Lancashire coach Gareth Benson continues his online golf academy: Chipping around the green.

1. When chipping around the green, the number one priority is to get the ball running along the greens surface as quickly as possible. Judging the pace of a ball is far easier the gauging its flight.

Try to visualise the shot you want to play in your mind's eye, taking into account how high the ball will fly where it is going to land and how much it will roll. Your two main objectives are to land the ball just on to the green's surface where possible and make sure that landing spot is on a reasonably flat area. Any severe undulation will tend to kick the ball awkwardly and you may find distance and accuracy harder to judge.

2. Flight and roll guide: seven iron 1/3 distance through the air, 2/3 along the ground.

Pitching wedge distance through the air, along the ground.

Sand wedge 2/3 distance through the air, 1/3 along the ground.

Assess the general pace of the green.

Take into account how wet or dry is the green's surface. Is the shot up hill or down hill or into the wind or down wind? All these factors will have an influence on how the ball reacts on landing and how far it rolls.

3. Knowing the flight and roll ratio of a selection of chipping clubs will provide you with a definite system and make your shot selection far easier. In theory, working on a landing spot that is a lot closer to you than the actual flag will make judging distance far simpler than concentrating solely on the hole.

Having confidence in knowing exactly how far the ball will roll on landing will free up the mind to make a relaxed, free-flowing chipping action and eliminate any guess work.