Different Grip for Full Swing and Chip/Pitch Shots

[senorchipotle]

for some weird reason, if i take the same grip when i'm hitting short shots that i use when taking a full swing, i end up pulling the ball. essentially, if i'm hitting a pitch/chip i have to open up the face in order to start it along my target line.

anybody have similar issues? ideas on why this is happening?

any advice is welcome

[senorchipotle]

nobody? well thanks for nothing.

[Sean Dainty]

Hey - try putting the ball more back in your stance (the ball position on higher lofted clubs should be in the middle to back of your stance). This will likely stop you from pulling the ball. I have more details about ball position in my free guide (reference signature).

[boogielicious]

I was having that issue as well.  I noticed that when placing my hands lower on the club, the club face would close a bit at address.  I was placing my hands the same way, and squaring the face, but the face would close when I hands closed down.   It doesn't happen when I grip in the normal position, heel of my hand 1/2" from the top of the grip.  My chips would go left.  I was constantly shifting the face right before starting my chip.  It was making me a bit crazy.

The last couple of trips to the practice green, I have focused on a neutral or slightly weak grip for chipping when I grip down the shaft.  This squares my club face.  Not sure why it happens other than the grip is smaller diameter lower on the shaft and it may roll in the hands as my hands close down.

[ControlJunkie]

I hate to admit it because I'm kind of an advocate of keeping the same grip for everything, but yeah, I've found that I have more confidence chipping with a very strong baseball grip. I'm talking mostly very short stuff though. For pitches, I keep my grip the same as full swing (interlocking). Weird, I know, but I'm very consistent with it.

[GaijinGolfer]

For chipping I grip down on the club and use a stronger grip.  I find that helps me to square the face up when I play the ball back in my stance for chipping.  I would think that hitting pulls would be more of a swingplane issue than a closed clubface issue.  Try just using a putting stroke with very little, if any wrist hinge.

For pitching, I use the same grip as normal because a pitch to me is basically a 1/3 swing.

[jfrain2004]

Have yo yoed between week, neutral,strong grips the past few years and never got consistency across short pitch shots through to full swing with driver. Weak grip gave me reliable contact and nice ball flight with 50 yard to 100 yds pitch shots but just couldn't make it work on full swing. Strong grip gives me great distance and contact on full swing but more than the occasional chunk shot on short pitch shots costing me double bogey or worse whenever it happened. Then it dawned on me, why not just use weak grip for pitch shots, less shaft lean and more of a brushing the turf swing, and then on full swing use as strong a grip as possible for more distance and better contact. Results have been mind blowing. Such pity it's close season as track man numbers are right where I want them to be. Any one else with dual grip thing going on?