THE #1 MISTAKE IN CHIPPING

This is the most important chipping concept I’ve ever learned — and it’s something almost nobody talks about.

After 40 years on the golf course, I suddenly started seeing the same pattern over and over again. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Bad chippers all tend to do the exact same thing, and it quietly destroys contact, distance control, and consistency.

This video is not about a drill.
It’s not about a quick fix.
It’s about understanding how the arms relate to the chest — and how that relationship controls swing radius.

Most chipping advice focuses on the hands, the wrists, or “accelerating the club.” That’s where many golfers get misled. What actually matters is whether the arms stay in the same relationship to the chest as you pivot through the shot.

In this video, we break down:

• Why bad chippers swing their arms past their chest
• How changing arm-to-chest relationship changes swing radius
• Why radius change forces golfers to “go up” at the ball
• Why good chippers’ hands and arms stop very quickly
• Why “hinge and hold” is correct — but often misunderstood
• The only way angles can actually be held through impact
• Why chest position at address matters more than most people realize
• Why addressing chips with your chest over the ball creates problems
• How opening the chest forward stabilizes radius automatically
• Why chipping is a pivot-driven motion, not an arm swing
• How this applies to low chips, high chips, and everything in between
• Why great chippers look simple — and bad chippers look busy
• How this concept mirrors what happens in the full swing
• Why once you understand this, chipping becomes shockingly easy

This is one of those ideas that changes how you see chipping forever.

If you struggle around the greens, this video is worth watching more than once.
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More short-game videos coming — including bounce control, lies, and trajectory control.
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