Short Game Chef teaches the stock pitch every golfer should have | The Index Experiment

Parker McLachlin, aka @ShortGameChef, is one of the world's best short game coaches, with clients including Collin Morikawa, Keith Mitchell, Anna Nordqvist and more. As part of The Index Experiment, we've enlisted the chef to help Broken Tee Society members modernize their short game.
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[@korkeiw]

“Yes Chef” 😂

[@petecross22]

Parker is next level. I’ve had a severe case of the chipping yips for 8 years. I’m convinced it was due to my attempts to make precise ball contact. Totally unnecessary. Once I learned to reduce my wrist hinge, shallow the club and use my body rotation to move the club I climbed my way out of hell. Still jab once in awhile but I 100 percent know why. Thank you Chef.

[@mizmp33ot15]

I have that now. Hopefully this video helps

[@dw8216]

Good to know there is a way out. It’s been the bane of my existence for a few years now.

[@blackhawkrock1244]

Same for me. Without question the most effective change near immediately of all the techniques I’ve tried in golf.

[@matthewmoore4734]

From 6:10, Parker you just described the trajectory, flight and pain of 20 years of my short game. Absolutely loved this explanation and video. Thanks for making it

[@alexpeebles]

Just watched the “low” spinner vid, now this. So well explained, super valuable info!

[@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656]

Now I fully get why Parker is so good at this.

[@davidmyrick8238]

Tried this the last two rounds with amazing results….the drop kick “miss” is amazing!

[@chauck1118]

Absurd how well this works. I watched the video yesterday and just spent some time on the practice green with instant results. Thank you!

[@mbstark19]

MORE. OF THIS. PLEASE. So good and helpful. Thx.

[@SilbarPR]

This video is a perfect example of how to use the club’s bounce. Let the bounce do it’s job. Great video.

[@caltom1427]

Best chipping video I have seen. Thank you.

[@maxchristian-chance4160]

Yes chef. Have actually learnt, after watching a few of your videos, how to actually use the bounce and just wow. Best days chipping and pitching I’ve ever had.

[@deldridg]

This one video has certainly made a big difference for me. Mid to high singles, but with a solid short game I find this has helped in countless tight spots around the green where once I would have been much more nervous, especially into the grain. I'm also now using my SW more where I may have used my 60 before. Much better control and no more anxious tension. Many thanks - Dave

[@willsoul007]

The editing is hilarious on some of this, boys 😂 He’s stood right behind you then cut to the greens after the shot to see the ball run out and chef is no where to be seen! 😅

[@paulking4630]

Great info Parker. What degree of loft and degree of bounce do you recommend for this stock pitch?

[@keenanvanzile]

Awesome bit of information from chef, great dialog. More please.

[@ruudddyy]

The way chef explains the how and the why the how is the how is great

[@garrettcollier8825]

This are great videos and you actually end up explaining it in the second half of the video, but a little context to begin the video would be super helpful like "x yards off the green and have x feet to the pin" and can use this shot for up to 50 yds.

[@Robin-nt1jh]

I play in the Uk and the shot we have to over come is a tight lie on wet mud. Does this approach need adjusting for a wet mud lie?

[@mrpriceisright]

Have been working on only this for 2+ yrs, finally making some headway (overcoming the white knuckles and getting some tempo is a big step). One thing I've found with the shallow arc is that if I'm swinging with connected body rotation, the shallow and around backswing is getting some poor contact results where a slightly straighter back swing is producing consistent crisp contact. Seems perhaps there is such a thing as a back swing thats too shallow. I also feel I have to fight a tendency to drop the club to the inside, perhaps a hold over from the full swing.

[@TaskersFishingAdventures]

I’ve been seriously struggling with my shortgame, every videos been advising to keep the club out the hands etc I can’t believe how consistent this was. I felt like my arms were extremely close to my body but it worked time and time again. From small shots over a bunker to roughly 90/100 yard pitches. Playing tomorrow so will be interesting to see how I get on. Cheers

[@deldridg]

Hi David - you're not an Aussie who once lived in Wauchope are you? If so, we used to hit golf balls together on Fairmont oval almost 40 years ago! If not, you must be a decent bloke with a name like that! Cheers - David 🙂

[@djclark9603]

I will never look as silky smooth with a wedge as Casey looks lol. Great video!

[@apaulmcdonough2170]

I find a Description of the Shot - Distance to Front, and then Distance to Pin very helpful.

[@jeremycarter6297]

love the vanilla shots! such great info. thanks guys

[@Sweet1nn]

More of this! Love these vids.

[@luke6064]

2:45 "...do that by pivoting" very well said

[@Petergalvan]

Great explanation CHEF

[@mufc778]

loving these vids

[@RobertDoherty-l5k]

I had the same question as drroger98: What club do you recommend for this shot, SW or PW? Or does it depend on how far you are from the pin?

[@drroger98]

What club are you using for this shot?

[@irlloydchristmas]

Totally off topic question, but that hoodie looks crazy comfortable. What is it?!?

[@captainkangaroo4301]

The stock pitch is the perfect name for mine because it always ends up in the pasture next to the golf course.

[@ericwilliams1595]

Livestock shot!

[@CanadianBiPolarBear]

As soon as he asked why would you go ball 1st is the exact same time i exited this video

[@paceykleinman7797]

you missed out on a lot then

[@CanadianBiPolarBear]

​@@paceykleinman7797 if your not hitting ball 1st your not playing good golf period

[@josephbarrett697]

Super tip Great...

[@timmcgrath9708]

A few comments about this: - Fantastic instruction, using the bounce with spin loft - Lots of tour players DON'T use this technique. They play a cut with a steep AoA. - Scheffler, Day, Spieth are the highest profile exponents of this technique - This technique is great when hitting with the grain but not into the grain

[@lkaneshi]

master class here

[@wd122]

Can we get the 'Part 2 & 3; add-ons' for this fundamental shot??? Pretty please 😊

[@ddsbyday]

This may be a silly question but What club loft is he using?

[@paulweylandgolf]

Everyone is taking about what Mayo is doing with Victor and this seems to be the opposite but I think Victor is an outlier and that won’t work for many people

[@amac8487]

- “I don’t want you to chase the feeling of compression…” - “I like that feeling……” - “ I know….” 😂😂😂😂

[@guitarswhiskeyandgolf]

One thing that is not being explained very well in the beginning of the video is what you are trying to accomplish what is the total yardage of the chip how far off the green etc. Eventually you see when the angle changes what the player is faced with. The explanation of the motion is great but it would also help to understand the total distance to the hole and how far you are carrying the ball

[@MatuShazz]

I may be dumb but I keep watching this one and the low spinner one and I cannot tell the difference between the two shots. Can SGC or someone please help me understand the differences?

[@rjjr1973]

Wow! Cooking here so good I don't want to share with my boys! LOL

[@pipebliss]

Yes chef! 😂

[@AlanBlackman]

Just noticing that his feet are really close together. I don't do this. Is this a normal stance or ideal stance for a short pitch? thx for the video!

[@steverupert6988]

What club was he using?

[@vantumpete]

Nice, but which pitching iron: 47, 50, 56, 60?

[@davidkirby5738]

So what club would you use from that distance with the same technique?

[@BusterFreak111]

Not kidding I’ve hit more sick chef shots in the last month than I have in 2 years, and I’m a decent player (6 handicap) Thank you chef

[@MattVizzari-w4v]

what club is recommended for this? more or less loft?

[@wkusam123]

What club are you hitting here for the stock shot?

[@AjarnWoody]

Why am I hitting everything off the hosel?

[@markeverhart7480]

Similar to Phil Rodgers teaching in '80's with the "flat spot".... wasn't into compression and a shallow approach.

[@justapedn1]

50, 54, or 58. Those are my choices. Which do you prefer for this shot?

[@MichaelTurner78]

At 5:53 Parker points to the right arm or lat and says something like now feel like this… what was he going to say? Looks like that thought was what fixed the steep action.

[@KCook2]

I think what he was going to say was feel like this stays connected. Meaning his right arm shouldn’t get disconnected from his torso too much. I think that’s what he was getting at a bit in the seconds leading up to it as well.

[@shaggygolf4642]

What wedge was he using?

[@evandh1989]

That is so far from a “tight lie.”

[@matthewoberton1830]

Open the club face and use the bounce. The grooves and toe are not talked about enough!

[@jasonburford2013]

So what do we do if it’s not a tight fairway lie?

[@gguidry13]

That a 60 degree wedge?

[@chillier8363]

So this style for 50 yards and in, then go back to ball first beyond?

[@jerrychang9255]

Merci de lyyt

[@robertflanders2089]

Whata difference, went from looking like me too max homa

[@errlydabbers]

if i buy a subscrition as a gift can I use the broken tee society membership lol they would never use it and i dont like spending money on myself

[@GolfersJournal]

Sure! We won’t judge.

[@jacobr4558]

"Pivot" is a little generic. Shift, turn, tilt???

[@mitchschneider1927]

Ball first!! So your wife doesn't kill you for tearing up the front lawn. 😜

[@ShawnRamseur]

You are sweeping the turf, no divot

[@annefilippobertozzi7601]

It's not that his first couple of shots were thinned or awful in any sense... why changing something it's working?

[@BooserBoi]

If you hit a huge hook or slice, but you always aim for it and hit the fairway, you wouldn't want to straighten that out to add 20+ yards to your drive? Why would you not want the same in your short game? More ball spin, more consistency, and it bleeds into other shots. You're never "done" working on your golf swing.

[@annefilippobertozzi7601]

@@BooserBoi if I'd hit always the fairway, i would never, ever change my swing to gain some yards. Especially as an amateur, who wouldn't have the time to put in all the work for a successful swing change, and would be caught in no man's land when the pressure will go up, down the stretch of a tournament. Same for the short game: i would better learn to control my distances with the swing i have (unless this would be inconsistent, leading to fat and thins).

[@ohmyfungus5810]

@@annefilippobertozzi7601mate

[@russellmclatchey4162]

What loft is the club?

[@barbarawieners6987]

What club was he using?

[@NeilWoodSales]

Excellent lesson! Thank you. Boston Massachusetts

[@bobstrempie9424]

What club is he using?

[@guitarswhiskeyandgolf]

This also seems more like a chip than a pitch right?

[@waynethomas9957]

Great video