[new-nickname-zanovo]

Where do you place ball when chipping, considering you chip with a sand wedge, average lie, average grass, average 10 or so yards to the flag and 1-2 yards off the green. I see some instruction suggests to place ball way in the back at or behind back foot, some middle and some off of front foot, what do you use and why?

[Anakattawl]

Really, it depends on what shot I want to play. If I want to get the ball up in the air, I play closer to my front, but for most chipping, the ball is off my back foot.

[emupsMaispubs]

Really, it depends on what shot I want to play. If I want to get the ball up in the air, I play closer to my front, but for most chipping, the ball is off my back foot.

What he said. Definitely. Most chips I play off the back foot to promote a ball first angle of attack and to get the ball rolling as quick as possible.

[new-nickname-zanovo]

oops, put it into wrong forum category, should be in Golf

[Trientoriciom]

Front for me. I watched the Phil Mickelson short game DVD and it worked for me.

The key thing for me is that I do most of my "chipping" with a lob wedge so I probably carry it farther than what most people consider to be a real chip.

[PefeFoesk]

I also would go front in the situation you described

[qwerty1]

oops, put it into wrong forum category, should be in Golf

Done. :-)

[slima]

middle to back for me

[Turbo-ip]

Watching Phil Mickelson's "Secrets of the Short Game" helped me alot. Half of it is on youtube.

[EmpokemyMok]

Always middle-frontish. You can control your height and distance by follow through.

[dgdhgjjgj]

If I am going to bump and run I use a 50* and the ball is in the middle weight forward.

If it is a chip shot the I use a 60* with the ball towards the back also weight forward.

[pipittujbk]

Well there are a number of shots around the green where you will be using your wedges. However if a straightforeward chip shot I will have the ball forward in my stance, with my weight on my front foot, the club face open, and accilerating through the shot. I have found that chipping this way gives me more soft landings on the green. Especially helpful for those mid length chips where you have to get it over a bunker or some sort of hazard and then land it softly on the green.

[RokeIdeadioke]

I narrow my stance...ball placed in back part of stance, about 0.5-1 inch inside my back heel...move my hands forward in front of the ball...60/40 weight on front foot...then chip.

Why? Because thats the way my pro taught me, lol. I got "coached" that it was the correct way and it works for me, got no other reason

[bestonlinepharmasy2]

Really, it depends on what shot I want to play. If I want to get the ball up in the air, I play closer to my front, but for most chipping, the ball is off my back foot.

This is me too. I change depending on the trajectory I need, but my basic chip shot is with the ball back.

Well there are a number of shots around the green where you will be using your wedges. However if a straightforeward chip shot I will have the ball forward in my stance, with my weight on my front foot, the club face open, and accilerating through the shot. I have found that chipping this way gives me more soft landings on the green. Especially helpful for those mid length chips where you have to get it over a bunker or some sort of hazard and then land it softly on the green.

I don't call this a chip. This is what is traditionally known as a pitch. A traditional chip is a low shot that runs out at least a little, depending on how much you spin the ball. A pitch is a higher trajectory shot (not a flop) used to carry farther (such as over an obstacle - bunker, rough etc.) and land softer. For a pitch I too will play the ball farther forward and use a higher lofted club... 8I or PW for a chip vs. GW or SW for a pitch.

I'll qualify that by saying that I learned the game long before the advent of the LW, when a high loft SW was 54°. The traditional terminology has gotten somewhat lost in the plethora of wedges available today, but for the purposes of descriptive clarity I still stick with the traditional usage.

[swwatch]

+1 dude

Really, it depends on what shot I want to play. If I want to get the ball up in the air, I play closer to my front, but for most chipping, the ball is off my back foot.

[itititit]

Back unless I need to flop. Then It's around the middle of the stance.

[Yifnvmzp]

Usually back, but inside of my back foot. I just make sure to choose the right club to get the right distance. If I short sided myself, which happens (too often), I'll move it up in my stance and play a more aggressive 60* shot to try to put more spin on it...

[pipittujbk]

I actually don't use a SW... depending on how much room i have between me and the pin tells me how much run out I need so for shorter chips, I play it back - just inside the back foot and use a 52*... for longer chips, i move it up a a couple inches and use my 8 iron...

[Chito]

Really, it depends on what shot I want to play. If I want to get the ball up in the air, I play closer to my front, but for most chipping, the ball is off my back foot.

I do pretty much what Hawk does for chips that need to carry higher, but for lower, running chips I put the ball just back of center.

[JeremyBalll]

it depends for me.Has to do a lot with the lie and what I want to accomplish on where I place the ball in my stance.