Taking a lesson from Mark Blackburn will cost you more than $1,000. But, for any of you who routinely chunk your chip shots, we recommend getting on a plane, flying to Alabama, and fanning out 10 Franklins to have him watch you take chipshots for an hour.
Like Mark, we preach the need for golfers to move their upper bodies back and through chip and pitch shots. You have to. Unless you have the hands of a short game maestro like Phil Mickelson, you need to use the big muscles in your body to create speed, and trust the bounce on the bottom of the club to ensure you clip the turf to hit consistent, solid shots around the green.
Here’s a great article we recently came across (read) published by Golf Digest that reinforces our chipping philosophy. And since Mark is consistently ranked as a top 5 coach in the world, we feel validated in our approach to finetuning your short game.
Read up. Practice. Than go chip like a Ryder Cupper, or our cover model, Mr. Jason Day.
