FairwayDodger
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Totally disagree, use it only when appropriate.
Are you too cool for the Texas Wedge?
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Totally disagree, use it only when appropriate.
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It's not always about how the ball gets to the hole
Will use a putter off the green if it's the best option
But seen some use it all the time even when it's not the right option and their game suffers because of it
Will use a putter off the green if it's the best option
But seen some use it all the time even when it's not the right option and their game suffers because of it
dewsweeper
Tour Rookie
Same here.Never happy using a long swing with the putter but a hybrid works well.
Dewsweeper
FairwayDodger
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I rarely putt from off the green when playing a bounce game/practising, for exactly this reason.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Playing at Blackmoor the other week, I was using my putter from off the green to very good effect.
Wasn't it Jack Nicklaus who once said "your worst putt is most probably going to be better than your best chip"????
Wasn't it Jack Nicklaus who once said "your worst putt is most probably going to be better than your best chip"????
Joff
Challenge Tour Pro
Jack hasn't seen me putt. 8 iron with a putting stroke if poss.
North Mimms
Tour Winner
That's a good idea- might try that.
I putt whenever I can which means when I can't putt and have to chip....oops!
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Id say i used to be yeah !
Have always chipped from off the green no mater how close , thought putting was the hackers way , after enough bad chips im now becoming a Texas Wedger ..
Have always chipped from off the green no mater how close , thought putting was the hackers way , after enough bad chips im now becoming a Texas Wedger ..
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Snelly
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I use a lob wedge for just about every chip. That changes to a closed 9 iron on links courses and sometimes I use the putter from off the green but again, only on a links.
Use it all the time around my place, far better option than to chip at Nairn and a lot of other links courses.
i used to be a "awesome" chipper from the fringe, but rarely use that shot at all as there is virtually no fringe at Nairn.
i used to be a "awesome" chipper from the fringe, but rarely use that shot at all as there is virtually no fringe at Nairn.
Stuey01
Journeyman Pro
If I'm on the fringe and conditions allow then I'm putting it. More than a couple of feet and I'll chip it, unless the fairway/fring is in great nick.
Martin70
Head Pro
I use it from very bare lies often when I play. As an 18 handicapper it eliminates the chance of a duffed chip and if you can get the speed right you can get it close.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
If it's the right shot the hit it. It's not a cure for poor chipping in my mind though, it can be just as much the poor option over soggy or bumpy ground. On highly quality courses with great surfaces it's a weapon indeed! At most places I've played at in England it's a lottery.
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Getting round 18 holes in the lowest possible number......that's cool :thup:
StrangelyBrown
Tour Winner
I'm cool on the golf course. I might have a swing that looks like an octopus falling out of a tree, but dammit I look cool :rofl:
And if I've got nothing to play over, I'll get the bread n'butter on it whenever I can
the smiling assassin
Challenge Tour Pro
Had a round at craigielaw last week - didn't chip once...
I used to play on a links course. One of the members would putt from 70yds in and was an absolute demon. Couldn't play for toffee on a parkland course with longer grass and bunkers in front of the green but on links he was very useful. Do whatever works for you. No shame in any shot in golf.
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Interesting.... I play a huge variety of shots around the greens there. You get into spots that really force you to think about how to play the next shot. Playing there regularly has improved my short game no end!
(Huge upturned saucer greens with big undulations all over, for those that don't know the course)
bobmac
Major Champion
When Ian Woosnam won the Masters in '91 he missed the green to the left on the last hole. He recalls thinking about chipping it but decided to putt it just in case he duffed the chip.
Green Bay Hacker
Journeyman Pro
For me it depends. If I have thinned a wedge around the green it will be in my head so I will probably revert to the putter.
It always used to amaze me the distance that a mate of the old mans would use his putter from. The only time he would get a wedge out was when he was in a bunker.
It always used to amaze me the distance that a mate of the old mans would use his putter from. The only time he would get a wedge out was when he was in a bunker.
