Stop Chunking!

[@duderdudeedoo1984]

There's a lot of great golf instructional vids on KZbin, and I feel like I can take a little something from each one. I've watched two of vids from top speed golf, and at least for my learning style, they have been some of the best.

[@jimogm1309]

Clay you rock! I am 54 years old and I was that guy hitting with just his arms. I saw this video right before my Saturday round and seriously started knocking the sh!t out of the ball. I had to club down two clubs because the ball was flying so far. I was one over after 5 holes and parred 5 of the last 6. I had some meltdown holes in the middle due to my short game but I haven’t watched your short game videos yet. Your videos give me just enough to think about while playing and not mess me up with too much junk. Thank you and keep posting your videos!

[@TheMegansdad]

Probably the definitive KZbin video on how to “push off the ground”. In addition to all the other great instruction packed into this instructional gem. Great stuff!

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks Larry!

[@youngguns996]

Thanks again for sharing your excellent instructions Clay! Clay is one The Best Instructors in the world. He explains everything so well and with his Great Tips he simplifies the swing so all can incorporate it in their own game. I can see many "Best Instructor" Awards in his future. Keep up the great work Clay.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks Enrique!

[@december162008law]

Clay, Thank you for your excellent instructions about how to stop hitting iron shots fat or thin. After watching your video explaining the swing motion, I took it to the driving range and it worked immediately to my utter amazement. I had struggled with my iron play for years, but you corrected my problem with your illustration half way through your video where you exaggerate the motion, but it helped me to understand how to make the turn of the hips and to return the club to the ball without hitting it fat or thin. Thank you so much for posting the video!!

[@jimpickard3850]

Brilliant explanation as ever Clay ... best I've ever seen on lower body movement.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks Jim!

[@Mhosborn]

All your videos are great, Clay! Chunking my irons in the fairway is my biggest source of frustration currently. There's nothing worse than hitting an excellent drive off the tee, ending up right in the middle of the fairway, and a nice yardage to reach the green in regulation...only to miserably chunk the fairway shot! I'm actually at the point where I've lost confidence in the fairway...and need to get to the point where I'm hitting solid shots 99 times out of 100. This is made more difficult by my age...I'm 64, and find my posture and degree of rotation changes as the round progresses. I think I can fix directional issues with my iron shots...but have to start hitting them consistently first. This video helps!

[@80guitarguy82]

That hip movement exercise looks excellent. Can't wait to use it.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks!

[@josebovin4567]

I dont chunk anymore!! Ty very much! You help me a lot, you’re a good instructor! Peace from France !✌🏼

[@zacharyisaak8212]

Thank you I have improved by a lot after I started watching you videos.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

My pleasure Zachary!

[@rgii8060]

I need to move to Florida and get some lessons from you! Your explanations are easy to understand. Thanks Clay!

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks! Clay doesn't do any private lessons at this time. He focuses all his time on making videos and running the business. Robin, our Director of Instruction, does all of our in-person lessons right now. Go to our website for more information. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@jackjuicebombs5741]

I have just started playing golf and your videos have been helping me a lot. Thanks for the content!

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks!

[@thomaswolfe731]

fantastic lesson thanks for that

[@stefansuppa3757]

This is a great video, such a clear and helpful explanation. Thank you Clay.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Glad it was helpful!

[@peteruwatch2970]

Excellent video!

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Glad you liked it!

[@SAMax2268]

Great tip thanks a lot. I feel more confident striking the ball applying these few tweaks 👍. Full shoulder turn and follow through facing the target😃

[@moheetoes]

Thanks Clay, this is a very helpful lesson for me since at times I do chunk a shot. A very helpful lesson, Thanks

[@TopSpeedGolf]

My pleasure Dennis!

[@bille77]

Great explainin' my dude.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Appreciate it!

[@MPerski]

This is ME! I hit more than a few "chunky" shots yesterday in wet, muddy conditions. Also my big miss is coming up out of my posture. Talk about timely... thanks Clay! 🙏🏻 Always spot on with your instruction ✅ I'm gonna grab the medicine ball at the gym and work on this move.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks Mike!

[@EmbraceDiscomfort]

Fixed my issue. Thank you for these amazing tips! 👏🙏

[@colinbrown2096]

Thanks Clay - great video

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks Colin!

[@drrenatoromani1064]

Hi Clay, did it really change my game, thanks! But what I used was to do some fitness exercises, seems to me that helped a kind of muscle memory and my wife things that I can dance now :)

[@Lindabraggketovore]

I need to practice on this more

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Keep at it. Play well!

[@yeminchan5704]

Great.. Thanks

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Most welcome!

[@Lindabraggketovore]

I was hitting so bad behind my ball the other day. I will be practicing this tomorrow.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hope it helps!

[@Lindabraggketovore]

Thanks Clay. I worked on this drill today and just positioning my feet right sure made a world of difference. However, I did not hit my 3 wood very hard as I was in our back yard and did want to lose the balls in the woods. But my main thing was to just hit it correctly. I’ll be golfing tomorrow and will see how I do.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

My pleasure! Play well!

[@stephanegodard7203]

Bonjour Clay,I'm french from Reunion island , thank a lot for your videos, i follow them every morning when i practise my Guitar , i'm working my golf and my Englih when i listen your advices. . i have a question please. What kind of physical exercices do you suggest for to rotate your feet in the left and right angle ??? thank you Clay & Passe une belle journée

[@Jack-xy4fy]

You are the first person I've ever heard mention wet grass being susceptible to the chunk shot. I live in Scotland (very cold and damp) and I've always experienced this happening. The course is ALWAYS wet and boggy like this, so much so that I'm actually considering getting hybrid irons to prevent this wet grass chunk.

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks

[@TopSpeedGolf]

My pleasure!

[@tray8411]

Dam thats me...Standing up tryning to help the ball up..Great vid

[@gregspencer8472]

Really enjoy your videos Clay..very concise & easy to follow. What kind of launch monitor are you using? (love all the info it displays)

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks Greg! We use a FlightScope mostly. Right now we have the X3 model. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@robfielding100]

Great instructional video. I'm probably one of the most inconsistent golfers ever ... I once shot 70 on the front nine and 40 on the back nine ... a difference of 30 shots! Maybe this is some sort of record! I am an athlete too ... Judo, Karate, Tennis, Football, Rugby, Cricket ... hitting a moving ball is so much easier.

[@shanedeel2]

Your not alone. I had to stop keeping score all together

[@stephenscheibel4604]

True! True! TRUE

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thanks Stephen!

[@nicklamia1456]

Love this Clay. How much does the hip turn very among each club? In other words, this looks like a wood or low iron full hip turn swing. But does a 9 or pitching wedge have the same amount of hip turn? It’s just with shorter clubs? Thank you!!!

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hi Nick, all full swings you take should have about the same amount of hip turn regardless of the club. Some swing a little big longer with the driver to try to get some extra speed so you might turn a little more there but it's the same with all other clubs you take a full swing with. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@paulh9979]

@@TopSpeedGolf that is awesome to see such a quick response to a question. Very impressed 👍🏻.

[@twood2232]

Great instruction. You just saved me another 100$ at golf tech

[@TheYooToob2000]

Ha...I'm liking Golftec but good lord is it expensive.

[@patrickhoward4080]

I feel that when I start chunking my 5 wood, I typically take a wider stance like it is a driver width because it’s a longer club and it makes me hit it fat typically. To fix my strike I usually just stand more narrow…like just inside shoulder width so I stand taller at the ball and I hit it on the screws with a nice descending blow. I always have to consciously think to stand talller every time I hit the fairway wood or I will get low and wide on my stance and hit it fat.

[@georgesgsxr]

Ok where do I pay you this was an awesome tip. It’s like you were talking to me specifically!!!

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Haha...we have a paid membership on our website. Feel free to join :-) Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@bxlawless100]

How do you coordinate the shallowing of the club with the UPWARD motion of the legs?!?

[@TopSpeedGolf]

You'll want to be shallowing while still squatting down through the downswing and your arms continue down and through as you're coming through impact. I would start slow with each piece and gradually add speed until I could do it full speed. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor

[@part1801]

You just demonstrated every type of bad iron shot I've hit in my golfing life Lol Thank you for this video 👍

[@TopSpeedGolf]

My pleasure!

[@NoFeeCompHelp]

I could not stop taking huge fat shots until I watched this video. Now I hardly ever hit it fat. Thanks Clay!

[@raym9364]

Hey where’s the Ping bag. 😉 great video as always Clay.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hey Ray, this video was recorded before Clay got his PING stuff. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@raym9364]

I figured haha. Just messing around with you all.

[@kchong9035]

Hi Clay, great video, I have a quick question. During the backswing, what is your weight distribution between left and right foot? I also watched your video on forward shaft lean and got the impression that we should shift weight to left foot on backswing take away. Please confirm?

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hi, you start pretty balanced at address and then the pressure increases in the trail foot as you reach the top of the swing. They tested many Tour players and found the average pressure in the trail foot at the top of the swing was about 75-80%. This shifts to the lead foot at impact. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@Cmcmillen77]

I chunk my irons like crazy. Hopefully this will help

[@TopSpeedGolf]

If you can't figure it by working on the things Clay discusses in this video, then I'd try filming my swing and try to identify the exact things I need to work on. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor

[@Cmcmillen77]

I have a hard time controlling power. Its either chucked 4 feet or I hit a bomb 20 yard over the green

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Keep working on it and you'll get there.

[@louislucatelli4844]

That is me to a T. Lack consistency

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hope the video helps

[@DMAXLML2012]

Is the ideal divot with say a 7 iron just a light glaze off grass? You see these guys take massive divot on tv all I think about Is a lot of courses especially in summer that ain’t greatly cared and watered would break the head off your club.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hi, usually a good divot it about the size of a dollar bill. If the turf is wet then the divot will be bigger. If the turf is really dry and hard then there won't be as much of a divot. Also, wedges will typically have bigger divots and longer clubs like fairway woods will have shallow divots. Those can but just a roughing up of the grass. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@671james]

How about playing a round for charity (sort of like “The Match” KZbin instructors edition with Rick Shiels and maybe a few others? The subscribers can donate to whichever charity you guys pick.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hey James, that's a great idea.

[@FarFromPar]

I would watch for sure! Great idea!

[@vicp7059]

Which iron where you hitting?

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hi Vic, it was most likely a 7 iron but this applies to any club where you're hitting a ball off the turf. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@troyajohnson26]

an inch behind the ball? I'm like 3 or more sometimes.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hope the video helps.

[@terrencecolfoort6311]

I feel u bro 😂

[@nickb.6726]

You look better with the beard my dude

[@TopSpeedGolf]

He still has it :-) Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@Silenced_by_Utoob]

Chunking on the turf messed my right elbow up bad😢. Im so afraid to go full power now.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hi, sorry to hear that. I would try to focus on your lead shoulder working up and away from the ball to help the club come in more shallow instead of steep into the turf. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@Lindabraggketovore]

The other day I missed my hole ball not once, but twice, the third time I did not get a good hit and half hit the ball. Sure messed up my beautiful drive.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Shucks! Keep working on it.

[@chubbychequer1512]

Think this is the blueprint on how to compress the ball

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Thank you!! Play well!

[@douglastanzer5334]

I USE THE STEP DRILL TO TEACH HOW TO LEAVE THE DIVOT AFTER THE BALL. THIS VIDEO FALLS SHORT OF ACTUALLY HELPING.

[@the1stime]

What's the step drill?

[@MPerski]

Step drill is great for weight shift, but not necessarily for proper hip rotation.

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hi Douglas, thanks for the feedback. Yeah, that's a great drill too. Not all drill work for everyone. Getting a good weight shift helps with chunking but many people have good weight shifts and still chunk the ball. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@shanedeel2]

I’ve chunked 80 percent of my shots for 2 years

[@abigroman]

Your hips don’t come down whatsoever. They are really level.

[@gabardjean-paul3779]

I thought. You switched to PING

[@TopSpeedGolf]

Hi Gabard, yes, Clay is a PING ambassador now. This video was shot before he got the clubs. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

[@brentshowalter5792]

Love your videos. However, too much time on what not to do, imho. Just show us WHAT to do. Thanks.

[@favorite3424]

Love your videos and how u explain things. Don't like trying to trick me into giving u my email address. U said the video was free but when I clicked on it I could not see it w/out giving u my email address. Not cool. Free means nothing in return. I don't need to see it then. No thanks.