Dan Grieve
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Use a smooth tick-tock tempo on delicate fast chips
Start with technical block practice on strike and flight
Finish where you aim to stop decelerating on chips
Pace off pitch marks to learn your real carry numbers
Use the toe to cut through thick sticky rough
Set up the links chip-and-run
Lean the shaft for a rough chip
Control chip distance with swing speed
Cut across into-the-grain chips- Judge technical work by the window
Set up chips with a flared lead foot and sternum ahead
Draw a long bunker shot for extra spin up a shelf
Visualize the full curve of a breaking putt
Take less loft on a long bunker shot
Bunker: splash a ball sitting up, squeeze one sitting down
Set your chip and run stance: narrow, weight left, handle up
Long fairway-bunker shot off a downslope
Tuck sleeves or a towel to keep the arms connected
Set a rod at shaft angle to check short-game plane
Stop the ball two ways: spin or landing angle- Read the break on chips like a putt
Use corded grips in heat or rain
Swing shallow with a release two off an upslope- Pick a landing spot and paint the picture before chipping
Firm bunker sand: open the face but lean the shaft- Read the lie to know if a bunker shot will spin
Use a longer backswing so a short shot stays smooth
Drill: drop right foot back onto the toe for chips- Bounce a nine iron into the bank from bare lie
Narrow the arc to nip a greenside bunker shot
Pitch with a quiet right foot, chest turning around the body- Play it lower off a tight firm lie into the wind
Deep-nestled lie: go to 60, no shaft lean, full release
Use half swings to keep spin off receptive greens- Match bunker release to the lie
- Narrow your stance to take power out of chips
Sand forward for long bunker shots, under for short- Go low and run it up to a back pin
Stay rooted with strong feet on short-game shots- Read your chip's roll out like a putt
Set chip grip pressure to about four out of ten
Read the lie before playing the high lob
Point the grip butt at your lead hip after impact- Tee-peg clip drill to take the ground out of play
The A1/A2/A3 address system for wedge distances- Nip longer-iron chips shorter
Play a plugged bunker lie with the heel of the wedge
Push putts with no backswing as a drill
Trail hand only drill for bunker release- Tee the ball off the toe to help it draw via gear effect
- Drop loft when the ball is sitting up high
Hit through a peg gate to test your start line
Visualize the flight and window before you swing
Read the break from the side
Brush the wedge toe through turf
Long bunker shots: use stronger loft, don't force it- Punch out of trees off a bare lie
Read the fairway bunker lie before chasing distance- Match backswing and through-swing for even tempo
Rotate, don't roll, on a ball-above-feet chip
Let the club fall into an indirect wedge strike- Play an uphill bunker lie with less loft
Square your shoulders, not just your feet, vs slice- Play 'bank' to pressure-test your short game
- Hit a punch shot by gripping down, ball back
- Hit a draw by dropping the right foot back
- Feel the clubhead weight with light thumb pressure
- Shallow your interlock to shorten the lead thumb
- Chip with grip pressure at a four out of ten
- Rotate around your front side in the short game
- Play downhill lies with your most lofted wedge
Set up wide with weight left for bunker shots- Drill: push the club away with your lead hand only
- Draw an uphill greenside chip up the slope
Hit off the heel for a fairway-finder fade (gear effect)- Try cack-handed chips for strike confidence
- Cut it down the slope, hook it up the slope
- Go longer and slower to control a downhill wedge
Seven iron chip: 25% carry, 75% roll
Rough with a cushion: attack steeper, leading edge down
Punch a low-spin pitch off a muddy lie- Escape wet rough with a tight left grip and steep strike
- Raise the hands to reduce wrist hinge on a low chip
- Setup keys for the short-side spin shot
Move your low point forward on tight lies
In a hard crosswind, tee up to hit into the wind- Play what the shot is playing, not the rangefinder number
- Flight a 56 low with late spin
Practice short game with the 50-feet-in-the-bank game- Glue the trail arm on tight lies
- Play the downhill chip steep off your front side
Hit a low draw chip to release up an upslope
Use a 7-iron to run the ball up a slope- Aim left on a ball-below-feet bunker shot
- Firm your grip to a 5 to fire bunker shots
- Ball sitting up: no wrist hinge, clip off the top
- Start the downswing with your hips, like throwing
- Match grip length and stance to chip vs flighted shot
Hug chip up a crossing slope- Use a tick-tock chipping tempo