Breaking 80 In Golf – 5 Tips To Chipping From Heavy Coarse Near The Green For Duffers

You’ve mishit your approach shot a touch and your ball now lies just off the green settled down in some thick coarse. Once you have finished whinging about how unfair golf can be, you will need to make preparations for that next shot. How are you going to attack this challenge?

Some golfers have a single club and single shot type for all chipping prospects. If you are trying to break 100 that approach could be best. Perfecting one shot at this level sounds correct. But if you carry a lower scoring average, you are looking to get up and down from here you will need a chip shot more suitable to this regrettable lie.

You see that thick, heavy grass surrounding your ball could cause the club head to turn way offline. That heavy grass gets tangled up with your club’s hosel. The ball will possibly come out far left of target with no speed control leaving you a long way from one putt range.

This shot needs a fragile touch and maximum control. Try using these five tips when you’re facing a chip from heavy coarse.

Chipping from Heavy rough

Utilize a sand wedge – The sand wedge offers the advantage of “bounce” which makes it much easier to cut thru the grass and not get all twisted offline. Your pitch wedge might even work for this shot. These clubs give more margin for inaccuracy.

Open stance – Open your position a touch to permit your hands and arms to clear your front hip. Open the club face too like you would in a bunker shot.

Move the ball back – Move the ball back past center in your position to push a steep angle of attack which allows less grass between the club face and the ball at impact.

Utilise a steep swing – This shot needs a steep approach to help pop the ball out of the rough. Hinge your wrist quickly on the takeout.

Follow thru – Think assertively here as the shot requires more club head speed than you first think. You may only need the ball to go a little way but given the lie and the open club face you want to swing quicker than your instincts tell you. Just keep it smooth with a full follow through. Don’t decelerate or could have the same shot to play all over again.

Remember this shot is a challenge for everyone. The goal here is to get up and down. The right shot choice along with decent execution will give you a fair opportunity to just do that almost all of the time.

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