Landon Ashworth's chipping method uses one wedge and a hinge-length drill

Landon Ashworth was a plus-7.2 handicap before a wrist surgery kept him from swinging a club for eight months. He's filming his way back on a series he calls Back to Plus, and the latest episode, posted Tuesday, is his whole chipping method. It's simple enough to explain in one sentence: his feet set the height, and how far he hinges his wrists sets the distance.

Ashworth, who directs tour pros in TV commercials for a living, says he treats golf like a video game. The wrist hinge is his power meter.

The setup

He hits every chip with the same club, a 60-degree Callaway Opus. The ball starts between his big toes every time, and only his feet move.

• High and soft: right foot two small steps back, left foot flared.
• Low and rolling: left foot two small steps forward, flared.

The hinge goes straight up and down, never rolled to the side. From there, he turns his shoulders back and through, keeps his hands moving low and left, and never lets the hinge go. He credits Phil Mickelson with the name "hinge and hold." Chili-dips, he says, come from stopping and throwing the hands out in front.

He shows his 10-yard hinge on a normal green, but he says the distance changes with how firm the green is, and yours will be different. You find it by practicing.

The Trackman drill

The second half moves into his Trackman room, which he says isn't a sponsorship. It's a carry ladder he used when he was at his best:

1. Start at 10 yards. Hit five shots, and four have to carry within one yard of the target.
2. Move up 10 yards at a time. The window is two yards at 20 and four yards from 40 on up.
3. Miss twice in any set of five and you go back to 10.
4. You're not done until you clear 100.

That's 50 shots if you never slip. In the video, coming off surgery, he carries 9.8, 10, 10.5, 10.6 and 11 at the 10-yard stop, then 20.2 on his first try at 20. To finish, he hits a 60-yard shot on feel and carries it 59.8.

Try it on your sim

Any launch monitor that reads carry on short shots can run this. Start with a few swings to learn what your own 10-yard hinge looks like, then work the ladder. It's a good winter drill because the only goal is a number on the screen.