Garden short game practice...

[Tiger]

So my new garden is quite big and now the sun is out I venture out there to do a little short game practice. So I've got a SKLZ Fly Trap, a couple of target circles 3ft and 6ft and three buckets with water. At the moment I stay at one point but chip to the varying targets and the switch clubs. Just wondered if anyone did anything in their garden that they found helped on the course? Three things Im working on are:

- quality of contact
- controlling flight so chipping low and floating high
- landing in my target area

Cheers

 

[ScienceBoy]

Be sure you know what the ball is going to do after it lands. Take the info from the practice chipping green to your garden and back, not your garden to the course!

 

[Hacker Khan]

So my new garden is quite big and now the sun is out I venture out there to do a little short game practice. So I've got a SKLZ Fly Trap, a couple of target circles 3ft and 6ft and three buckets with water. At the moment I stay at one point but chip to the varying targets and the switch clubs. Just wondered if anyone did anything in their garden that they found helped on the course? Three things Im working on are:

- quality of contact
- controlling flight so chipping low and floating high
- landing in my target area

Cheers

I was lucky in that I had a paddock that was a good pitching wedge from one end to the other. Unfortunately last year the wife decided that we should have some ponies in it, so that put the kibosh on that. So I am now relegated to flop shotting into the outside trampoline.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

We had our garden done last year and I am banned from going anywhere near it with a golf club. Just as well with my short game

 

[Tiger]

Be sure you know what the ball is going to do after it lands. Take the info from the practice chipping green to your garden and back, not your garden to the course!

Totally disagree. If I can get the ball to land wherever I want with the flight I want I can get see how the greens are behaving as part of my warm up. The green speed and ball reaction will vary from day today depending on how hard/soft they are, how long the grass is etc. It will also vary from shot to shot green above my feet more role green below my feet less roll...

 

[Tiger]

We had our garden done last year and I am banned from going anywhere near it with a golf club. Just as well with my short game

LOL I'm surprised Marge didn't get a Dave Pele style practice area for you!

 

[patricks148]

I used to hit balls into a bucket of water from 50 yards and not stop until Ii had put all 20 in the bucket. also had an old brolly id do 80 -100 yards.

flop shots from one side of the orchard to the other over the apple tree's

 

[Tiger]

I used to hit balls into a bucket of water from 50 yards and not stop until Ii had put all 20 in the bucket. also had an old brolly id do 80 -100 yards.

flop shots from one side of the orchard to the other over the apple tree's

I think with my current skills I could be out there hitting at the bucket for quite some time

Will give it a go though :thup:

 

[Evesdad]

A big fan of using the garden in the warmer months. Practice chipping etc. I also have a large conservatory and can full swing upto a 5 iron and use this through the winter months. Wifes not impressed as I've worn 2 rugs out!

 

[ScienceBoy]

Totally disagree. /QUOTE]

That's OK, we all train different. When I used to practice in my inlaws garden. I chipped off a matt into a bucket and went between there and the practice green to work on getting both the flight and roll well understood.

In other words I segregated chipping practice from landing practice and contact practice. I always did my actual chipping practice on a real green and never tried to take chipping into a bucket straight onto the course.

Worked well for me as my game was pretty much held together by my up and downs!

 

[the_coach]

either with a bag towel, small 12" by 2" by 1/4" board, or plastic 'lie' board - put the edge of any them couple inches back of ball.

practice chipping taking the club back with the shoulder motion, with the forward motion engine being your torso & chest - not hands & arms starting back to the ball first - & making sure you keep the 'angle' back of right hand (RH golfer) through impact & then the left arm, club shaft ending in a straight line - so not allowing the club head to get past the hands.
so the distance to first landing area varies from 20' to 30' (if you have that room) use another towel as the spot you want to first drop ball on.

help stop you hit chips fat or skull them with independent flip motion of the right hand.

 

[Tiger]

I think I've got what you mean I have used Bob's V easy a lot in the past so do tend to chip using upper body rotation rather than my arms and hinge slightly on the way back and hold that through impact. My contact is improving but my distance control all over the show.

I've got quite a bit of space to work in - about 80' at the moment. What's the role of the towel behind the ball? Is it to stop me coming in too shallow?

Thanks

 

[ScienceBoy]

practice chipping taking the club back with the shoulder motion, with the forward motion engine being your torso & chest - not hands & arms starting back to the ball first - & making sure you keep the 'angle' back of right hand (RH golfer) through impact & then the left arm, club shaft ending in a straight line - so not allowing the club head to get past the hands.

I think I've got what you mean I have used Bob's V easy a lot in the past so do tend to chip using upper body rotation rather than my arms

+1 for these!

Revolutionised my ability to chip when I got the hang of it. I am hoping my short game lesson this weekend can make it even more robust.

 

[the_coach]

good chipping action should be shallow not oversteep. being a ways too steep or coming in to much from the inside you get the ground first for differing reasons, leading edge digs in - what you've been seeing with your 'namesakes' short chip/pitch troubles of late.

it's more to stop the angle in the right hand being lost back into impact, which has a good deal to do with not getting repeated solid contact, so ground first or ground & ball at the same time or a ways too thin - all of which means you won't get good distance control.

 

[Tiger]

good chipping action should be shallow not oversteep. being a ways too steep or coming in to much from the inside you get the ground first for differing reasons, leading edge digs in - what you've been seeing with your 'namesakes' short chip/pitch troubles of late.

it's more to stop the angle in the right hand being lost back into impact, which has a good deal to do with not getting repeated solid contact, so ground first or ground & ball at the same time or a ways too thin - all of which means you won't get good distance control.

Ok I think I've got you will update tomorrow :thup:

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

I have been known to practice my chipping over Mrs GBH when she is sitting in the garden but she objected when I wanted to use real golf balls instead of air balls.

 

[Tiger]

I have been known to practice my chipping over Mrs GBH when she is sitting in the garden but she objected when I wanted to use real golf balls instead of air balls.

LOL

 

[Keeno]

I have been known to practice my chipping over Mrs GBH when she is sitting in the garden but she objected when I wanted to use real golf balls instead of air balls.

I occasionaly do this in the living room, I chip balls (real) onto the sofa my wife is sitting on. Obiously I do not aim for her.

She loses her patience after a couple of chips, goes nuts and that makes me laugh!!

 

[JohnnyDee]

I occasionaly do this in the living room, I chip balls (real) onto the sofa my wife is sitting on. Obiously I do not aim for her.

She loses her patience after a couple of chips, goes nuts and that makes me laugh!!

I used to do this without Mrs JD in situ on the sofa, but if I were to do it nowadays with my dodgy short game, the glazier would be living in the spare room as he'd never be away from the door.😄

 

[garyinderry]

Last year I got those hard plastic balls and foam balls from American golf. Chipped quite a bit with the white ones until I thinned one through a pint glass right in front of HID. It exploded and glass was found everywhere for about a week. They have since been banned.

The foam ones are great. Not a day goes by without me hitting them or chipping them into the bay window. Ive worn out the grip on my sand wedge over winter in the house.