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AK , question ?? Do you play your chips with a open stance , 80 - 90 % of your weight on your front foot and the ball back in your stance at your right foot ??

If not then try that . Also never let your hands pass the club head when chipping keep that angle that is formed at address thoughout the chip .

Mike

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If you keep all your weight on your left foot, flex your knees, use a square stance and allow yourself to pivot both back and through, you can chip the ball from your left instep without fear of chunking. Going back, allow some wrist hinge or "load", let the right elbow fold and rotate the left arm clockwise (try to minimize your arm swing). Going through, keep your shoulders back, let the left arm rotate counter-clockwise while turning your hips toward the target; hold the finish low and shorter than you took it back.

This is the controlled mini-swing that Stan Utley uses and teaches to chip and pitch with. With a 58* wedge, Stan can pitch it waist high or over a house from the same forward ball position: opposite the left instep. This forward ball position, square clubface and square stance approach is a lot easier for me to start the ball on line and get consistent distance than the open stance, ball-back method advocated by David Pelz and others.

Of course, no weight shift is allowed (weight stays on the left foot throughout the swing) or you will skull it. (Hal Sutton's propensity to weight shift probably explains, to some degree, why he is considered by his peers to be the worst chipper on tour). Also, make sure that you are maintaining a stable posture and not changing levels, such as dipping on the backswing, or moving toward the ball, which can happen if your shoulders get tense (which can easily happen if you're afraid of a skull!).

Good luck!

Jeff

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