How to Play Chip Shots From Bad Lies 

Once again the way you describe the swing action in such simple terms makes watching your videos a joy. Thank you Danny.

20 years playing golf this is new to me, ..thanks Dan, always love your video

Very simple Drill to understand Danny. Great video for all levels of players. Keep those videos coming. Happy golfing from Ireland 🇮🇪 ⛳🏌️.

What makes Mr. Maude's lessons great is that he explain the "Why" part well, not just a set of instruction and telling people "if you do that, it will work". Thanks!

These videos have dramatically improved my game.

You've done it again Danny! A clever, easy to understand instruction. Thanks and well done.

Watched 3 of your videos yesterday and tried them out today, brilliant changed my golf 100 present, Thank you.

Again - a fantastic video and perfect explanation! Thanks!

Your instructions in the videos are simple & easy to implement 👍 will take them to the course & hopefully improve my game. Thanks Danny for sharing.

Some cracking shots there Danny you make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing

Great lesson..this was exactly what my pro covered today. By watching your video many times has given me a great visual on what my shot should look like😊 Thanks again.

Hi Danny, I've been trying out this open stance shot in the horse field at the back of my house today, you can imagine how long the grass is its long, and every one is popping up out of the grass & flying through the air, thanks Danny & Happy New year to you & your family 🖒

I needed this video last week. Thanks for the simple and great instructions.

Thanks Danny …very clear and helpful for a common situation - unlike other coaching which assumes a perfect lie, this is reality especially in the winter!

Thanks Mr Maude. You have saved me a lot of shots.

I wish I had seen this video before to day when I had exactly this shot to play.love all your instructive videos.cheers Margaret.

another great video, we have very long and thick rough at our golf course, this will help

Can only say thank you, went out yesterday to practice this, it worked. It took a few tries, but it worked, now know exactly how to handle these types of lies.

Another great lesson

I’ve applied this technique and I’ve slid the club under the ball. I’ve even seen pga tour pros making the same mistake. Later on, I understood that it was because I used a lob wedge and added loft to it. I’ve been nailing it ever since. Good vid, Danny.

Just discovered Danny. He explains things very well so you can follow and try for yourself. ... and it has worked!

Great tutorial, this really has helped me greatly 🙏🏾💯

Danny, I keep repeating every time I play this shot " hit behind the ball and COMMIT to the shot " I love it and it works !!😍🤓 Golfers should reviewed time to time during this period of the year in Europe. 🌧☔️ merciiii

Top advice, thank you!

Great video. Thanks.

Your explanation of the concepts of contact are excellent.

Great explanation! Needed this!

Excellent explanation!

Well done and amazing.

One of the shots I really struggle with. I often blade the ball and run it over the green. Now I know why and more importantly, how to correct it. Another great job of explaining what’s going on with my game. You really get a hacker’s faults.

Great vid Danny thanks

I really enjoyed this video - super original! Thanks for this lesson!

Excellent video Danny 👍

I think the biggest problem the average golfer has on these short shots is just how much you need to swing the club to get the ball to move a relatively short distance. It just feels like you're going to hit it miles and that anxiety strikes about a millisecond into the down swing and the instinct is to put the brakes on. Hey presto you duff it! Practice and commitment along with sound technique such as this are keys. Good video Danny!

Danny, since this is the start of golf season in 'my part of Canada I am very lucky to have someone who can answer quite a few of my questions. First of all thank you for your teachings, quick responses and in-depth answers, very informative.I have started hitting balls at the range using your guidance, I hit the ball sometimes my best, sometimes below average and sometimes not worth mentioning. My question is how do I establish permanent ball position to develop consistent ball striking? This may be a difficult question to answer without seeing me swing, but hopefully you can give me some guidance.....thank you

Hi Danny! Thanks for this fantastic video! Although I m new to golf, this trick of yours works like a charm! I have a question about which club you used in this video? If you don't mind, it would be really helpful for us the beginners if you could provide this information at the description of your videos. MANY THANKS!!!

Thank you for this Danny! A terrific option I’ll try from these fluffy pies. A polite request if I may, the chip around the green I struggle with the most is the bare lie I encounter seemingly every round at least once! A video on this would be really helpful as I’m always caught between 2-3 potential shots in my mind and then end up chunking it. Cheers

Hello Thank u so much Denny Your video help me a lot

Danny your videos are GAMECHANGERS! Two years ago I could not break 110...lost almost a dozen balls every game. I have been watching your videos and practicing (as much as I can...I probably play once or twice a month...golf is EXPENSIVE) and I broke 90 last weekend using your tips. Thowing the clubhead towards the ground and getting that feel changed everything. Now...let's work on breaking 80! I need a video on chipping when the ball is higher than the pin... how do you make that shot without the ball rolling 20 yards pass the hole?!?! I know there is an antigravity chip shot somewhere in your game.

Things I already knew in regards to hitting that kind of shot, but I think the concept of setting up and striking the grass first (like striking the sand in a bunker shot) will help me with more consistency. Thank you. Also, any advice on hitting chip/pitch shots off the dirt. Always intimidating.

Good stuff!

Thanks!

Hi Danny, I haven't seen your putting video. Will check it out thanks

Hey Danny. Nice Video and great expalined as every time from you :-). My Question is, what would you to when your Ball where 2-3 Yards closer to the green and not in this deeper grass where it is easyer to came under the ball. Do you still go with what you show in this video or will you recommend the super simple chip shot you showed us in one of your other videos? I ask because I do often not know what to do, when the green is on a higher plane and my ball is close to it, but not on deep grass. Like the Situation here, when the ball where 2-3 yards closer to the green.

As always good lesson. Tried it and works perfectly. I have a problem when I’m 2 to 3 feet off the green in thick rough. I find that I’m having trouble committing to that shot. Could you do a lesson on that particular lie? Thanks

Great video

Thanks Danny!! Billy from Nashville Tn

Another great video Danny. Thank you. Do you have one or two tips how you teach your arms to consistently strike the ball first or the ground first at where you want to?. Is this simple a matter of practice and more practice, assuming correct set up? The question assumes there is no problem with the set up.. Is it the watching the spot where you want to hit at all times during the swing? Or would you say.. if one sets up correctly with the correct body Mechanic (ie.back swing, down swing and release) then the club head should make the correct contact where you want to.. Thanks for your comments

Great vid. 👍 just found your stuff.

thanks Danny found it

Love your instruction - so clear. Do I make a conscious effort to keep looking at the ground after hitting the shot?(like so many pro slomo videos.)

used this today and managed to hole out for birdie from a shot i usually struggle with on way to my best round ever, thanks danny

very useful for amateur player~tahnks

Thank you for sharing. I was just today practicing this shot but like you said ended up with a fluff shot of 4 feet in front or a Screamer across to the Green. Need to practice this one because I notice when I play a round of golf that this shot always comes into play….big challenge. The Green you are playing seems awfully high…another challenge.

Thanks Danny. Really found this video helpful. Would you be able to do a similar chipping video from a hard surface eg hard soil, gravel. Thanks

Going to try this today Danny our club has thick rough around the greens. I struggle with this shot playing of 7 😱

Hi Danny, great video. Thank you. I blade much more than fat shots , I guess I flip my right hand and not I hang back. Could this be one of the reasons? Thank you.

Real good

I've been working on this particular chip! Here's what I did. I bought a small hula hoop from the local Dollar Store. I am lucky to have a very large back yard area. So, I place the hoop on the ground, then set some balls about 15 to 20 yards away in the grass, which is something like a rough. Now I practice your tips and aim for as close to the hoop as I can get it. The idea is to hit inside the hoop, of course, and the all will bounce and run a bit. Sure make it easy, rather than running to the coarse, and it givs me the practice I need!! Thanks for the brilliant tips!!

Is this the same as a parachute shot and is it the same mechanics as bunker shot? Love your instruction, easy to understand. Now i need to practice it.

Rewatched this vlog after todays short game vlog. Put both together and you get one hell of a short game ;)

Great video. This shot is common in Pittsburgh. Since this is a hilly city. how about a video for extreme uphill, downhill, sidehill shots. Theoretically, I know how to play these shots but I am not consistent.

Hi Danny great video. What about the chip from a bare lie around the green?

I love doing this shot! The thing you have to do is commit to a hard swing down under the ball ,to get it shooting straight up. I practice this shot behind a tall bush in my yard. I place the ball maybe 5 ft away from it. Open the blade, and stance, and give a full swing right down under the ball, and it shoots straight up and over the tree easily. Its scary at first, but you have to commit to it. Ive played with my buddies on the course and if I get an errant shot behind a tree , they think Im screwed. But, when it shoots high over it , and lands softly, their jaws drop and call me a lucky SOB! LOL. Its really fun, and really not hard to do. Its basically what Phil Michelson does when you see that big swing go a short distance.

Great video. You said similar to a green side bunker shot. That comment made me think of your one bunker video where you said to slice the crust off the top of the bread. Is this shot like that?

Excellent as always thanks Danny. I must say however that the shot that really spooks me is from a similar position but where the ball is lying on a bare patch in the grass or a bare divot. The fear of thinning these is horrible! Do you have a video on this?

Great tip. What do you do when the ball is up on a fluffy lie? Less loft? Sometimes I end up going right under the ball.

What club are you using in this video? Would pin position determine a different club?

I enjoy your videos. Always really well explained. I would like to know which clubs you use...sand wedge, lob wedge, gap wedge for some of the trickier shots you do. Thanks!

Are you using a sand wedge or a pitching wedge? Can you use either?

a great tuition clip, do you use a lob wedge or p/w??

Hi Danny. Thanks for ur helpful clips. But with this case in rought, sometimes I have a trouble with thick grass. when I strike 1 inch behind the ball as ur instruction, the grass's made my club open when inpact the ball. So I miss the line and the distance. How to solve it? Thank you!

Great lesson! What club did you use?

Thanks -.it works fantastic. The.shot.thats.hard for.me.is.shooring off of sort.or.muddy.

Danny if we want a medium height chip shot from this lie, would we simply move the ball back towards the middle? Thank you

I normally play bunker shots with a 60- which loft do you recommend though for this chip shot?

Danny do you ever chip swinging the club out so you can cut across the ball a little , to put more spin on the ball??????

Great vids. I watched your bunker shots video the other day. It looks like the principle is the same is that correct?

Hey Danny, obviously with a bunker shot the ball is sat 'on the ground', with this type of shot I find part of the difficulty is deciding how far OFF the ground the ball is being held by the grass, too high and you could end up missing the ball completely!

do you have a video that details which wedge to pick for short shots?

kikuyu grass is a different ball game altogether! That grabs your club and immediately stops it. This looks like ordinary grass that the balls buried in. Try this with kikuyu grass and you won't even get the club through the ball. Do you have a video for that?

What club are you using?

Hi Danny I love your lessons, mostly cristal clear but now I am a confused....I have learned from your videos the difference between chipping and pitching and now you are calling this pitching shots for Chipping..?? Please explain why? Its confusing for beginners😏 Best regards Dick from Sweden

Hi Danny, love your videos, however my weakest discipline is my putting. Just been to Callaway in Chessington for a full fitting and they have fitted me with an Odyssey fanged putter. The Rogue clubs have cut between 2 and 3 points from my handicap so I now play off 23, but although my putting has improved I am still hitting the ball short, as a left hander Mike at Callaway says my right wrist is breaking through my stroke, he has fitted my putter with a fat grip to try and stop this but I am still three putting on the greens. Any suggestions ? Thanks David Robertson

Would it be different if the same shot had an uphill lie? We get this a lot at our club.

Hello Danny can you tell me why i shank olmost 18 holes i never shanked before it was like i olmost want to trow away my clubs it was terrible Help me

Is this the same swing with the ball not in long grass?

So do you have to use your arms more than your legs to keep balance vs a flat lie ?

What club should I use? Thanks.

Hi DANNY...WHAT DEGREE WEDGE R U USING IN THIS VIDEO? 54 ?, 56? 58? 60? ....I HAVE EVEN USED A 65 DEGREE WEDGE LATELY, WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS! DOES THIS TECHNIQUE DIFFER IF YOU ARE...A BIT FURTHER FROM THE GREEN/APRON/FRINGE... BUT STILL IN HEAVIER GRASS JUST OFF THE GREEN ? THANKS U 4 YOUR "REALLY GREAT" INSTRUCTIONAL GOLF VIDEOS. I HAVE WATCHED OTHER PRO's GOLF INSTRUCTION OVER THE LAST 6+ mos AND HAVE PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO JOIN IN ON THERE "PRIVATE COLLECTION" 4 THEIR INSTRUCTION...BUT YOUR VIDEOS ARE "ABSOLUTELY THE BEST"... AND SINCE WATCHING YOU... I HAVE DROPPED ABOUT 8-10 STROKES PER/ROUND (OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS) NOW BY USING YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL TIPS AND CLIPS. ............. THANK YOU MATE! THIS FLOP-TYPE SHOT USE A FAVORITE OF MINE AND REALLY GOOD 4 ME - WHEN I WAS A LOT YOUNGER!. THEN, FOR SOME REASON, I LOST THE TECHNIQUE THAT YOU HAVE HAS BEEN EXPLAINING HERE...NOW I AM READY TO TACKLE IT AGAIN...CHEERS FROM NEW ZEALAND.👍😊⛳⛳⛳

what about the left right leg weight distribution?

The first thing is WHAT CLUB we should use. Right??? What degree 49, 52, 56, 62?

Sensai speaks, I listen.

What club did you use?

Excellent video again Danny. Many thanks. I notice you don't mention breaking the wrists, but rather encourage a full swing, and aim to use the bounce of the club and make impact about 1" before the ball and then follow through fully. Would you ever use a shorter swing and break the wrists, thus creating a steeper attack at impact to get the same results with the full swing, (as I've seen in other videos), or is this just choice on your part? As Mark Twain said "There's more than one way to skin a cat" Thanks for considering my question and look forward to receiving your thoughts if you can spare the time. Cheers

Can I use a sandwedge on the shor

Greetings Danny, i am probably one of the worst golfers on the planet but i have a Question. You refer to this shot as a chip shot however it looks like the back swing has some hinge on the wrist and goes back further than a chip shot. Is this really a pitch shot ? Thanks.

How about chip shots on the side of that green. Please!

What loft/bounce do you recommend for this shot? Hoe do you control distance?

need clues about playing from scruffy bare lies in winter