Should I chip one-handed??
 

I have the darndest problem. Right now I'm about an 9 handicap(early in the season:)) and was as low as a six at one point last year. My biggest weakness by far is my short game. I do not get up and down nearly enough. Putting is solid, chipping and pitching is absolutely horrid. I'd rather hit a full sand wedge than a ten yard chip.

I am naturally a hitter and working at the range, I've noticed I chip much better just right handed. I set my wedges and take a nice swing back and through and end up with a relatively accurate shot. For whatever reason when I place my left hand on the club the wheels come off. It's like the hands just can't work together. It feels like the left hand actually stops the right hands natural swing and then I break down at impact, or just quit.

Anybody else have a similar dilemma and what can I do to fix it. Thanks

What are you having trouble with? Solid contact? Coming up long or short?

I like to zero out #3 (grip in the left palm . . . no heel pad on the grip) and use "artifical lag pressure" with tight forefinger grip with the right hand. This will allow you to hit the chips hard but the result is soft. I like to chip only with wedge/SW/LW because you can it them harder.

Check this quote out . . .

6-B-1-D EXTENSOR ACTION . . . .While this particular application of Power inhibits a “take-over” of the action by Centrifugal Force it also introduces some assurance that the available Centrifugal Force will not be stifled by a premature checking of that outward drive which generates it. This relieves the Wrists of considerable responsibility and gives this drive a much more massive kind of support while freeing the Wrists for a sharper focus on Ball Control. Extensor Action gives an indispensable control to all Strokes. Stretching on the Left Arm through the #3 Presure Point gives the same action as pulling both ends of a rope. That is, it pulls both the Left Arm and the Clubshaft tautly in a straight line. That, and just moving from “Bent Left Wrist” to “Flat Left Wrist” during – and as – the Loading Action are very effective for Short Shot procedures (10-19-0). However, improperly executed, it can cause Clubhead Throwaway. In which case, use only #1 Pressure Point and pull on the left thumb to then hold at least the Left Arm in-line and retain Power Package structural rigidity.

This action of Extensor force can be substituded for Downstroke Acceleration of the Arms and Hands – in part or wholly – for “less than full Power” shots calling for the precision execution of a heavy, constant Hand Speed through Release and Impact. Lag Pressure then can be the artificial pressure of a tight right forefinger grip – which, actually, can serve the same function for Backstroke guidance (6-C-1).

Typically I'm ok with longer chips where I have some green to work with. It's short chips that kill me and I know the problem is that I decelerate, for fear of going long. When I chip one handed, I can get a nice pendulum move and don't quit on the swing.

I will usually chip long, only short when I decelerate and stub it. Poor contact is usually a result of decelerating and losing the right wrist bend. I'm getting a little bit better, but I have to really focus on making sure I have a long finish and don't quit.