One of the big differentiators between pros and average golfers is chipping. The best player on the PGA Tour in scrambling, which means hitting a short-game shot onto the green and making the putt, is ...

Chips should be accurate in terms of both distance and direction. As a general rule, grip down to shorten up your club, roughly to the length of your putter. Because a chip is a stroke motion like ...

A course with bigger greens can, at first glance, seem more fun. You’ve got a bigger target to aim at, after all, and if you are a good distance putter you can have a stress-free round. Except often, ...

Everyday on the lesson tee I see players who have no concept of how to hit a basic short shot, be it a putt or a chip. Between 40 and 50 percent of golf strokes occur on or near the putting green. If ...