Scottie Scheffler’s ‘pretty simple’ tip to help amateurs improve when chipping from a downhill lie

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Amateur golfers searching for advice to help them lower their handicaps need look no further than Scottie Scheffler’s chipping tip.

Scheffler has one of the best and most consistent chipping actions in the professional game.

So it goes without saying that the 29-year-old is someone worth listening to if you’re struggling around the greens.

Scheffler has dominated world golf over the past few years, and the worrying thing for his rivals is that he is showing no signs of slowing down.

The Dallas native has won 19 PGA Tour tournaments including four major championships, all over the past three-and-a-half years.

Scheffler is in the midst of a break from playing competitively right now, and he will return to action at the Hero World Challenge next month.

However, he will still be working extremely hard on his game, despite the fact that he is not currently competing.

Scottie Scheffler’s tip to help amateurs when chipping from a downhill lie

Scheffler has such wonderful touch and imagination when chipping and pitching.

However, his latest advice revolves around making the short game as simple as possible.

Amateur golfers often struggle when faced with a downhill lie around the greens. Their common mistake is to chunk the shot because their body angle is all wrong in comparison with the slope.

Their club can also bounce up when they make contact with the ground before the ball, resulting in a thinned shot that cannons across the green.

Now Scheffler has provided us all with some great advice regarding the best way to tackle downhill lie chip shots, when speaking during an instructional video for TaylorMade.

He said: “If we’re going to the far pin (pin towards the back of the green) I could do it with a 60, but it’s pretty simple to do it with a pitching wedge.

“That way I only have to fly the ball a little bit and just let it run the whole way to the pin.

“This is going to be a normal grip and a good wide base. Feel like you’re swinging down the slope, get all your body weight going down the slope. That way it almost feels like a flat chip.

“Pick a spot where you’re going to land it and just go.“

Scottie Scheffler’s PGA Tour scrambling stats

Scheffler is the best iron player in the world, and he’s one of the most accomplished drivers of the golf ball as well.

However, whenever his long game is ever-so-slightly off, he has one of the best short games in professional golf to fall back on.

Here are Scheffler’s scrambling stats from the last three seasons when he began to really dominate on the PGA Tour.

Scheffler is one of the best in the business at saving strokes when playing poorly by his standards.

Now, if you’re an amateur golfer who struggles with downhill lies around the greens, try to put Scheffler’s advice into practice.

Copying the world number one’s method will undoubtedly give you a better chance of succeeding when chipping.

What you can learn from Scottie Scheffler’s chipping technique

Scheffler’s chipping method is slightly different from the majority of players on the PGA Tour.

The American stands a lot closer to the ball than most players and rather than lay the sole of his club flat on the ground, he has the heel slightly in the air.

This enables him to make perfect contact with the ball each and every time, while taking the bounce of his wedges out of play.

To doubly ensure that his strikes when chipping are as crisp as they can possibly be, Scheffler lifts the club up in a really steep motion on his backswing and chops down on the ball.

This is a high-risk strategy for mid-high handicappers, as you need to be an extremely skilled player to consistently pull off chips using that method.

However, what we can all learn from Scheffler is that he takes a less lofted club to chip with when he has a lot of green to work with. Far too often amateur golfers immediately pull their 60 degree wedge out of the bag whenever they miss a green.

Try to keep things as simple as possible if you are a mid-high handicap player but if you’re a low handicapper, try to emulate Scheffler’s method by standing closer to the ball with your hands higher at address.

It will take plenty of practice but your chipping should improve, if you put the work in.