Greg Rose’s 3D chipping lesson shows the arms staying with the torso

Greg Rose uses a 3D graph to explain how an unnamed elite player coordinates a ten-yard chip. In his account of the measurement, the lead arm and torso accelerate and slow down together.

The TPI instructor explains the difference in an October 8 lesson, using data from an unnamed elite player. In the full swing, speed builds from the pelvis through the torso and arm to the club. On the finesse wedge shot, the arm does not add the same burst of speed beyond the torso.

Rose connects that pattern with a familiar practice exercise, placing a towel beneath the arms while chipping. The aim is to let the turning body and arms work together. The club can still release; the golfer has a short distance to control.

He also says that successful players use different chipping styles. The graph describes a relationship a coach can investigate, without establishing one compulsory technique or identifying the player whose data he shows.

Give the rehearsal a landing target

Braedon Fox’s separate guide for PGA of America offers a way to connect that movement work with a measurable result. He recommends placing a towel on the green and trying to land chips on it, an exercise he offers for practicing carry distance and trajectory.

Fox also describes a towel held beneath both arms as a way to rehearse synchronization between the arms and torso. The two towel exercises have different jobs: one gives feedback about the motion, while the other gives a landing target.

For a practice session, that distinction is useful. A golfer can rehearse a connected chip, then remove the towel from beneath the arms and check where the next shots land. Keep the distance and club consistent while observing contact and carry. Rose’s ten-yard example provides a scale for the exercise, rather than a demand to make every wedge swing resemble the same graph.