Chip Shot

Breaking 100 in golf is a significant milestone for many golfers. It’s a benchmark that signifies a leap from a beginner to a more competent and confident player. While you may be focusing your time and effort on improving your driving. Or perfecting a back swing position. The scoring aspects of the game is what is adding a significant number of strokes to your score. When my clients visit me at McLemore Golf Course, we use The Cairn often to work on making significant improvement to their chip shot. What we emphasize is simple. If your chip shot improved, you’d be surprised how quickly you could break 100 in golf. Why a Chip Shot Matters Your chip shot is your “go to shot” for a lot of reasons., the short shot played around the green, is crucial for several reasons: The Frequency of Use – You hit chip shots far more often than you might think. The golfer who can’t break 100 misses a lot of greens in regulation. Because you miss a lot of greens, you’re frequently finding yourself needing to chip the ball close to the hole to save par or bogey.In addition, when you’re stuck under a tree limb. Or needing to punch the ball out of a tricky situation, you are for the most part setting up and executing a chip shot.  You may not be around the green using a wedge.  But you are setting up significantly different for these shots. With the set up…