A Chipping Tip to Change Your Game

Golf Channel host Martin Hall says that to instantly improve your chipping, 'pinch the inch' of turf in front of the ball. Here's how.

Martin Hall | Jun 9, 2021

A Chipping Tip to Change Your Game /

Many golfers can improve their golf games by improving their technique around the green. In the latest edition of "Quick Reads," Martin Hall, Golf Channel host and director of instruction at the Club at Ibis in West Palm Beach, Fla., says that you can "pinch the inch" to hit chip shots crisply and under control every time you need it. The key to the move: focus on the inch of turf in front of the ball. Your scorecard will thank you for it.

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Published Jun 9, 2021

MARTIN HALL

Martin Hall has been a golf professional since 1975. He held a tour card on the European Tour for two years and began his teaching career at Trentham Golf Club in England in 1978 before moving to the U.S. in 1985 and basing himself at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Fla. He was a lead instructor at the Nicklaus/Flick Golf Schools in 1991-98 and has been the director of instruction at The Club at Ibis in West Palm Beach since 1997. He is the host of "School of Golf," a weekly golf instruction show on Golf Channel that has aired since 2011. Hall was named PGA of America Teacher of the Year 2008. He is a master professional in the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland, a Golf Digest Top 50 instructor and a Golf Magazine Top 100 teacher. Hall has coached major champions, top-ranked juniors and professionals on all major tours. He also has written three books and numerous magazine articles. His wife, Lisa, is a two-time Solheim Cup player, four-time LET winner and former LPGA rookie of the year.