John Daly thinks he knows where 90% of amateur golfers go wrong when chipping and has drill to fix it

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John Daly has enjoyed a stellar career on the course, with two major championship wins among his honours list.

Daly is currently plying his trade on the PGA Tour Champions, having won five times on the PGA Tour between 1991 and 2004.

American icon Daly was struggling with a hand issue, but he has been able to return to the course and even delve into the blossoming world of YouTube golf.

He and his son recently took on golfing legend Phil Mickelson and YouTube star Grant Horvat in a two-v-two challenge.

The big-hitting American has also attempted to break 50 with Mickelson’s fellow LIV Golf ace Bryson DeChambeau.

John Daly’s chipping drill to help amateur golfers

Daly has explained why he putts one-handed, with the iconic figure having also once offered insight into one-handed chipping.

As per Official Tour Pro, he said while demonstrating the technique: “If you can practice this shot and hit it like that, solid and crisp every time, there’s something in your backswing that you’re doing right, you’re doing everything right.

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“And 90% of amateurs that hit bad shots, it’s their backswing. Because they picked the club up, take it way outside, take it way inside.

“If I was to take this chip shot, like that, way outside, then I’ve got to somehow get the club back to here to hit it square.

“Or if you take it too far inside, you got to get here to get it there. But what’s happened with my left arm, it’s just, everything is just so square throughout the whole chip.

“I can go… 70 yards is about the furthest I can hit one left-handed. But when I hit it on line and hit it solid, I’m doing everything right on my takeaway.

“So when I go to hitting long irons and stuff, I feel like I’m chipping. And I’m letting the left arm just take the club back and the right arm is just sitting on there until impact.”

What PGA Tour titles has John Daly won?

Daly will be welcomed with open arms if and when he finally makes his return, but when and where that happens remains to be seen.

He started his PGA Tour-winning career in stunning fashion at the 1991 PGA Championship, having also won The Open Championship in 1995.

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Now 58, Daly has made three starts on the PGA Tour Champions in 2025 so far, with T50 his best finish to date.

He finished T56 on his return at the Hoag Classic, before finishing T75 and T50 at The Galleri Classic and James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational respectively.