We don’t need to struggle just to understand the golf tips we are getting to try and improve our game.

Here’s a simple chipping tip you can use when you’re in the greenside rough and the blades of grass are facing your ball.

In other words, you are chipping against the grain.

A common occurrence in this situation is the club face tends to open as it comes through impact.

This adds loft to your chip and causes your chip to fall short of where you intended. You don’t get the normal roll and you end up with a long putt.

Here’s a chipping tip that should help you in this situation. And yes, it’s simple.

Close the club face and take a tighter grip to help prevent the face from opening too much at impact.

Be sure to analyze the rough before any shot so you can see how things like the grain of the grass might alter your shot.