Golf Chipping in Thick Grass: Side Hill Lie Tips

Video Transcript

"I'm very close to the green but I didn't get it on the green so now I'm in this, grass bunker. We're on a side hill, somewhat uphill lie. So the balls going to be below my feet, which means that I've really got to get down low, cause I'm too tall now to even touch the ground. So I've got to get down low, and I don't have that many options here, cause the ball's on this side hill lie. So, the most likely thing that's going to happen is the ball's going to go to the right. So, I've got to be able to get it, use the uphill lie and the side hill, I've got to compensate for that in my swing. So, I'm going to open the face a little bit, and I'm going to open, aim a little bit left of the pin. Now I've got to be, I've got my cleats on, so I have good balance, I'm sticking to the side here, and I wand to just pop the ball up. So, I take a nice easy swing, and I go up on it, and I'm pretty, pretty happy with that shot. But the ball's going to go to the right so you got to aim to the left when it's on this side hill, lie. It's a very tough lie. So, you got to be very careful, cause the grass is thick too. So if I go with the closed stance, I'm going to take a different, a little different swing than I just did. And I got to be careful of chunking it into the side of the hill. So, I closed that stance, I didn't adjust enough to the left, so you got to be careful on this, to always aim to the left, because it's going to produce a left to right swing, I mean a result. So these are good shots to practice, right on the side hill, they develop your focus and when you do encounter them, you do need to be able to deal with it."