Easiest Swing Chipping Techniques Every Golfer Must Know

[@Easiestswing]

We hope you enjoyed the video and find these tips helpful for your chipping. Please remember to download your FREE E-book from easiestswing.com and learn more about Easiest Swing.

[@jake6501]

I love the commentary and simplicity from this guy, an easy view and listen, awesome work.

[@Easiestswing]

Thank you for the very kind comments Jake. We are really happy you are enjoying our content and hope you are finding great success using it out on the course 😀

[@soulgalorememories9921]

What a teacher! Great presentational style, brilliant explanations and inspiring because of the simplicity on show. I’ve watched this video many times now and it is a reminder to eradicate tension from all grips within golf. Right now, I’m getting 7/10 chips somewhere close to where I want it….very happy with that…this works people.

[@Easiestswing]

Thanks for your comments glad you liked the style and content and you are seeing improvement. Great work!!

[@lens7859]

Danny Maude and Pete Cowan did a video on chipping, and you nailed it on point 2. Your left shoulder should feel like it goes up and away left to make room for your club and swing . Great job!

[@Easiestswing]

Thank you Len, we're really pleased you enjoyed the video and can see the effectiveness of the action Philip demonstrates. It's a wonderfully simple and enjoyable way to play chips around the green. Thanks

[@ThomasAnderson-ll5hg]

Philip's lesson on chipping follows the same fundamentals taught in all the Easiest Swing videos: reduce tension. It's easy to tense up before a chip, especially if I hit a great drive and a great approach shot. Plus, your teaching style reflects this as well: soft-spoken, conversational, no sense of being "talked at". Thank you for all you do for us older golfers. 🏌‍♂

[@philipsparks8315]

Thanks Thomas so encouraging that you are finding the philosophy beneficial. It makes us so happy to hear golfers finding Easiest Swing is working for them.

[@Easiestswing]

Fantastic!

[@zazhou]

Yes, well said. Good presentational style and tone and helpful demeanour

[@philipsparks8315]

@@zazhou thanks Zazhou I appreciate your feedback and home the video helps your game.

[@arnevidarpedersen1198]

You also have the easiest explanation😊 One question: One or Two/Three Clubs for chipping?

[@JohnHuntPhotography]

Excellent video. Soft hands is something I've been doing lately. Had the chipping hips for over 10 years. Soft hands and turning back and thru has helped my chipping no end.

[@Easiestswing]

Thank you John, we appreciate your support. Great to hear you are finding success with softer hands and better turn through the ball in your chipping. It's a great tool in the bag to have that will help you enjoy your golf even more.

[@alangoudie2299]

Thank you for three very helpful chipping tips.

[@Easiestswing]

Really pleased you enjoyed the three chipping tips Alan. Hope you see rapid progress when implementing them into your own game.

[@niallvbrennan6629]

Another superb and beautifully explained lesson. ☘️

[@Easiestswing]

We really appreciate the kind words Niallv and so happy you enjoyed the demonstration.

[@jamessweeney991]

Good advice we’ll presented. Thanks, Phillip!

[@Easiestswing]

Thank you James, as always we really appreciate all your support.

[@philipsparks8315]

Hey Jim congratulations on winning the Kentucky North Region Seniors Open - keep up the great work!!

[@fernandobaiget755]

I need to talk to you guys! I never thought that at almost 80 years old I could improve my game, but after just watching a few of your videos I'm hitting the ball like I have never done before. I'll drive to Alcanada one of these days... (I live next to Maioris 😀)

[@Easiestswing]

We are so happy to hear that you are having a lot of fun exceeding your own expectations by implementing Easiest Swing into your game. This is why we do this. You'll have to contact Séan and see him up at Alcanada and show him your new relaxed swing 😀

[@winoneliang9270]

Thanks for your valuable teaching.

[@Easiestswing]

You are most welcome 🙏

[@keyranger9749]

Great video!!! Excellent information!!!! Thanks

[@Easiestswing]

Really pleased it helped and thank you 😊

[@chrisn9511]

Wonderful video as always. Informative, entertaining with really professional production values. Well done team. 2 questions from myself as it wasn't clear from the angle of the shot. Is the ball position central in your stance and do you bias any weight distribution onto your leading foot at address or do you maintain a 50/50 weight balance split? Love your videos as always

[@Easiestswing]

Thank you for your comment Chris, we really appreciate your support and we are delighted you are enjoying our videos. To answer your questions, I would have my weight slightly more on my lead foot than normal perhaps 5% more and my ball position slightly back from centre maybe 1". These are subtle changes and not too critical.

[@proscoviakinsambwe5948]

👏👏👏 Nice pace with the instructions. Easy enough to follow, especially for those of us who are still finding our way through the beautiful game. Grateful 🙏

[@philipsparks8315]

Cheers Proscovia thanks

[@Easiestswing]

Thank you Proscovia, really pleased you enjoyed the video and found the tips helpful and easy to follow. Hope you see some immediate progress with your Chipping.

[@Bernardo-xi5gd]

großartiges Video 👍 Danke 😊

[@Easiestswing]

You're welcome Bernardo 😊

[@kelvincooper462]

Good video...im always intrested in club selection and why....

[@Easiestswing]

Club selection can come down to a number of factors, including the type of shot you want to achieve - whether that be a high, low, high spin, low spin shot. How quickly you want the ball to stop or how far you want it to run. How far you are looking to move the ball before it lands, the quality of the lie, the slopes, and even how confident you are using a particular club, plus many more. So lots of reasons. The best way to discover this for yourself is to try different clubs from similar lies and see how they behave and how the ball responds.

[@pipebliss]

Thanks Philip, wonderful reminders!

[@Easiestswing]

Pleased you enjoyed it RR, hope the tips are helpful next time you are out on the course!

[@philipsparks8315]

Cheers glad you like this video and hope it helps. Let us know if you get any great results!!

[@j-dgrant1318]

Very good points

[@philipsparks8315]

Thanks JD glad you liked them. 👍

[@donalmooney4695]

Yep, Yep, and double Yep love it, great, great teacher thank you so much

[@Easiestswing]

Cheers Donal glad you love it! 👍

[@Blackhorseveteran]

Good video..I can see how I was chunking some shots the other day. Thanks...

[@Easiestswing]

Really pleased you enjoyed our latest video. Hopefully you can take these simple tips onto the course next time you play and start knocking it close 👍

[@Blackhorseveteran]

@Easiest Swing Funny...I used to be a 3 hdcp, then blew out a knee and didn't play for about 8 yrs. I feel like I have to re-learn everything..lol

[@Easiestswing]

No doubt you can play to that level or better again!

[@arnevidarpedersen1198]

Great tips! Btw: have you made anything on uneven lies? Arne Norway

[@philipsparks8315]

Coming soon!

[@davidmcclure781]

Excellent advice, that has got my chipping back on track. Just a natural movement removing the tension. Seems to work for all lies though I favour a hybrid or putter for very tight lies near the green.

[@Easiestswing]

Well done and glad it has helped. It’s a good idea to use a variety of clubs to be more creative with flight and roll. 👍

[@ggaspord]

Wonderful…thanks. Is there a difference in swing or grip when you are chipping out of longer/heavier grass?

[@Easiestswing]

The main difference will be how much more energy you will need to counter the longer/heavier grass. You will need a hold pressure that is as light as possible, but maintains control.

[@ggaspord]

Thanks! That makes sense… I will practice

[@barryread3672]

I love this! Was it Ernest Jones that talked about feeling the club-head? If you’re gripping it too tight there’s no way that you can feel the club-head. Hold the club parallel to the ground in front of you and grip it at ten then gradually loosen your grip until it allows your wrists to let the club-head drop down a few inches. That’s a good grip pressure for chipping. Thanks for the video Phillip!

[@Easiestswing]

Yes it was Ernest Jones who wrote about “swinging the clubhead” - like your comments on grip pressure too. 👍

[@larrykropp6789]

What club are you using. My chip check up. Thanks.

[@Easiestswing]

Philip used a 52 degree Ping Glide Pro gap wedge in this demonstration. Thanks.

[@tonywilliamson1474]

Phillip I watched lots of your videos I think they are great I did send you a comment about my irons but have watched one of your short game videos if I could do that I really could enjoy my golf a lot more my irons are old I was just wondering would the leading edge of the sand and pitching wedge be heavier Love your videos Tony 👍

[@Easiestswing]

Thanks for the compliments and I’m delighted you are getting a lot out of our videos. However, I don’t really understand your question about the leading edge of your wedges. What I can tell you is that the swing weight of your sand wedge will be heavier than the rest of your set. I have just bought my first new set in nearly 15 years and am loving how easy they are to hit so it sounds like maybe it’s time for a new set for you coming up! Make sure you go to a highly recommended club fitter as this will make big difference to the performance but a tiny difference to the price. We released a couple of videos on the sessions I had being fitted at the Titleist fitting centres. Keep working on your game better golf is ahead!

[@AbleGnome]

Chip grips. i have had success chipping with firm left grip and hitting with mr right hand with a full shoulder turn and follow through left

[@Easiestswing]

Great stuff Tim. The most important aspect is to develop what you find works best for you. If you can increase feel for chip shots, it's only going to help.

[@jsant24]

Great video but I wish you would let us know what wedge you’re using in this video. I’m assuming it’s a 56 degree wedge?

[@philipsparks8315]

Hi Jaime I played this with a 52° gap wedge but the principles are the same whether you play the shot with any of your lofted clubs the only word of caution is that most 56/58° wedges have a lot of extra bounce so a word of caution if you were to play this shot with one of those - it probably wouldn’t work so well on a bare lie. We will soon release some videos on how to play that shot.

[@Easiestswing]

Sorry Jaime, you are right. We missed that helpful piece of info by accident. Philip uses his 52 degree Ping Glide gap wedge. Hope this helps 👍

[@daveparsons7756]

Does the Easiest swing promote a body centric or a roll release type of swing? Thank you.

[@Easiestswing]

It is a bit of both - in reality it is about finding your own unencumbered swing that allows you to fully release the club and consistently hit it on target so we are not prescriptive we just encourage you to allow a free wrist movement supported by an easy body action. It’s all about removal of interference. You shouldn’t think of it as performing some idealised perfect ‘tour style’ swing as much as finding your own unique authentic swing.

[@daveparsons7756]

@@Easiestswing thank you

[@johnferebee]

What loft club are you using?

[@Easiestswing]

Its a Ping Glide 52 degree gap wedge

[@thedrrosadoshow]

Which club do you recommend we use for this shot? When do you recommend that we use the chip putting technique?

[@philipsparks8315]

Hi Dr Joseph I played that shot with my 52° gap Ping Glide wedge but you can play the same technique with any of your lofted clubs with the obvious allowance for less flight and more roll with any of the less lofted ones. As far as the chipputt shot. I recommend you play that one when you’d like to putt it but know you shouldn’t! Hope that answers your questions. Thanks for asking hope you are making good progress. 👍 watch out for some future videos where I’ll explore a variety of different lies.

[@JAlexanderCurtis]

My favorite thing about Golf KZbin is that you can watch 10 different videos about how to do something and you get 10 different explanations, that all are conflicting with eachother. This video shows techniques that are completely opposite what ive seen for chipping almost everywhere else.

[@philipsparks8315]

Hi JAlexander you are absolutely right. Have you tried this out and seen any results?

[@mmajeed9809]

Please tell ball position & which wedge no should use.

[@Easiestswing]

Ball position is centre of the stance and Philip used a 52 degree Ping Glide gap wedge.

[@johnferebee]

What's the loft of the club you're using?

[@Easiestswing]

Using a Ping Glide 52 gap wedge

[@davidwalters313]

Great tips. The problem is you had a nice flat lie. Very often you have to play them off steep banks - either upwards or downwards by the side of the green. These are where we usually duff them. Thanks for the video

[@philipsparks8315]

Hi David thanks for your comments. We will indeed be exploring all sorts of lies you get around the green, upslopes, downslopes, both side slopes, bad lies, bare lies, out of the rough etc etc in future videos. Keep watching!

[@davidwalters313]

@@philipsparks8315 thanks Philip!

[@Easiestswing]

Thank you David. As Philip has said, these videos are in the pipeline.

[@danielgbrewster5092]

Should you keep your irons flat for longer shots? Thank you

[@Easiestswing]

Apologies could you describe your query in a bit more detail as there are several different ways I could interpret it so want to be sure I am answering the question you have asked!

[@maxmirni2768]

i like you - great work. thanks.

[@Easiestswing]

It’s a pleasure. 👍

[@Roberto-bd9fq]

All this stuff is great even for the justification that what I am doing is on the right track. As my handicap keeps coming down, and I don't even care, because I am playing better and better. I especially like the relax driver stuff. I'm around 5, but at times off tee I am an 18, so I have to scramble, but not as often these days.

[@Easiestswing]

Well done Roberto, sounds like you are on the right tracks - just keep on going! 👍

[@danielgbrewster5092]

When you say the club should come through with the flat edge first and not the leading edge for chipping. Should I also do the same for longer iron shots. Thank you

[@Easiestswing]

Mmm interesting question! It very much depends on what you want to achieve. In general, if you are looking to hit the ball low and don’t mind taking a divot it’s ok to aim to get the leading edge to contact the ground first but if you want a little more height and perhaps minimal divot (with a long iron for example) you may prefer to get the back edge making contact first.

[@handicaptwelve3256]

Hi everyone Just saw the video excellent instruction tried it out for the first time, light grip, turn through the shot and guess what chipped in on 2 holes in one round and just missed 2 more. My playing partners looked at me in disgust.

[@Easiestswing]

Keep up the good work - disgusting your playing partners!! Well done 👍

[@pierrepaulveilleux]

Thanks a lot. For a shorter shot like 20-25 yards do you swing like a putter. I always have a problem with these lenght

[@Easiestswing]

Watch this Back 9 at Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club where Philip early on plays this exact shot you are describing, or what he calls the Chiputt kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmWUXn-kmbBri80

[@pierrepaulveilleux]

It Thanks ! I tried and it works !!!!

[@ChasVS391]

TIP # 4. To Chip the ball low,, Play the ball off your Back Foot. To Chip the ball High, Play the ball off your Front foot!

[@Easiestswing]

Alternatively, you can decrease the loft or increase it. Whichever way works best for you 😊

[@MrRoyboy969]

i notice you push the grip forward an inch or so just before you hit the ball

[@Easiestswing]

This is a forward press, Brian used to do this as well. It's not a requirement, simply a way to initiate the swing movement that feels comfortable.

[@donaldlee1224]

Like your videos, very informative. However one problem I see on most if not all golf videos, is they are always perfect lies, ideal locations, pins are great locations. Very seldom do you see the lies average golfers encounter. Collar shots, ruff shots, hard pan, pins within say 5-8', etc . DON'T MISCONSTRUE THAT I AM BEING CRITICAL OF YOUR VIDEOS, far from it. As a matter of fact I truly enjoy them but maybe you could consider a video with the above situations. Thanks. Semper Fi.

[@Easiestswing]

It’s a valid point Donald, we are planning to release some future videos on exactly this topic so keep watching! Glad you are enjoying the content it helps incentivise us to keep on doing them.

[@paultaylor4368]

One video getting out of rough

[@Easiestswing]

It'll come. But in the meantime, keep it on the fairway 😁