Now, the one stroke that most people seem to strike nicely in golf is going to be that putting stroke, very rarely do I ever see people top or fat when they are playing a putting stroke and that is because a putting stroke contains very few moving parts. Once you have established yourself in a good setup position to the golf ball, the putting stroke is quite simply a pendulum action with the shoulders. There is no real knees, hip, or shoulder movement. Not too much wrist hinge in it either. Certainly, no arms bend.

Now, why don’t we utilize that putting stroke as much as we can and developed it into a slightly longer stroke, use a more lofted club and turn it into a chip shot. So if you are struggling with your chipping and you don’t feel like you can actually strike the ball particular well from around the greens, try adapting it into a putting stroke with a more lofted club to produce a nice little bump and run or chip and run type of action.

So I have an 8-iron here. I am going to play the ball from the center of my feet. I have shuffled a lot nearer to the golf ball than I would have normally stand with an 8-iron. I am gripping a long way down the grip as well to make sure the club sits quite vertical, not in a normal 8-iron position out here. I have high hands gripping down them but the club is very close to me as well. Then from there, I am going to make a very sort of solid pendulum action, rocking back and through much like a putting action. No real leg action or knee action in this at all.

So that is now my new chipping stroke. Some people might even adapt to a little bit of a putting grip, the nuance of just putting the index finger down the shaft gives you a bit more control and again stop getting too wristy with your back swing; so one finger down the shaft there, nice little back and through action just to bump this ball forwards.

So if you are struggling with chipping, tag your putting technique, use a little bit of a lofted club and see if you can putt the ball forwards from off the green.