Chuck Cook High Shot Tight Lie
We catch up with golf instructor Chuck Cook to learn a few different chipping techniques and how and when to use them. This tip is all about the cut pinch and how to properly use this chipping technique.
Video details
- Instructor: Chuck Cook
- Category: Lessons
- Topic: Short Game
Transcript preview
Now we're in a situation where the grass is very, very tight, and so there's not enough room for the club to get underneath the ball if I wanted to sweep it. If you'll look at the way the club is designed, you'll notice that the back edge of the club is lower than the front edge of the club, and so when you're sweeping, you've got to have that much air underneath the ball in order for that club to fit without blading the ball. Having this lie, I don't have that luxury.. So I can't use the square sweep to hit a high shot. So anytime I have a tight lie, I have to pinch the ball against the ground. I have to hit down on the ball. And so you'll remember that what happens is when I pinch the ball, I have to have my hands in front of the ball. I have to have the shaft leaning forward. When I do that, that takes the loft off of the club. And so what I've got to do now is find a way to get the loft back on the club without bringing my hands back. In other words, keeping the club leaning forward so I can pinch it. And the only way to do that is to open the clubface. So as I open the clubface, that puts the loft back onto the club, still allows me to hit a high soft shot, but with my hands forward now so that I can be hitting down on the ball or pinching the ball against the ground. This is how you hit a high soft shot off of a very tight lie. Again, I would open the clubface, that would give me the loft that I would…