Anyone who has seen me play golf will testify that my short game is erratic at best, so after watching the Open (and with very little to lose), I thought I’d try Matt Fitzpatrick’s cross-handed chipping technique.
Fitzpatrick led the field for Strokes Gained: Around The Green over the first two rounds at the Open Championship this week, with his unique short game style catapulting him into contention for the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush.
For those people watching the coverage, who may also want to try cross-handed chipping for the first time, I decided to reach out to one of our Golf Monthly Top 50 Coaches to get their expert advice.
In the article and video below, I share my experience of cross-handed chipping and PGA Fellow Professional Ben Emerson provides an expert step-by-step guide so that you can try it for yourself…
I Tried Matt Fitzpatrick’s Cross Handed Chipping Technique
Going cross-handed can be a great drill to improve your chipping, but if it works you could also adopt it on the course – just like 2022 US Open Champion Matt Fitzpatrick.
As you can see in the video below, I took this interesting technique out onto the course for 18-holes to see if it could help to improve my short game.
Within the first few holes, I gave myself more chances than I would ideally like to chip around the green.
On the first and second hole I had the opportunity to get up and down for par, but in all honesty the new technique had me feeling a little nervous over the ball.
I hit a slightly thin chip shot on the first, leaving a par putt of around 15 feet, while my attempt on the second hole had a much better connection but came up a little short.
The first time I really saw the benefit of this technique was my third shot into the 5th, which is the par-4 you can see at the end of the video above, leaving myself another 15-foot par putt that I would uncharacteristically make.
Despite eventually getting the hang of it, and seeing some more positive results, I definitely felt that I need more practice on the short game area.
After the round I was keen to understand more about the fundamentals required to be successful with this short game approach, so I asked Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach to give me a quick lesson on how to chip cross-handed…
How To Chip Cross-Handed
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