Chipping
Bad Lie Only Session
A chipping drill for the Competition stage, on the practice green, in about 20 minutes.
Builds real-round scrambling skill by removing every easy, clean lie and forcing every rep from a genuinely difficult one.
- Standard
- Solo
- Competition
Equipment
- wedge
- 8 balls
Demonstration
How To Chip From a Bad Lie! by MrShortGame Golf
Video by MrShortGame Golf on YouTube. Not affiliated with GolfNexus.
Steps
- 01Deliberately drop every ball into a bad lie: deep rough, a tight lie, or an awkward stance.
- 02Chip each one to a single target near the hole.
- 03Track how many finish within a club length of the target.
- 04Note which lie type is the weakest and repeat it for extra reps at the end.
- 05Log the count out of 8 for the session.
Target
Try to beat your best count out of 8 from your last bad-lie session.
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