[JerryG]

airair,
Please take some time and just chip for 30 minutes or so using only vertical hinging. I think if you follow D's grip instruction, think of keeping the back of your left hand, palm of right hand and club face finishing all facing the sky (if I am mistaken, D, please correct me quickly). It will pay off handsomely. Right after that stick tees in the ground at different distances and chip to them using only vertical hinging. It won't be long and you will have a GoTo shot you will use many times each round you play. To me it kind of feels like tossing bean bags with both hands up into the air so they land flat. The ball behaves nearly as well as the bean bag.