McCall Pocket to Pocket Lesson
Unlock a more consistent and controlled short game with this insightful lesson from renowned instructor Tonya McCall. If you've struggled with finding the right rhythm and connection around the greens, Tonya's "Pocket to Pocket" technique offers a simple yet profoundly effective approach. This meth…
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- Instructor: Tonya McCall
- Category: Lessons
- Topic: Short Game
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We are rejoined by Tanya McCall, who is a respected short game instructor in the Houston area as she provides a great way to improve your chipping. We are East River nine here in Houston, Texas. As you can see, we have the beautiful skyline behind it. So what I want you guys to understand is the biggest mistake I see people make when they chip is they think that it's important to take the club all the way back and then they desell and it blades it over the green, or you flub it. So what I want you to try to think about as you're hitting a long putt, so what you'll notice when you chip and you can actually take your eyes and watch your hands, but what I want you to try to get comfortable doing is taking that club just past your waist, just past that pocket, and then you're just gonna follow through just past your waist and just past your pocket. So what you'll hear me say a lot of times is I just want you to go pocket to pocket and then the club will do all the work for you. So if you can get that one basic chip down, the rest of the game is gonna become so much easier for you because all we do from there is we just change clubs. So as you can see, we're gonna go pocket to pocket and that simple drill at that 60 degree is gonna look like this. So pocket to pocket, the ball hits and rolls to the flag. I don't have to do anything extra. What I do now is I switch golf clubs. So I also have my 52 degree here. So my 52 degree is going to…