Chipping
How to Practice Chipping Under Pressure
Make short-game practice feel like the moment when you need to save bogey or par.
Use one ball
Raking ten balls into the same spot builds comfort, but pressure comes from one chance. Drop one ball, pick a landing spot, chip, then putt out. Write down the score.
Play par 18
Choose nine locations around the green. Each hole is par 2: one chip, one putt. A chip close enough to make the putt earns par. Miss the putt and you make bogey. It’s simple, quick, and revealing.
Add uncomfortable lies
Include a tight lie, a fluffy lie, a downslope, and a shot over rough. Real rounds don’t hand you perfect fringe every time.
Control your routine
Pressure makes golfers rush. Build a tiny routine:
- Read lie and slope.
- Pick club and landing spot.
- Make one rehearsal brush.
- Look at the landing spot.
- Swing and hold the finish.
Quick recap
Pressure chipping practice needs one ball, a score, varied lies, and a routine. If you can chip and putt out honestly, your short game will travel to the course.