Younglast516
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Slagging people? Is that a word?
are chippers legal
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HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
What an aggressive and pompous fool. Ten years too late to the party or an IQ of 10
Why would you come on here and immediately slag of a long standing a respected member of the community
Crow
Crow Person
What an aggressive and pompous fool. Ten years too late to the party or an IQ of 10
Throw down the gauntlet Homer, chippers at dawn, winner takes all.
Younglast516
New member
Oh I’m sorry, I thought this was a male forum, please excuse me ladies I won’t take up any more of your time. I should have known when I saw the comment about sitting to pee.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Smiffy
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PhilTheFragger
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A word has been had with the newby ?
drdel
Tour Rookie
What an aggressive and pompous fool. Ten years too late to the party or an IQ of 10
The guy has a right to his view. How ĺong he has been posting is totally irrelevant.
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
PhilTheFragger
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What an aggressive and pompous fool. Ten years too late to the party or an IQ of 10
This is a case where the offending post should have been reported to the Mods for action.
Answering an aggressive and pompous post with another aggressive and pompous post rarely works
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
No it’s 2 words
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Were they made when the average of your clubs were?
chrisd
Major Champion
Respected??????
You've obviously never partnered him in a betterball.....
Nor have you Rob ......... played with but hardly partnered ??
Crow
Crow Person
Not far off, their peak popularity was probably the 80s & 90s, Bronty were the chipper kings.
I have at least one, a Swilken from the 1960s, but it's not the usual chipper style, more a short shafted 4 iron.
This one is probably from the 1930s but isn't named as a chipper, it says "Punch" on the sole.
It's purpose was a lofted club (it's about 30 degrees) for "putts" from off the green.
(I bet you wish you'd not mentioned it now!
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jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Not far off, their peak popularity was probably the 80s & 90s, Bronty were the chipper kings.
I have at least one, a Swilken from the 1960s, but it's not the usual chipper style, more a short shafted 4 iron.
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This one is probably from the 1930s but isn't named as a chipper, it says "Punch" on the sole.
It's purpose was a lofted club (it's about 30 degrees) for "putts" from off the green.
(I bet you wish you'd not mentioned it now!
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Nice photos
I used to have a mate, who was an occasional golfer who played, with those at the bottom. One of the things that made me laugh with him was he thought he used to hit a SW about 140 yards until I pointed out to him that the club was so old that the 8 had rubbed out to look like an S.
Sweep
Journeyman Pro
Chippers are certainly legal. Some golfers frown on them because they think they make chipping too easy. The same golfers will go out and spend £££ on a new driver, a range finder or to be fitted for equipment because it makes the game easier. They say you should learn to chip with the other clubs in your bag, particularly wedges. That’s what proper golfers do. They don’t say you should hit lob shots with 4 irons because Seve could do it. The same people will also tell you that the quickest way to get your handicap down is improving your chipping and putting, but seem to think you should make this as hard as possible.
I struggled with chipping badly. Bought an Odyssey chipper as a last resort. It wasn’t the cure all I was hoping for because the simple truth is that they are not suitable for every chip. But when you find yourself with some green to work with, they do the business. Even then you have to hit them correctly. I found that this meant making sure you keep your hands ahead of the clubhead through the shot.
Oddly, my chipping with other clubs improved quite dramatically but the chipper has stayed in the bag.
In the end it’s about what your game needs to succeed and in the case of a chipper, do you have room for one in your bag. A chipper is not as one dimensional as some think but you will be using one of your 14 clubs for a club which may not be used too often.
The game is about getting the ball in the hole and doing so with legal equipment, so don’t listen to those that knock chippers. They are a tool to do a job. If they make the job easier, then why worry?
I struggled with chipping badly. Bought an Odyssey chipper as a last resort. It wasn’t the cure all I was hoping for because the simple truth is that they are not suitable for every chip. But when you find yourself with some green to work with, they do the business. Even then you have to hit them correctly. I found that this meant making sure you keep your hands ahead of the clubhead through the shot.
Oddly, my chipping with other clubs improved quite dramatically but the chipper has stayed in the bag.
In the end it’s about what your game needs to succeed and in the case of a chipper, do you have room for one in your bag. A chipper is not as one dimensional as some think but you will be using one of your 14 clubs for a club which may not be used too often.
The game is about getting the ball in the hole and doing so with legal equipment, so don’t listen to those that knock chippers. They are a tool to do a job. If they make the job easier, then why worry?
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Sweep
Journeyman Pro
As I say, why worry?Because other people laugh at you?????
In the real world people laugh at those who use a spanner to hit a nail into a piece of wood.
I saw them laughing when Todd Hamilton won the Open too. ?
a guy off 15 won one of our Silver trophys with one in the bag last year, the only person to win one who wasn't a Scratch/ +fig golfer
