Chilli-dip - cure please !!

deko43

Has anyone got a fail safe cure for the dreaded chilli-dip chip shot.
Its the one shot that would make me give up the game and take up knitting.... Had a good round going yesterday but twice ended up dunching chip shots into bunkers :mad:... could make a grown man cry.

All help appriciated..

Patrick_K

Hi Deko,

1. Keep the ball well back in your stance, inside right heel.
2. Put most of your weight on your front foot and keep your hands ahead of the ball at address.
3. Hit the ball.

It's a failsafe method, in fact if you ever chunk the ball again I will give you your money back.

PK

Mister Sifter

Make sure you hit through the ball, happens a lot of the time because a player decelerates.

1916

Patrick_K wrote: »

1. Keep the ball well back in your stance, inside right heel.
PK

I was told place the ball on your front foot?? Hands well ahead of ball, is that for a different chip shot (a longer low trajectory)? I'm confused

Patrick_K

Hi 1916,

The only short shots I would hit with the ball forward of centre would be a flop (rare) and bunker shot.

I find it very hard to chunk a chip with the ball back in the stance and the weight on the front foot but a lot of these things are a matter of preference, if it works for you .....

PK

stockdam

One a chilli-dipper always a chilli-dipper - sorry but I am that man at times.

Ok I'll try......

Ball off the back foot (if you stand open you may think it's off the back foot whereas it is possibly towards the front foot - look at your heels as a guide not your toes).

Weaken the grip of the lead hand.

Hands ahead of the ball. Keep them there through the shot - don't let the front wrist buckle and scoup at the ball.

Accelerate through the ball - don't slow down.


Keep the knees flexed and don't straighten up through the ball.

Concentrate on hitting the ball and don't look up.

Practice, practice, practice.

OilBeefHooked2

Just to add to what's being said already, which is spot btw, keep your head still, i.e dont look up until after you've hit the shot.

deko43

Thanks for the suggestions guys. You may just have saved the shaft of my gap wedge from an early death !

stockdam

Don't expect a quick cure - your head will still try to do what you've always done especially under pressure. You'll need to practice until it's ingrained and you rediscover your confidence.

The other thing I forgot was to grip lightly and to trust the length of your swing. I have a tendency to grip too tightly and to try to give it that wee bit extra....that results in a scoup. You need to grip really lightly and to control the shot with the length and pace of your swing; the hands don't do anything.

Feel that the ball "gets in the way" of the swing

Myksyk

Got to agree with everything here. Duffed chips are almost invariably down to one of the following (or a combination thereof):

1. Faulty set up
2. Moving unhelpfully during the swing (including lifting the head)
3. Giving up on the swing (decelerating)

You've got good advice on all of these. My own swing thought for number 3 is to have light enough hands (grip, not getting 'handsy') to allow the clubhead's own weight to swing through the ball.

PhilipMarlowe

Forget about the ball!
Get your clubhead to go through to your target and the ball must inevitably go where it's supposed to.. well, sort of

It is the case though that if you are overly focused on the ball you will often try hitting at it instead of swinging through it. The loft on the club and the grooves on the face will do their work if you do yours.

This assumes that you follow the correct setup position as the guys have outlined above. I like to have my top arm (left arm if you are right handed) nice and extended so it feels straight and I feel that my bottom hand is very soft on the club and the palm of that hand is guiding the clubhead to it's target.

Oh and have a spare wedge knocking around your house and practice this setup and get a feel for the shot... do it for a few minutes every day or have the club in the hall and whenever you pass by, give it a few goes... get the technique nailed down (plenty of good video tutorials online too) so that when you are on the course, you are thinking about your target and not about your right elbow and your left knee

kagni

This helped me a lot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ZkCRlabUc

GreeBo

Take your wrists out of the shot completely and only use your shoulders. Your hands are already setup in the impact position at address, but if you get wristy then its very easy to break down and flap at it with your wrists, especially if you are trying to lift the ball up over a bunker etc.