Due to your level of physical fitness, you may never achieve hitting your driver 300 yards. An inability to achieve the necessary clubhead speed or even a lack of athletic flexibility can actually limit a golf game. However, everyone is absolutely capable of chipping and pitching the golf ball just as well as golf professionals. Distance control, a practice and touch are key to a proficient game of golf, as opposed to power.
The difference between a chip and pitch is that the chip remains low and rolls most of the way to the golf hole, while a pitch flies most of its way. The experienced golfer usually knows when one technique should be used instead of the other.
A descending blow results in chips on the golf green. In lay man terms, this means that the clubhead must reach its lowest point after initial impact. You may be tempted to press the golf club into the grass at address, but that only presets the golf swings low point at a spot directly behind the golf ball. Contact is the likely result of this ineffective technique. Instead, its advisable to address the golf ball with the leading edge of the clubhead at the golf balls equator. With the golf ball in the...