Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
Generally speaking the amateur a golfer would want to copy what the professional golfer does most of the time, but there's one area where I guarantee the amateur and professional would disagree. That's in the quality of lie that they would like to see around the green. you ask mope most pros what they want to see around the green when they're chipping and pitching they want a nice tight lie they don't want too much grass between or underneath the golf ball and they don't want too much grass between the ball and the club face and then you put an amateur golfer in that situation and they don't like it it's quite difficult to play the shot from that situation they would rather have a much fluffy align much more grass involved. Which the tour player doesn't want and I think the big difference here is the tour player wants a nice clean contact but the amateur golf club golfer wants a bit more floor for the next the ball to help them get the ball in the air and the difference here is slightly technical in that the amateur golfer is often seen more back on the ball trying to help and scoop it.
Now if you're in this situation you're trying to help the ball up in the air you often fin the ball as that one does and it comes out super low and roll over the back of the green and it was really because I was trying to scoop the ball up into the air which is not really the technique would want to play from this situation whereas your professional golfer maybe plays the ball a little bit more back in the stance plays the hands a little bit more ahead and strikes the ball a little bit more cleanly as they hit through. So if you're struggling with blading the ball an inconsistent chip shot particularly when the ball is in a bad lie especially in particular when the ball is in a bare light not really a bad lie just feels like it's a bad light to you but if it's in a relatively bare lie the pro would not think that's a bad lie he'd be OK with that one we want to have the ball a bit more back. We would like to have you have your hands a little bit more forwards would like to have the body weight a bit more forward and it feels very much like the true. To hit down on the golf ball we're not trying to hit the ball in the air because the club will do that the club loft will help the ball up in the sky. Your job your focus is very much to hit down on the back of the ball the club golfer often the issue is their balls too far forward they're trying to help the ball opinions get the ball up in the air and that gives them the bad contact and that's why pros are great at chipping the ball from the tight lies and often the amateur golfer struggles with that tight like and want to fly feel I work on chipping from tight lie is because it's often what you get on the course and that should help you go up and down more from the tight chip shots.
2018-09-10 Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
Generally speaking the amateur a golfer would want to copy what the professional golfer does most of the time, but there's one area where I guarantee the amateur and professional would disagree. That's in the quality of lie that they would like to see around the green. you ask mope most pros what they want to see around the green when they're chipping and pitching they want a nice tight lie they don't want too much grass between or underneath the golf ball and they don't want too much grass between the ball and the club face and then you put an amateur golfer in that situation and they don't like it it's quite difficult to play the shot from that situation they would rather have a much fluffy align much more grass involved. Which the tour player doesn't want and I think the big difference here is the tour player wants a nice clean contact but the amateur golf club golfer wants a bit more floor for the next the ball to help them get the ball in the air and the difference here is slightly technical in that the amateur golfer is often seen more back on the ball trying to help and scoop it.
Now if you're in this situation you're trying to help the ball up in the air you often fin the ball as that one does and it comes out super low and roll over the back of the green and it was really because I was trying to scoop the ball up into the air which is not really the technique would want to play from this situation whereas your professional golfer maybe plays the ball a little bit more back in the stance plays the hands a little bit more ahead and strikes the ball a little bit more cleanly as they hit through. So if you're struggling with blading the ball an inconsistent chip shot particularly when the ball is in a bad lie especially in particular when the ball is in a bare light not really a bad lie just feels like it's a bad light to you but if it's in a relatively bare lie the pro would not think that's a bad lie he'd be OK with that one we want to have the ball a bit more back. We would like to have you have your hands a little bit more forwards would like to have the body weight a bit more forward and it feels very much like the true. To hit down on the golf ball we're not trying to hit the ball in the air because the club will do that the club loft will help the ball up in the sky. Your job your focus is very much to hit down on the back of the ball the club golfer often the issue is their balls too far forward they're trying to help the ball opinions get the ball up in the air and that gives them the bad contact and that's why pros are great at chipping the ball from the tight lies and often the amateur golfer struggles with that tight like and want to fly feel I work on chipping from tight lie is because it's often what you get on the course and that should help you go up and down more from the tight chip shots.
