Chipping gone south.....

[WilsonWedgeMan]

...like to Argentina...........Jeesh. Ihave no idea where or how it left, but it's gone. I have enough room on my hillside yard to practice chipping up to 60 yds....and it's all i done for years..long before I could hit any real golf shot.  got decent...a man should after time. then I wanted to REALLY hit the ball right with alll clubs. after 2 months of playing with my scratch-golfer co-worker, I now can hit the ball decent enough for me...straight (er) with decent length on irons, so-so length with woods...and the driver is an evil menace not yet conquered, but improvement is coming.. anyway..time for a new wedge...wore out about 3 Wilsons over the yrs..ok ..new wedge...1st chip.... huh???.... ok try this again..set up correctly...chip....WHAT THE #^$#%$&^ is goin' on here??? 3rd attempt is worse yet.now I've lost all mental anything about the very thing I've practiced for years.... after 3 frustrating days trying to re-gain what I had, I'm at a loss. the last few days in the yard, after a long,hot day in the sun @ work( I'm a gardener for the VA Hospital where I work) I have NO patience for this foolishness, and have gotten near the point of losing composure several times and have had to walk away. I have always done what is known as the Hinge and Hold , and now about every shot goes 45* right... just about every time, with different wedges... and it's driving me crazy... these are newbie results, not results from someone whos' hit thousands of these shots on this hillside...WHERE DID IT GO ????  anyone seeing it, I'll give a small reward for it's return.......................................

Good Grief........

[CuppedTin]

Originally Posted by WilsonWedgeMan

...like to Argentina...........Jeesh. Ihave no idea where or how it left, but it's gone. I have enough room on my hillside yard to practice chipping up to 60 yds....and it's all i done for years..long before I could hit any real golf shot.  got decent...a man should after time. then I wanted to REALLY hit the ball right with alll clubs. after 2 months of playing with my scratch-golfer co-worker, I now can hit the ball decent enough for me...straight (er) with decent length on irons, so-so length with woods...and the driver is an evil menace not yet conquered, but improvement is coming.. anyway..time for a new wedge...wore out about 3 Wilsons over the yrs..ok ..new wedge...1st chip.... huh???.... ok try this again..set up correctly...chip....WHAT THE #^$#%$&^ is goin' on here??? 3rd attempt is worse yet.now I've lost all mental anything about the very thing I've practiced for years.... after 3 frustrating days trying to re-gain what I had, I'm at a loss. the last few days in the yard, after a long,hot day in the sun @ work( I'm a gardener for the VA Hospital where I work) I have NO patience for this foolishness, and have gotten near the point of losing composure several times and have had to walk away. I have always done what is known as the Hinge and Hold , and now about every shot goes 45* right... just about every time, with different wedges... and it's driving me crazy... these are newbie results, not results from someone whos' hit thousands of these shots on this hillside...WHERE DID IT GO ????  anyone seeing it, I'll give a small reward for it's return.......................................

Good Grief........

Hinge and hold inside 80 yards on everything man...

PS- Invoice is in the mail.

[rustyredcab]

I don't hinge and hold. I hold, just not the fast hinge. What I do, so does Phil, is keep things close going back and make space going through. So my trail elbow stays tightish to my body going back and my lead elbow is away from body on the follow-through. I also think about a longer followthrough than backswing to encourage accelerating through the ball. Last thing I think about is "being athletic" in these short shots and avoiding an all-arm swing.

Good luck.

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by WilsonWedgeMan

...like to Argentina...........Jeesh. Ihave no idea where or how it left, but it's gone. I have enough room on my hillside yard to practice chipping up to 60 yds....and it's all i done for years..long before I could hit any real golf shot.  got decent...a man should after time. then I wanted to REALLY hit the ball right with alll clubs. after 2 months of playing with my scratch-golfer co-worker, I now can hit the ball decent enough for me...straight (er) with decent length on irons, so-so length with woods...and the driver is an evil menace not yet conquered, but improvement is coming.. anyway..time for a new wedge...wore out about 3 Wilsons over the yrs..ok ..new wedge...1st chip.... huh???.... ok try this again..set up correctly...chip....WHAT THE #^$#%$&^ is goin' on here??? 3rd attempt is worse yet.now I've lost all mental anything about the very thing I've practiced for years.... after 3 frustrating days trying to re-gain what I had, I'm at a loss. the last few days in the yard, after a long,hot day in the sun @ work( I'm a gardener for the VA Hospital where I work) I have NO patience for this foolishness, and have gotten near the point of losing composure several times and have had to walk away. I have always done what is known as the Hinge and Hold , and now about every shot goes 45* right... just about every time, with different wedges... and it's driving me crazy... these are newbie results, not results from someone whos' hit thousands of these shots on this hillside...WHERE DID IT GO ????  anyone seeing it, I'll give a small reward for it's return.......................................

Good Grief........

Sound like the shanks.

Everyone experiences this ( almost ) at one time in their golfing lives.

Place the ball between two tees and work on not hitting the tees

[MiniBlueDragon]

Along with what CuppedTin said I'd recommend this video:

[WilsonWedgeMan]

Thanks folks...it seems to be coming around a little....all the vids are excellent...Thanks again