Butch Harmon Shows an Easy Way To Hit Better Chip Shots | Chipping Tips | Golf Digest

Butch Harmon has teaches Golf Digest an easy way to start hitting better chip shots.

Transcript
Do you struggle with your little chip shots
around the green?
Gosh I hate to say this word, have the yips?
Let me show you what happens and then I'm gonna show you
how you can get out of it.
Well when you have the yips what happens is
as you come into this chip your left arm
just stops and freezes, and you just
scoop at it with your right hand.
Those of you who have struggled with this shot
know the feeling because you're like this.
You usually will bone it across the green or hit it fat.
So here's what I want you to do.
I want you to hit some chip shots
and as you come in, just let go of the club with
your right hand and keep your left arm going.
Because the yips are caused when the left arm stops
and the right hand takes over.
This is what it looks like.
Normal setup, ball back, hands forward,
let the left keep going.
If you let the left arm keep going,
you get out of those yips.


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Butch Harmon Shows an Easy Way To Hit Better Chip Shots | Chipping Tips | Golf Digest

[bluestuable]

Excellent, pretty sure he thinned that though 😂😂

[CR-hhev]

Wish my golf course looked as nice as this. Would love to see this technique on muddy fringes with holes and divots.

[davisdavis]

best dang lesson i ever had. yip pinch blade skull fat flop no more! cant thank you enough

[ogexodia]

That's funny, I was doing that today before watch this video and it actually helps

[maxmeadows]

This helped me win 100 bucks at a backyard party.

[henrymcvey]

Only problem is the chip he hit was clearly thinned. I’d have liked to see the result!

[maxwellhoward]

This might be the worst lesson I’ve ever had. “Skulls balls across green”

[uf]

Better yet, hit it like a putt and never break your wrist. It's not hard.

[billyburroo]

imagine how many people who would have been good at golf without lessons

[Madskillsuniversity]

You have to take a divot. LOL. Chipping and bump-n-runs are the best part of my game, unfortunately.

[seanm]

The yips don’t happen because the lead arm stops. Actually, the lead arm stops because of the yips.

[MFREN_BRZ]

Instructions unclear, my club flew half way across the green 🫠🫣

[maxsmart]

That’s why Daly practices single handed chipping constantly with a beer in the off hand.

[mrfahrenheit]

Don't know if I can trust a guy that wouldn't do a second take after that shot

[handsome]

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[Efthegov]

honestly thats not a great video, the most important thing with chiping is know what lie youre going threw, swing either aggresivly or sofly to let the bounce cut threw the grass, then as you practing and know youre swing speed then you replacte the shot again but focus on keep the club head square at impact and bending your knees whilst creating a rocking motion will alloy you to have consitancy around the grounds. there a lot more to it othere then just keeping your wrist square lol

[jmd]

High hands will cause the flip, keep the hands low and locked in and you’ll never ever get the yips