Michael Foote | Professional Tips

Chip and Run Made easy

You have found a good lie in the fairway just off the green, but you still have 15 meters to cover between your ball and the flag stick. What shot should you choose?

A large number of players will go stright for their 56 or 60 degree sand wedge and try to lob the ball to the hole. But this takes a lot of precision and has a high level of difficulty.

Flat Left Wrist

The Flat Left Wrist is YOUR No.#1 Imperative in the Golf Stroke. This is a MUST for all golfers.

The secret of GOLF is Clubhead Lag. The word "Lag" means to Trail or Follow. If the Clubhead is Lagging behind the Hands then you have Lag and therefore you have found the Secret to this great game of G.O.L.F.

There are Three Imperatives and Three Essentials in the golf stroke.

If you do not have one of the Three Imperatives then you will not have any of the others. They all three go hand in hand.

The Pitch Shot

When I am playing in pro-ams the shot that I see most players having difficulty with is the 50 to 80 metres pitch shot that requires less than full swing.

Most players make a swing that is to long and then decelerate the clubhead through the impact zone.

This is the only way they can prevent hitting the ball to far over the green and as a consequence they become very inconsistent.

This can cause striking behind the ball or a low thin driving type of shot.

Bunker Shots Made easy

For many golfers the bunker shot is seen as the hardest shot in golf. With a few simple pointers this shot can be turned around to make it one of the easiest. The basic theory of a bunker shot is that your club should cut through the sand underneath the ball with the ball riding out of the bunker on a cushion of sand. ot. There should always be a cushion of sand between your ball and the club face. If contact is made your ball will certainly travel too far.

Bump and Run-3 wood, hybrid, rescue

Well, one of the most useful short game shots is the #3 wood or Hybrid Chip/Putt shot.

What club do you use when the ball is only a couple of steps off the green and there is about 60 feet to the hole?

I would have always taken my putter or chip with say a 7 iron (Depending on how far i was off the green and how much green I had to the hole) until I saw players using a 3-wood and having a lot of success. Such a player is Tiger Woods who we have seen taking out his 3 wood and playing a chipping motion from off the edge of the green.

When a ball is lying just off the edge of the green, a player can use a 3 or 5 wood or a Hybrid, Rescue club to perform a bump-and-run style Chip/Putt.

By assuming the players typical putting stance and grip, a ball can be bumped onto the green with a low trajectory where it will then run out like a Putting stroke.

But first, you need to know when and where you hit the 3 wood chip shot.

Grip Variations

Remember that there is no one-way to hold the golf club.

In the following context covering the grip we will be discussing the overlap grip as this is the grip that I would personally recommend to the majority of golfers but not every one.

The Grip

The hands are the only connection between you and the golf club. Your grip must be correct. Never take your grip for granted.

The great Ben Hogan once said: “Good golf starts with a good grip”.

The hands are the Command Posts, they dictate to the body as surely as they dictate to the club. They are like two Generals giving orders to the soldiers, the feet, knees, hips and shoulders. If the Generals don’t tell the soldiers (the body) what to do they will not do anything. The hands must tell the body, to commence the pivot so that they can be taken back, down and through.

Correct Impact Position

If there is one Mechanical requirement in the golf stroke it is the Impact position.

This is The Moment of Truth

All good golfers have one position in the golf swing that’s identical despite their very different-looking swings. This position is impact.

Good players retain their wrist-cock through the hitting area so that their Left Wrist is Flat and the Right Wrist is Bent (for right-handed golfers), and both hands are slightly forward of the golf ball at the strike.


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