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Chip with wrists
By Times Staff Writer
Published November 28, 2007
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[Kellie Dixon | Times]
Dennis Bodiker uses a sandwedge to demonstrate chipping technique. Stance is important. Keep your feet shoulder-width apart.
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The goal: Improve your chipping.
The tip: Dennis Bodiker, the head golf professional at Hidden Creek Golf Club in Zephyrhills, says to focus on your wrists. Ideally, a golfer wants the back of his left hand to point to the sky. If your backhand isn't pointing up, then your swing is breaking down.
"You don't want to flip your wrist," Bodiker said. Instead, use your shoulders to move the club. The tip, which works from any distance, will help improve your consistency with the height and distance of the ball.
Lefty? Just reverse this tip. Check your right hand to make sure it's facing the sky.
About Dennis Bodiker
AGE: 56
BACKGROUND: Bodiker has been a golf professional at Hidden Creek Golf Club for roughly a year. Before, he was an assistant pro. Currently he is trying to get on the senior tour. Before moving down here, he spent time working at a pro shop in Ohio. The 1972 graduate of Wright State in Ohio moved to Pasco County seven years ago to try to quality to play for the senior tour.
QUOTE: "I'm still doing it. It's going to be hard to crack that. Most of (the players) have been out there a long time."
LESSONS: Bodiker offers lessons at Hidden Creek for $30 for the first lesson (anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour); and $100 for a series of four.
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