This is the best short game video ever Chris. The tool box analogy is extremely helpful. Gosh you are a talented, clear and effective teacher. Thanks so much!
Chris that was a masterclass in the shortgame. Everyone could benefit from your lesson. I've played for a very long time and a student of the game having enjoyed reading and watching videos and had lessons. In my opinion your videos get better and better and probably the best quality and presentation out there. Really great stuff well done. I would recommend your content to anyone. Cheers
Your best chipping instruction as you gave high low factors (which were demonstrated) then you put us in five situations that you thoroughly dissected and applied the high low interventions-wow! Got it.
This is one of the most phenomenal golf shirt in videos I’ve ever seen. I absolutely love the idea of the toolbox and putting them into two separate categories on the left and right side of the screen. Absolute genius
The short game is where low and high scores are determined. Without a doubt this video and your videos on putting are the key to lowering anybody’s score. Congratulations on a superb channel.
This is easily one of the best videos that I have seen on the short game. Thank you for the detailed explanation of the techniques that are available to me and how to use them. I was also impressed at how completely you ignored the pheasant in the background on Scenario 4. Unlike the occasional deer in your other videos, a pheasant just doesn't appear in Oklahoma.
I took some younger folks out with a little target practice .. I showed them how to hit straight ..fades and draws .. I called out how the ball would bounce .. straight .. left or right .. when it struck the ground .. also the ball flight etc.. When the ball did each of those various things and then landed in or bounced into the target at differing distances ..they looked at me like I was an alien ... these new practice techniques should convince them that I am a golfing genius... :-) thanks Chris
Fantastic tips on working different shots around the green Your style of basically talking us through your instruction tips makes it so much easier to follow n understand Thanks
As usual - great instruction, clear communication and a simple structured way to approach the different shots. Can’t wait to get out on the practice green 👏🏻👏🏻👍
Really nicely presented Chris. I was planning on watching this video and hoping to find a useful tip to improve my short game. What I found is that it was too good not to bookmark and reference often. I am a single digit player with a well below average (awful) short game. Given some practice time, this will make a tremendous difference in my game.
Chris, I enjoy most of your vids, but this one was nearly perfect. Great topic, easy to understand presentation ,and the format was really engaging with the variety of scenarios. Bravo!
This is your best video by far - thank you! - and I've shared it with many people who loved it. How about making a an equivalent video on bunker toolbox?
Chris, this is a thoroughly fantastic video!!!! The step by step process of assessing the course/shot condition, identifying ideal result, shots to get that ideal result and the biomechanics of those shots is great. If you could cover more shots with this approach (the "toolbox" concept), i think people would start dropping some serious scores. Congrats and keep it up
Terrific video Chris - love the logic/remember-ability of the tool box approach - critical thought process check list. Short game is my absolute weakness; problem is I can chip/pitch like a tour pro after 20 minutes of practice - but struggle to bring it to the course when outcomes matter more. Any advice?
Appreciate the new visuals added, simple concept with one club...I don't try to use another wedge for these shots and has greatly improved my confidence.
Can I ask why you would use the same club and adjust your setup and swing rather than just use a club with more loft and stick with your standard swing?
The Video was about demonstrating adapting Setup and Technique for Lie and Situation. The Same Wedge Adapted eliminates a Variable. Get the Techniques down and then changing Loft can become another Tool.
What a fantastic video. You covered so many shots and gave the reasoning behind each. I will watch this one over and over. So hard to practice the short game with all the covid restrictions right now. But the visuals will help and the philosophy behind each change.
Love this Chris!!! I tend to opt for all of the options on the left/low shot of your guide and can get a bit panicked when there's a bunker in my way...this will help massively, Thank You 👍
I used to be the same way, but I found that focusing on the shot and the landing spot versus the bunker in the way helped me. It's all about confidence and whether you trust the shot to clear the hazard. If you know the shot you are trying to hit will clear the hazard, why worry about the hazard? Right?
Chris, super explanation with examples. Any thoughts on raised greens? On our quite hilly parkland course the ball often lies 6 to 10 feet below the green, obviously a high shot. Often the green lies few feet below the ball. ??? Do you fancy a game in Scotland ?
More loft is the key with raised greens, hit the ball will land and release as if you were using less loft, not easy to picture the right shot though. Always fancy a game in Scotland
Now I am hitting more fairways and have a degree of control of my longer irons the short game is where I can pick up most strokes. As a 25 handicapper, developing these skills will get me down to low 20's . Thanks Chris.
Think that selection box with options to the right and left illustrates things very well! Just have to make sure I send my butt down the short game practice area a bit more to feel I have them in my locker.
Chris, Thank you for explaining and demonstrating the different shots scenarios (The toolbox scenario). A lot of instruction or videos only seem to focus on you how to hit a chip shot and 9 out 10 times, it from a well groomed, fairway. Hitting out of long and unreasonably high grass is challenging as well as short sided shots and shots over the sand. It's taken me many years of hacking around the green to figure out to best play various lies mainly through mistakes such as high grass grabbing & slowing down the club. I would love to see either a video or hear how to chip from the edge of greens using say a 7 or 6 iron. Thank you.
With the lower flighted shots you hit the ball first, with the higher flighted shots you hit the ground first and let the club slide under the ball, therefore where you contact the ground/ball is also key! Great video Chris!!
Fantastic lesson Chris, going through the various scenarios is much more helpful to us amateur golfers. Could you do more lessons on full shot scenarios where say you are driving to a sloping fairway ?
Great advice on the toolkit. Cool idea! I've been using my hybrid quite a bit when I'm just off the greens and taking a putting stroke. I'm a mid-high handicapper and find that this gets me closer than when I try to get fancy with my chips.
Great video. An idea for a future video could be about the same but on a course with a different condition. A firm turf with very short grass and fairly fast greens.
Hey Chris great video. I was wondering if in scenario 4, if you stood closer to the ball and raised the club so that the heel was up out of the grass and the toe down ,would that work as well?
Fantastic Chris! This was one of the best lessons I have watched , having just started to play golf for about 6 months now. Would you consider adding the ball position forward or backward as a 4 th lever in the toolbox ?
Great video I got better chipping when a couch told me to flatten my shoulders and stop using my 60 every where lol hard to do .I took a screenshot shot of your scenarios and took it to the range awsome hope to remember then on the course
Great Video Chris, your lessons have helped me fine tune my short game! What kind of shots do you like to play from 50-100 yards? I’ve worked a lot on that pitch shot ever since I started watching your videos last year as I never played it correctly, but was curious what weapons you got in your bag from +40 yards?
This is the best short game video ever Chris. The tool box analogy is extremely helpful. Gosh you are a talented, clear and effective teacher. Thanks so much!
Chris that was a masterclass in the shortgame. Everyone could benefit from your lesson. I've played for a very long time and a student of the game having enjoyed reading and watching videos and had lessons. In my opinion your videos get better and better and probably the best quality and presentation out there. Really great stuff well done. I would recommend your content to anyone. Cheers
Just excellent. 👍
It's always "here are some ideas" rather than "do it this way". I really appreciate that.
Your best chipping instruction as you gave high low factors (which were demonstrated) then you put us in five situations that you thoroughly dissected and applied the high low interventions-wow! Got it.
Thank you 🙏🏽. Chris consistently has some of the best instructional content on you tube.
This is one of the most phenomenal golf shirt in videos I’ve ever seen. I absolutely love the idea of the toolbox and putting them into two separate categories on the left and right side of the screen. Absolute genius
The short game is where low and high scores are determined. Without a doubt this video and your videos on putting are the key to lowering anybody’s score. Congratulations on a superb channel.
Brilliant presentation Chris… Thank you! Would you talk a little bit about the rule of 11 and how you implement it?
This is easily one of the best videos that I have seen on the short game. Thank you for the detailed explanation of the techniques that are available to me and how to use them. I was also impressed at how completely you ignored the pheasant in the background on Scenario 4. Unlike the occasional deer in your other videos, a pheasant just doesn't appear in Oklahoma.
Your short game videos are some of the very best on UA-cam
Thanks Tom glad you enjoyed it
Chis makes the best clear step by step videos. The videos about release and the concept of Lag (forearm rotation) really helped me.
I took some younger folks out with a little target practice .. I showed them how to hit straight ..fades and draws .. I called out how the ball would bounce .. straight .. left or right .. when it struck the ground .. also the ball flight etc.. When the ball did each of those various things and then landed in or bounced into the target at differing distances ..they looked at me like I was an alien ... these new practice techniques should convince them that I am a golfing genius... :-) thanks Chris
Best video you’ve ever done. The graphics on screen, your delivery and the content. Brilliant
great ideas that are really well organised and broken down. High quality content that is not over complicated or over explained.
Fantastic tips on working different shots around the green Your style of basically talking us through your instruction tips makes it so much easier to follow n understand Thanks
Thanks Randy
This is Nobel Prize material Chris!! 👍🏾
As usual - great instruction, clear communication and a simple structured way to approach the different shots. Can’t wait to get out on the practice green 👏🏻👏🏻👍
Thanks Henrik
Well done Chris!! My tool box was obviously missing quite a few tools. Great instructional presentation, thanks!!
Watched several videos by Chris. What a great teacher.
Really nicely presented Chris. I was planning on watching this video and hoping to find a useful tip to improve my short game. What I found is that it was too good not to bookmark and reference often. I am a single digit player with a well below average (awful) short game. Given some practice time, this will make a tremendous difference in my game.
Brilliant. Having been stuck at 14 handicap for some time, I spent yesterday two hours just at the chipping green and.. understood why I was stuck..))
Chris, I enjoy most of your vids, but this one was nearly perfect. Great topic, easy to understand presentation ,and the format was really engaging with the variety of scenarios. Bravo!
Great dissection of short game options. Thanks. I can’t wait to use this decision making strategy to try to work on my short game.
Perfect explanation per situation and what possibilities we have....i like this left-right arsenal
Brilliant explanations for each scenario makes it so educative. Thanks Chris
This is your best video by far - thank you! - and I've shared it with many people who loved it. How about making a an equivalent video on bunker toolbox?
Chris, this is a thoroughly fantastic video!!!! The step by step process of assessing the course/shot condition, identifying ideal result, shots to get that ideal result and the biomechanics of those shots is great. If you could cover more shots with this approach (the "toolbox" concept), i think people would start dropping some serious scores. Congrats and keep it up
Very comprehensive explanation and fully explained.
The early explanation with the graphic here was really well done.. Thanks
Thanks Ronnie
Chris, best one yet. As we say in Hawaii, Mahalo Bra. Tool box -- easy to remember and apply. Scenarios -- brilliant. Rich
Thanks Richard 👍
Brilliant depiction ! Will frequently revisit this video.
Another great and easy to understand lesson. Enjoying my golf so much more since I discovered your channel.
Thanks Laurie 👍
Chris, your lessons are amazing. Easy to follow, concise and always useful. Thank you.
Thanks Ricardo appreciate it and glad you enjoy the content 👍
Chris ... one of the best short game vids I've seen! Great use of variety of shots around the green all in one lesson. Awesome job!
Thanks Steve appreciate that
Great vid Chris, thanks very much! Short game help needed so a big help. Would love to see an out-take vid one day :D
Terrific video Chris - love the logic/remember-ability of the tool box approach - critical thought process check list. Short game is my absolute weakness; problem is I can chip/pitch like a tour pro after 20 minutes of practice - but struggle to bring it to the course when outcomes matter more. Any advice?
Such a great lesson. Excellent delivery the way that you both explained it and used the graphics to emphasize the points.
Thanks Michael
Appreciate the new visuals added, simple concept with one club...I don't try to use another wedge for these shots and has greatly improved my confidence.
You did this masterclass at Wentworth last year. I was lucky enough to attend and i must say this is the best short game lesson I've ever received.
Thanks Mitch appreciate it, that was a great day!
Can I ask why you would use the same club and adjust your setup and swing rather than just use a club with more loft and stick with your standard swing?
The Video was about demonstrating adapting Setup and Technique for Lie and Situation. The Same Wedge Adapted eliminates a Variable.
Get the Techniques down and then changing Loft can become another Tool.
Very good best I have ever seen on this topic in one video !
What a fantastic video. You covered so many shots and gave the reasoning behind each. I will watch this one over and over. So hard to practice the short game with all the covid restrictions right now. But the visuals will help and the philosophy behind each change.
Thanks Wendy 👍
Love this Chris!!! I tend to opt for all of the options on the left/low shot of your guide and can get a bit panicked when there's a bunker in my way...this will help massively, Thank You 👍
I used to be the same way, but I found that focusing on the shot and the landing spot versus the bunker in the way helped me. It's all about confidence and whether you trust the shot to clear the hazard. If you know the shot you are trying to hit will clear the hazard, why worry about the hazard? Right?
This is such a useful and well organized toolbox! I need to practice all of these ideas! Thanks Chris!
Thanks Ed
One of the best short game videos I have ever seen, wish I learned this 20 years ago
Thanks Rob and glad it helped
Brilliant approach to this subject. Great to see what you can do with the same club in multiple circumstances. Looking forward to practising this.
Thanks and glad it helped
The quality of the videos are just simply amazing with all the details you provide and put into the video. 5/5
Thanks so much
Chris, super explanation with examples. Any thoughts on raised greens? On our quite hilly parkland course the ball often lies 6 to 10 feet below the green, obviously a high shot. Often the green lies few feet below the ball. ??? Do you fancy a game in Scotland ?
More loft is the key with raised greens, hit the ball will land and release as if you were using less loft, not easy to picture the right shot though. Always fancy a game in Scotland
First class info Chris. Seen all the videos telling how to do certain chips but none explained the subtle differences between them. Cheers.
Thanks Mik
Now I am hitting more fairways and have a degree of control of my longer irons the short game is where I can pick up most strokes. As a 25 handicapper, developing these skills will get me down to low 20's .
Thanks Chris.
Thanks Rolf
Best video ever for chipping. Now makes so much more sense. Thanks. What bounce do you have on your 56?
Thanks Dan, this has 12 degrees of bounce 👊
Think that selection box with options to the right and left illustrates things very well! Just have to make sure I send my butt down the short game practice area a bit more to feel I have them in my locker.
Great demonstration of various scenarios! Thanks!
Perfect video Chris. All the scenario ms are explained...Cheers from france.
Top advice here, really makes sense 👏👏👏
Fantastic clinic and video with excellent visual aids. Great job Chris!
Thanks Mario
Fantastic! Simple breakdown of techniques adds better options for tricky short game shots, love it. Now all I have to do is not skull or hit fat....
Thanks John
Great video to reinforce the basics.
Great video, very well produced. Major fan of your videos.
Thanks John
Chris,
Thank you for explaining and demonstrating the different shots scenarios (The toolbox scenario). A lot of instruction or videos only seem to focus on you how to hit a chip shot and 9 out 10 times, it from a well groomed, fairway. Hitting out of long and unreasonably high grass is challenging as well as short sided shots and shots over the sand.
It's taken me many years of hacking around the green to figure out to best play various lies mainly through mistakes such as high grass grabbing & slowing down the club.
I would love to see either a video or hear how to chip from the edge of greens using say a 7 or 6 iron. Thank you.
Thanks Steven and will look to add something along those lines soon 👍
With the lower flighted shots you hit the ball first, with the higher flighted shots you hit the ground first and let the club slide under the ball, therefore where you contact the ground/ball is also key! Great video Chris!!
Love the short game tool box analogy Chris, another video going into my favourites.
Thanks and glad it helped
Mega advice this is one of the best videos yet
Thanks Ian appreciate it 👍
Fantastic lesson Chris, going through the various scenarios is much more helpful to us amateur golfers. Could you do more lessons on full shot scenarios where say you are driving to a sloping fairway ?
Thanks Mike will do 👍
Absolutely brilliant and very well explained thank you
Thanks Darren
Great video!!! Great details & scenarios. I also love the high and low flight graphics. Just the toolbox I needed!
Chris amazing video, I’m a 6.1 handicap and struggle with my short game, great tips and so simple
@chrisryan how does online lessons work?
Thanks Marco glad you liked the vidoe
Great advice on the toolkit. Cool idea! I've been using my hybrid quite a bit when I'm just off the greens and taking a putting stroke. I'm a mid-high handicapper and find that this gets me closer than when I try to get fancy with my chips.
Fantastic video!! As always we'll detailed and easy to follow 👌
Great video. An idea for a future video could be about the same but on a course with a different condition. A firm turf with very short grass and fairly fast greens.
Wow. This is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you for making this video! Keep the short game tips coming!!
Glad it helped
Lower flight will ball landing be farther from pin compare to higher flight trajectory? Is it needs to be consider too?
Absolutely, lower flight and more roll out 👊
Just the lesson I need after lockdown my chipping has been a bit hit and miss cheers Chris
Thanks Dave
Really informative video, thanks and now I have 6 more things to learn and remember....
Haha, true, but you will he pitching the ball very close with any luck
Absolutely excellent as usual. Pls add pitches and the pitching toolbox next. 50,54,58 half swings ball flights, spin etc. Plus equipment effects?
Thanks Ian and will do 👍
Hey Chris great video. I was wondering if in scenario 4, if you stood closer to the ball and raised the club so that the heel was up out of the grass and the toe down ,would that work as well?
Great video can’t wait to practice tomorrow
Great video Chris, really we explained. This is something I am working on now. Thank you.
Really good again Chris. Got 3 days golf coming up, hope to find a short game area to try some of this out.
Thanks Matt
Yes, excellent lesson. Really good. Thx, Chris.
Thanks Jim
This is an awesome video for short game simplicity and understanding!!
Another excellent video, thanks Chris
Great vlog , you explain it so well and easy to understand
Thanks David
Best take on this yet
Really great vid Chris. Thank you!
Fantastic Chris! This was one of the best lessons I have watched , having just started to play golf for about 6 months now. Would you consider adding the ball position forward or backward as a 4 th lever in the toolbox ?
I would have this in with changing the loft, decoding there club moves the ball back and visa versa
Excellent. This is advanced learning.
Best explanation. Real world scenario. Trickiest one for me is the bare lie with grass surrounding the ball.
excellent video for short games.
Thank You for all the helpful videos!
No problem, my pleasure
Excellent breakdown! Well done! Thanks!
Great video I got better chipping when a couch told me to flatten my shoulders and stop using my 60 every where lol hard to do .I took a screenshot shot of your scenarios and took it to the range awsome hope to remember then on the course
Great to hear Shane, add this with varying the club and it’s a powerful combo
Awesome video, Chris!
fantastic video Chris! using these tips this weekend. what club are you using for all these shots?
Really top quality video .
More of these video.
May be 5 hole playing lesson .
Thanks adam and yes may add a vidoe like that
Excellent video! The toolbox is a great instrument. Thumbs up 👍👍👍!
Thanks Rudolf
Thank you for the helping my game
Great Video Chris, your lessons have helped me fine tune my short game!
What kind of shots do you like to play from 50-100 yards? I’ve worked a lot on that pitch shot ever since I started watching your videos last year as I never played it correctly, but was curious what weapons you got in your bag from +40 yards?
Great tips. One thing I wonder is the change in ball flight direction with open club face?
Hey Paul, yes the aim will need to be adjusted a little when the face is opened
Thank you Chris for good lesson.