Phil Mickelson fixes chipping mistakes amateurs make

Phil Mickelson is known as one of the best golfers around the greens of all time. GOLF's Claire Rogers caught up with Mickelson to learn how to fix amateur golfers' common chipping mistakes. Watch, listen, and take notes as Lefty gives a priceless chipping lesson.

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[jimcobain]

The hinge and hold was the best chipping lesson Iv ever had

[rodneydowd]

I’m going to try this today! First round of the year 2023 in Niagara Fall Canada

[johnjutton]

Great teacher phil i hope when he retires he considers being a coach hes one of the best and to me tge greatest tisk reward golfer on the planet

[tonyk]

All of Phil's chipping tips are spot on here, and he makes a very good point in highlighting the front foot/back foot ball positioning depending on if you want to chip it high or low.
The ball positioning is the easiest thing to forget out on the course as it comes so naturally to just try and play the ball exactly between your feet every time.
While doing this sometimes ends up working out just fine, it also opens up far more room for error and lack of consistency.
When the ball is placed exactly between your feet on a chip, the outcome becomes far less predictable and your weight distribution between your back foot and front foot on any given chip shot also becomes a Russian roulette toss-up.
Sometimes it'll be just right, but sometimes it'll be wrong enough where you end up duffing it, or skulling the ball across the green on what really should have been a routine chip shot ten times out of ten.
Following Phil's guidance here takes most of that unpredictability, inconsistency, and margin for error out of the equation on most chip shots.
A couple of hours or less out on a practice chipping green using Phil's methods will statistically prove this concept out.
At the end of the day, the game of golf is all about reducing the number of bad shots one makes in any given round, so less unpredictability, less inconsistency, and less margin for error that gets incorporated into one's short game, will typically yield more positive results on the score card.

[michaelscore]

He know s what he says and does, he is one of the best ever with the wedge. Bout you can do it different ways. Phil has more "high hands", but some others more "low" hands. Some "swallow" the club and use bounce others not. And so you have sometimes more weight in the front sometimes less, sometimes a wide stands sometimes closed....

[mikewigoo]

This is so tricky because a lot of guys now are super neutral with their stance, hands neutral. he’s got great hands and I don’t know if I’m capable of being a leading edge chipper with my hands forward. He is the legend though so you gotta listen to what he says

[O-Heyguys]

These work well for Phil considering he’s one of the best ever. These tips (imo) rarely if ever work out for amateurs. I’ve seen it do the exact opposite on several occasions of those that tell me they’re trying this method.

Amateurs SHOULD use the bounce. When they don’t they duff chips which is exactly where there method gets you without decades of practice at an elite level.

[jeffp]

Won’t hands ahead promote leading edge to dig please explain. Thx

[WillyWanka]

This is a lot different to a lot of other coaches on YT.

[mbrum]

I think this is easier way to chip than more modern way...ie hold it like a putter no wrist etc. Am i crazy?

[stephendibari]

Hinge & Hold. Surprised he didn’t say that once

[glennmcgrane]

Phil says when you have 60 degrees of loft - he is giving advice on how he chips with a lob wedge. But, how many people, other than Phil hit all of their chip shots with a lob wedge?

[SqueezeFade]

This is HORRIFIC advice for anyone without world class hand-eye coordination…like himself…which is hilarious.