Golf grip instructions for how to use a palm, weak, strong, or putting grip for wedge, iron, hybrid & wood pitch & chip shots w/ control & feel.

First you will learn the golden rule. Then you will learn the other gripping rules for short shots.

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• For full shot wedge, iron, driver, hybrid, and wood golf grip instructions see Golf Grip Tips | Your Natural Golf Grip | How To Grip A Golf Club

• For grip technique changes to your drivers, irons, wedges, hybrids, and woods to fix and cure golf swing faults see Golf Swing Grip Tips | Fixes & Cures for Hook Slice Pull & Push Faults

For all of the short game grips with wedges, hybrids, irons, or woods discussed below, always remember to choke down on the golf club near the bottom of the grip. This makes the club shorter, and therefore, easier to control. It also helps you keep your wrist straight through impact with the ball, which is a must.

For chips shots made with long shaft golf clubs (woods, long irons and long hybrids) choking down on the golf club to slightly on the shaft with the right hand is even okay.

II. Use a Weak Grip vs. Strong or Nuetral Grip For High Short Shot With Spin and Little Roll

One key to how to hit a lob wedge shot in golf is to make the golf ball fly high and land on the green with little roll and spin. If you use a weak grip for this shot (a grip that shows fewer than two knuckles at address) you will find that you will more naturally hit high lob and sand wedge shots with a perfect roll and spin.

III. Use Your Overlap, Reverse Overlap or Left Hand Low Putting Grip for Standard Chip Shots

Many will putt the ball when instead of chipping it from greenside fringe or fairway tight lies. They feel that putting is easier than chipping. The negative is that the ball may be thrown off line or slowed down by the fringe or fairway grass.

Here is a golf grip instruction to thin about. Why not learn how to hit a chip shot using your putting grip and putting stroke? Your grip feel and putting stroke using your putting grip with a mid to high iron, hybrid or wood should make this chip as easy as putting with better results.

• The overlap, reverse overlap, and left hand low putting grip techniques are ideal to use for chip shots.
• Using the claw putting grip is not recommended because it is not stable enough in your hands for a chip shot.

IV. Use the Palm Grip to Prevent Wrist Roll Release Rotation on Short Chip Shots

A breaking wrist is one problem many golfers have with chipping. This leads to hitting the golf ball fat or thin. One way to avoid this problem is by switching to a palm grip.

You are playing a palm grip when you run the grip across your left hand from the index finger and through the middle of the palm. The palm grip will help keep a flat left wrist through impact on your chip shots. This golf grip instruction will lower your scores.

V. Use a Strong Grip On Pitch Shots TO Get The Golf Ball To Roll To The Hole

Pitch shots are meant to make the golf ball roll up onto the green and to the cup. Hitting this shot with a draw spin makes the golf ball roll out to the hole.

If you use a strong grip for ptich shots (a grip that shows four or more knuckles) you should find that you will naturally put draw spin on your pitch shot to the green.

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