NEVER DUFF A CHIP AGAIN - SIMPLE GOLF DRILL

There is nothing more frustrating than having a pretty simple chip shot and then duffing that shot. In this golf lesson, Matt Fryer talks about the causes of your poor golf chip shots and what you can do during the golf swing to see that this doesn't happen. It is a fairly common problem and one that even the likes of Rory Mcilroy, Tiger Woods and Gary Player have experienced.
If you follow the two golf drills in this golf lesson, you will have an understanding of why the duffed chip shot happens and how you can adapt your golf swing to see far more consistent and closer chip shots.
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[@magdielirizarry9805]

I like that you explain things in a simple way ..some folks get to technical..good job Matt

[@tonybarqs7804]

Matt.... thank you so much for this video. I have already shaved several strokes off my 9 hole weekly league and full 18 holes weekly rounds in last month. Not only am i more consistent around the greens I'm actually making more putts because my chipping is getting me so much closer. My golf buddies are actually impressed with my short game improvements and i have so much more confidence around the greens.... all because of this video. Thank you so much again. Keep up the great work, sir!

[@wiseonelol25]

The missing component - the mental decision! There's an underlying reason why people flip the club or cut it off and stop short (same goes for putting especially) - they're not completely convinced the length of swing they need for a shot is correct! They change their decision in the middle of their swing and try to correct it along the way! Make your decision on the size of the swing or the distance the putter must travel for the required distance, and hit it that way! It may not be correct - you may hit a chip or a putt too far or too short, but you'll more often than not strike the ball well, and you'll be able to calibrate your action for the required distance the next time! MAKE YOUR DECISION AND HIT IT THAT WAY!

[@towardsbettergolf4100]

Today I’ll be doing what you suggest…I’ll be committing to all putts and chips and trusting my decided length and tempo…🥃

[@davidrhodes6016]

You literally started this video with every chip I ever hit. Thanks so much for the lesson!!

[@changoguy101]

As a +3 handicap, that was really really struggling with my chipping, these tips were actually amazing, the next day I was chipping like old again. Fantastic!!!

[@Mathijsvanwijk]

Nice tips there, I think where most of the golfers also go wrong here (including me...) is tempo of the swing. Tempo is so important but so hard to master.

[@PaulToft-dd6py]

Thanks Matt. Just one session today using the two tips on chipping and what a massive difference.

[@glenwiltshire954]

Thanks Matt! This is where I'm suffering at the moment and losing a lot of shots, especially greenside rough.

[@brettalan219]

Oh you had me before 1min hahaha. Your description of flopping it short then sculling it across the green was me on Sunday hahaha. I've just bought 3 wedges 46,52,58 vokey. My other PW,SW were game improvement offset so this is so different. Your method make total sense

[@christopherscherer5256]

Love the tip about putting your palm on the wall. Its a good visual.

[@edr4973]

The wall concept was amazing. I feel like it would be shank/thin city, but it worked really well at the practice green today. My chipping is the worst part of my game by far. I'm desperate, so I hope this sticks.

[@scotthucks7966]

You are probably the best teacher I have seen on youtube! Your explanations are spot on! Thank you!

[@georgefink9116]

You had me Matt after ten seconds!!!! How many shots have I messed up in this region. 10 out of 10 job.

[@richardbeck818]

Great tips, had loads of these types of shots last time I played. Not sure if you have done it in the past but would love to see how you play a chip from a bad lie when you have a bunker between you and the green. Always mess them up!

[@jonpomerance-trifts6113]

If you are hitting over a bunker to a short pin, then the mistake is probably using a pitching wedge. An even higher lofted wedge is more appropriate. Maybe a loft wedge is more suitable because you can give the harder strike required to get it over the sand, but with the benefit of it flopping more (Ie travelling higher than it actually goes forward.). But you still must strike it well and with confidence. Otherwise you get the same result as the fat/thin disappointments Matt started out with in this video. So basically, it's a similar solution but using a more appropriate club. Rick Shiels has a good exercise for this. Start at a pitching green. Make a very short chip with your first ball. With the second, regardless of where the first one made first contact with ground, hit the next one so it lands just beyond the first. Then chip the third shot a bit longer still. Repeat this until you reach full swing. Then start again at the short chip. See how many you can get before you miss/reach full swing. Alternatively, challenge your practising partner, alternating hits, getting a point each time you hit longer within some agreeable amount. E.g no more than six feet/two metres for a point. When you add in the little challenge/game, you become very focussed on your task and the accuracy you're going for. As you get better, you can reduce the difference in distance required to score a point. The beauty, is that you can play this in small spaces too (just don't play to full swing). Gamifying practice exercises can make it fun, promote focus, and gives you clear goals to reach. Confidence however plays a huge role in short chips. A tentative swing is borne from a lack in confidence which then becomes a result which further reduces that confidence. Repetition with variation/modulation is the key to finding your "feel".

[@henryschumann442]

OMG - I just stumbled across this video today and I believe it could be the holy grail of chipping for me. I’ve been struggling for about 6 months, even taken lessons, and no one has mentioned passing the right hand through the zone holding the wrist angle. I just chipped 5 balls into my neighbors yard without a violent mishit. Brilliant!

[@colinwoodgate7297]

Thanks Matt. My chipping is now much better I can finally give my Texas wedge a rest

[@sudinnz]

Why did I not see this video on Friday, had all these duffs and thin shots on Saturday....thanks Matt, will keep this drill in mind in my next round

[@coxtechie]

Loved this. Thanks Matt!

[@naismith1214]

Thank you so much. I have played golf for 60 years to single figures for almost all of it. In the last year I have been doing just what you describe. The more confidence I lose the worse it gets. I am destroyed with 4 shots from just off greens. I have just been out to the garden to practice what you said and hey presto it works.

[@862mike]

My buddy taught me this technique and I have been working more on it! And it’s made a big difference

[@aname3829]

Exactly right! So many videos are technical. Chipping is about confidence and almost all my bad chips are due to lack of confidence. Great video right on the money.

[@MrMikejam23]

Brilliant as always Matt. I'll be trying this one in the morning 👍

[@BidenIsKing]

So happy for you climbing to 100k! You are such an awesome and funny guy with amazing golf knowledge! Thanks for teaching Pete and Rick how to play golf! At least the pros in Dubai will admit to their game improvements due to your prowess around the greens!

[@MenapakPulang]

Nice one.. now I know that having the just right back swing, and light follow through is important... thanks

[@jessepippin9698]

I am that someone. Thanks for the video Matt, I'll be puting this lesson to use later today at the driving range.

[@gjfollett]

Totally agree Henry - I did exactly the same, so now I'm boring all my high handicap friends by going on endlessly about how good Matt Fryer is. Brilliant! Thanks Matt

[@jeanregaudie]

Keep it coming. I will surely practice those tips shortly. Thanks

[@boblamendola7546]

Thanks Matt. Will surely try that. Question: Should we break the right wrist as you do in your final shot, or should we keep the right wrist bent (delofting the club) as in the reach the wall practice swing?

[@ryankohler5523]

Great stuff Matt. Thank you

[@harryfranklin1637]

Thanks, will put it to use.

[@marknorcutt8349]

Very good instruction from Oregon USA

[@bertkuipersmunneke3699]

This is a great lesson Matt, thank you so much.

[@TimVerdouw]

Suburb video, thanks! Can’t wait to bring this into practice today. Thank you KZbin for recommending this!

[@chowhound4844]

That wall drill is exactly what I needed. Thanks Matt!

[@delta8wd]

Matt I really enjoy your video's very informative, simple to understand and follow, right to the basic point. I am hoping you can help me. I have severe back, spine and rib pain when I play. I hope there is some way to alleviate this pain in my golf swing...please help

[@alancresswell2701]

Great tips yet agsin thanks Matt

[@hiranm8944]

excellent lesson Matt

[@davidkraithman9443]

Tried it and it works. Thanks

[@ja-ks8dh]

Matty is a legend, brilliant tip for improving chipping

[@saltybirdiegolf8759]

Can't wait to try this out at the course.

[@carpykeith]

Like that tip with the cane Matt! Used to do one handed chipping practice years ago and got out of the way of it! Well worth reinstating it I think! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@peterbrewer1822]

Good technique. But why do you say a chip should be more in the air than on the ground? Do do you mean it's a pitch shot and not a chip shot?

[@per-magnusmansnerus3953]

Very informative video, thx🙏😊

[@arfoncarhart9817]

Really nice and easy way to put it! Thank you so much for these tips!

[@maz_mtb3266]

This is great, need to dial these in. My drives go all over, but I average maybe 240 yards so not terrible. I can get within reach of the green to make par 95% of the time. However, once under 50 yards, things get sketchy. It can go well...or I end up with 3 wedge shots to even get on the green, let alone close to the pin. My short game costs me easily 10 extra shots a round, if not more.

[@dacoolestdadever]

Thank you sir ⛳🏌🏽‍♂️

[@anthonypetrozzelli5429]

Thanks Matt! Great tips!

[@wayneragbir5613]

Awesome...... You rock 👏 why are you not on tour guvnor

[@VanishingImage]

Love this video. And just combine it with even lifting the heel of the club up a little to help from letting the edge catch the ground. I've done this and it really helps!

[@twinkedits8095]

Right hand thought is brilliant nice one Matt... Stops the flipping 👍👍

[@jasonwarlond6743]

Can seriously relate. Do everything wrong Matt suggested. Oddly I can chip either hand better than I do 2 handed. My coach tested me on an interesting drill. Breath in, then exhale smoothly all the way through the chip. My default is to stop breathing out as I hit the ball - bad. Can do it no problem at all on practice chips or even one handed chips. All mental. But if I breath smooth, I generally hit smooth. Weird. But like the swing thoughts here, especially of getting the hands to the wall. Off the to backyard to try it.

[@geordietoonforlife.1155]

Thank you Matt excellent tip because I’m definitely struggling with that exact shot. Cheers.

[@MinnieHare]

On the journey the club wants to take. Brillant

[@alangoudie2299]

A valuable, helpful video. Thank you

[@paulmingay834]

Excellent tip!

[@jimbeaver27]

I will be thinking these two thoughts tomorrow as I play another round of golf.

[@davidbinks8556]

Nice one Matt, cheers.

[@mrb9830]

Matt, great video. what about when your ball is sitting on high green side rough - how do you avoid your club passing right through the grass with the clubhead barely making contact with the ball?

[@golfvlogs2820]

Good tips Sir

[@sevesellors2831]

Great lesson will be trying those ideas!

[@peter2qg]

Another good one Matt.

[@dr.grahamomondi2979]

You are legend Matt!

[@daveweedall4505]

Great little tips Matt tried them out this morning in our round never hit a duff and I won the cash cheers 👍👍

[@FlappJackk95]

Papi Rick send me here. Hello Mr. Fryer!

[@calabash101]

I started laughing when I watched this video as it brought back memories from my weekend round.

[@terryfarrant8681]

Thanks

[@reuk]

Love this tutorial Can you make tutorial for uphill downhill slope side ways chips 🍟 Thank you for your efforts

[@jesselong8971]

You must be shorting me this guy is full of shit he is selling his shirty clubs .....Fuck all you

[@ben-vf]

@@jesselong8971 wasn't expecting that reply 😂

[@lchinchey]

Good lesson. Thanks.

[@carldenham4999]

Great video, will definitely be trying these techniques out due to thinning and duffing a lot with zero confidence around the greens. Not been playing very long 6 weeks or so is it worth investing in 58? i have m6 set so pitch and sand just purchased a gap wedge 50

[@iancox8619]

Are you swinging back with just the right arm or do you turn your chest?

[@user-hy1gl5fz1q]

it reminds me a bit the Phil hinge and hold method

[@nickolaspickering5059]

Hi Matt, I'm out here in California and we have a lot of thick Kikuyu grass around our greens, any recommendations for that fluffy, clingy, score ruining trash? Thanks!

[@jesselong8971]

Fuck off idiot

[@MrSmoocher01]

Awesome stuff !!

[@jackmehoff4165]

I'm thinking if there is an undulation (slope/uphill lie) between the ball and the pin, it might be better pitch, or flop the ball past the roblem area. That way you have less green to read. Just a thought.

[@larrycordill3559]

Thank you for a great lesson. I live in Florida now and 90% of my chips are on the fairway or short ruff, hard pan! I have two wedges with the big flat bounce. I hate them. What can you suggest I practice and or buy?

[@MichelCavro]

Asome tips. Thank you Matt

[@kevinwhelehan421]

Try bowing your left wrist and feel like your placing the back of your left hand against the wall. That worked for me and helped me from getting to wristy and flipping when I was chipping.

[@balabellur7231]

Great tip

[@BiGGolfTour]

I did it! I created my own channel! Me learning how to play and getting fit again! Thanks for the inspiration, feel free to give me some tips! Thanks Bazza Golf!

[@davidcoulson1531]

Fantastic lesson! Started chipping with confidence again. Thank you 👍

[@jasonthompson514]

Great drill

[@GolfingMalky]

Great vlog Matt - got to admit your vlogs has improved dramatically this year. Great content / tips and your presentation style has gotten better - bravo! Cheers

[@jesselong8971]

You suck t

[@barrysmith7291]

Thanks mat I been struggling with my short game I’ll give this ago 👍😂

[@fredrikottosson3427]

Thx! Is flighted a Word?

[@kevinmcarthur891]

Thanks Matt simple tips worth gold

[@Mattfryergolf]

Thanks Kevin, glad you like it

[@Randy-gy6uw]

I usually take a lower lofted club in this situation due to my wedge game not being up to par

[@jimbeaver27]

maybe when the green is level but this green is way up there, best take plenty of loft - for me my gap wedge would be my choice but still plenty of loft

[@edytjhing3908]

Thank you so much for your tips...

[@michaelreilly3570]

Could you do a video on down hill chips on a tight lie?

[@stevemeli9630]

Many thanks, small part of my game that at times fails me

[@popscyclep8084]

Brilliant Matt!

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

That is exactly me. Duffing it too short or skulling it too long. Never in between. So frustrating. I'm falling left and right on the bicycle....

[@Mikesmeyer88]

Try putting the ball on the inside of your front foot.

[@Luke-on1lk]

Great advice i waste so many shots around the green.

[@scubadiver6895]

Matt, I was always told a chip is little air lots of run, while a pitch is more air less run. For a slope like that. Wouldn’t you want a pitch to hit near the top of the hill then roll toward the pin? So, isn’t your final shot a pitch not a chip? Maybe I am just confused on terms?

[@fabricedambo9344]

Thancks Matt

[@anthonybennett4274]

i played 1 round of golf and practicing chipping before a match all good but in the match chipping terrible 56 wedge digging in a bit and favorite pw no good i put it down to trying to hard and match pressure

[@terryholloway9930]

Great tip Matt thanks

[@members337]

The golf gods must have heard me cursing everything under the sun around the greens today. Thanks Matt

[@boge1334]

👍thanks

[@charlesgroover9646]

Great tips Matt! Hopefully after 11 beers 🍻 I will recall this info 😭

[@markgebo197]

That’s what I need to warm up. 🤣🤣🤣

[@tszampruch]

That intro looks like me on both sides of the green... on the same hole. Not anymore!!!!

[@Mattfryergolf]

Glad it helped