The 15 Chips Practice Game
To play 15 Chips, gather up five golf balls, and identify a target hole on the practice green. Then find a spot off the green that gives you (what you think should be) an easy chip shot to that hole. Drop those five balls and chip to your target hole. The goal is to get all five balls within two club-lengths of your target hole. For each one of the five shots you do that, give yourself a point.
Now take your five balls to another spot off the green, a spot that gives you (what you think will be) a chip shot of intermediate difficulty. Play the five chip shots, and again, give yourself a point for each shot you get within two club-lengths of your target hole.
Now find a third spot, one that gives you your toughest challenge, your most-difficult chip shot attempts. Play those five chip shots and give yourself a point for each ball that stops within two club-lengths of the target hole.
That's the progression in 15 Balls: five chip shots each from easy, intermediate and difficult locations around the practice green. You can increase the difficulty by playing harder lies, or by making the shots longer, or by adding lots of break to the shots you are attempting, whatever.
Play 15 Chips consistently over time and you can track your progress — if you keep working at it, you should see improvements in your chipping. As you get better, you can decrease the target area around each hole from two club-lengths to one club-length.
To play 15 Chips with a buddy, just make sure the two of you aren't getting in the way of anyone else on the practice green. Wager on the point totals to add some pressure to the mix. If you have the practice green to yourselves, you can also putt out each chip shot attempt and compare scores for bragging rights or money.
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