Need help with pitching and chipping

Deadlift.

Drive the green, or just quit flipping your hands at the ball. Keeps hands in front of the clubface

Mat won't help much


My best tip is put your weight on front foot and don't try to help the ball in the air, let the clubs loft do the work

You won't get the same kind of lie on a mat or on your backyard grass. Go to a decent driving range or a course and practice chipping around the practice green. While you're at it, spend a few bucks and take a lesson. The pro will teach you the right way to do it. You've probably got a key component to your stroke wrong.

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I don't think I've used a wedge in probably over 5 years.

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Never had a bunker in between your ball and the green?

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Never had a bunker in between your ball and the green?

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Of course, the 9 works just fine.

Obviously I use a wedge if I'm IN the sand though, but if I'm on grass I don't use em.

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I'm decent off the tee and approach shots, but my chipping and pitching is awful. So awful that I will putt any chance I get. I either chunk it or skull it and it is embarrassing. I have no confidence.

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Stop avoiding chips and pitches. Practice them often. Can you chip and pitch decently at your practice facility? I know plenty of people who can hit the shots, but like you (and me sometimes) you lose confidence on the course.

Obviously we know that mishits at that range can blow up a hole, but avoid the temptation to avoid. Your confidence won't increase until you start hitting those shots.

I'm all for playing the game in a way that makes it enjoyable, but sometimes confidence building just requires fricking it up for a while.

bend your knees. keep your head down. keep your left arm straight.

if you're chunking it, just move the ball back in your stance. if you're hitting the top, keep your knees bent and don't pop up mid swing.

Lock your wrists and think of your swing plane as a clock.

Don't deaccelerate (spelling?)