Chipping & Pitching

One-handed chipping

Chipping with only your lead hand on the club prevents the wrist from collapsing or scooping, training crisp, descending contact.

advanced15-20 one-handed chips per session, twice a weekWedgePractice greenA few balls

How to perform it

  1. 1.Grip the club with only your lead hand, letting the trail hand rest lightly on your forearm or off the club entirely.
  2. 2.Make small chipping strokes, keeping the lead wrist firm through impact instead of letting it break down.
  3. 3.Progress to slightly longer chips as control improves.
  4. 4.Reintroduce the trail hand once contact is consistently crisp, checking the same feel carries over.

What you should learn

  • What a firm, un-collapsed lead wrist feels like through impact.
  • How wrist breakdown is what actually causes thin or inconsistent chip contact.

After a few weeks of practice

Contact becomes crisper and more ball-then-turf, the 'flip' through impact disappears, and trajectory and spin become more predictable.