Seven Iron Chipping Golf Tips

Video Transcript

"OK. The seven iron around the green. This is probably the most; the least lofted club that I will use. So, this is thirty-six degree loft compared to the sixty degree of the first wedge in this series that we did. So, what this will do is really hit a flat ball. I just want you to think about you're just pushing the ball toward the hole that you want. So, it's going to be in the air; if it's a fifty foot shot I would say the ball will be in the air about twenty feet and it's going to roll thirty feet. OK. So, that one was in the air about thirty feet and probably went another thirty, thirty-five feet. So, that's what this is really good for. A lot of times if I have a short chip, so let's say I'm about eight or ten feet off the green and the pin is about fifteen feet, well, I might just want to roll it right there, because I want to just get it over the grassy area under the green and then roll it the rest of the way. That shot worked out really good. So, what I do with these shots; the majority of my practice is going to be with sand wedge, pitching wedge, sixty degree wedge, but I do work in the nine, the eight, and the seven, because I want to have that feel for these shots, because, in real windy conditions you might want to use this shot. If you've got a thirty mile an hour wind you don't want to hit a lofted ball, because it's going to get blown off line. So, you want to use these shots and get them underneath the wind. So, you have to have them as part of your skill set. So, work on them hard and they will come in handy."