of God in most amateurs but, if you get your technique right and you set up correct. You'll find you get a lot more success with the shots it's important you're going to hit the ball with a descending blow so where we get the low point of the arc it is really critical if I've sat too far back to help it or elevated off this lie unlikely to catch it in top it split across the green. So it's really important here that we get the sternum when we address the golf ball a little bit past it. Your choice of clubs critical as well you want to use a gap wedge or a pitching wedge with a sharper leading edge you don't really want to use your club with too much bounce like you sand wedge unless you know in the shaft forwards.

So when I set up to this golf ball you'll notice I've got more shaft lean my weight is more on my front foot here. When it's on my front foot that's going to encourage a much more descending blow. So one of the things you've got to watch with the stroke is that you don't get two handsy a or too wristy be very careful trying to scoop or lift the golf ball in the air. I've noticed prefer you to have a more rigid stroke notice how my arms and the shaft are forming a letter Y, and I'm just rocking the Y back in through. Almost like a glorified putting stroke but I've just got a little bit more knee action in here so. Once I've turned my feet and set my weight forward the ball will look further back keep the hands forwards and make sure the low point of my arc is happening just past the ball. On the practice stroke so when I'm bottoming out here just in front of the golf ball and set up to this one lean forward keeping nice in firm, and just get that nice crisp stroke on the ball now because we have the hands forward that's ball's going to run a little bit more to chase a little bit more so factor that into the shot when you're picking your landing area.