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My 4 favorite chipping drills

Around the green, a bogey turns into a double when the first chip doesn't do its job. These four train the shot you only get one try at, and every one gives you a score to beat.

Here's the first one, the drill from my video. Run it today, then grab the other 3 below.

01 · Chipping

Up-and-Down Basics

15 minChipping greenWedge, putter, 1 ball

Five chips from five different spots. Putt every one out and count your strokes.

Why this drill

Shot Scope's averages: a scratch golfer gets up and down 54% of the time. A 20 handicap does it 31% of the time. This drill measures that number directly.

Set it up

  1. 1Pick 5 spots around the green. Make them all different: short and long, and from different sides of the hole.
  2. 2Use one ball. You get one try from each spot.

Play it

  1. 1Chip from your first spot.
  2. 2Putt it out. Every stroke counts until the ball is in the hole.
  3. 3Move to the next spot and repeat until you've played all 5.

Score it

2Up and down3Chip and 2 putts4+Bad chip or worse

Add up your strokes for all 5 spots. Lower is better. A perfect score is 10.

Your target

Level 117 or better5 spots
Level 214 or better5 spots
Level 312 or better5 spots

Hit your target two sessions in a row, then move up a level.

After Level 3, make it harder

LieMake 2 of the 5 spots rough lies.
DistanceThen no spot inside 10 yards.

One change at a time. Drop back to the Level 2 target and climb again.

This is the whole job around the green: two shots, ball in the hole.

Get the other 3

Send me the rest of the pack

023-Club Chip RotationChip to one hole with three different clubs and find out which one gets you closest.
03Random Chip DistancesYour phone picks the distance for every chip, so you never hit the same shot twice.
04First Ball ScorecardEight chips from eight spots, one ball and no do-overs. Your first try is the only one that counts.

Each one comes with the setup, how to score it and three levels to climb.

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These are 4 of 119

These 4 are from the 119 drills in the Play Ready Golf app. Every one has the score and the levels built in, and the app builds your practice week around your biggest leak, then rebuilds it after every round you log.

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Data: Shot Scope up and down rates. Lou Stagner, Arccos data, on putting from off the green.