richart
Major Champion
Hope your partners don't take the proverbial out of you.
Bargain alert!!
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chrisd
Major Champion
Hope your partners don't take the proverbial out of you.
Don't worry about Rob, he'll stay chipper!
richart
Major Champion
If it doesn't work it could be helicoptered into the sea.
chrisd
Major Champion
If it doesn't work it could be helicoptered into the sea.
He seems pretty convinced that it's in for good!
richart
Major Champion
You don't know Rob very well do you ?
chrisd
Major Champion
You don't know Rob very well do you ?
.... it's more this time playing with in the Cooden (something or other) soon, and don't want to get him being indecisive
Markw
Head Pro
Just got back from the club. What an absolute revelation!!
Took about 50 practice balls with me and set myself up about 10 yards off the practice putting/chipping green.
Took me a little while to get the strength and technique right but within 10 to 12 balls I had canned my first one.
I then went and picked the balls up again, and started over.
My first 5 chips all hit the pin, with two of them dropping.
Within the next 5 minutes, about 20 balls were nestling around the cup, all within "gimme" range, even for me.
A couple more actually dropped into the hole, so that was four actually canned out of about 25 balls in total.
I am absolutely delighted and there is no doubt at all that I will be carrying this club with me all the time from now on.
I reckon with this in my bag I should be able to save maybe 5 or 6 shots a round, and a single figure handicap is definitely on the horizon.
Watch this space!!!
Nice one, hope it works out and lowers those scores.
Not sure how you approach the shot but after using mine for a few years, I have worked out distances in the various conditions and stick to that rule by picking a landing spot to aim for after lining up. In normal average conditions mine works out around half way of distance on anything from 10 to 30 yds and very dry a little less but in wet conditions its approaching 3/4 of distance to land ball. On longer shots I can get roll out with the ball hit from centre of stance to a very short stopping distance when played off the back foot.
Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
Just out of interest buddy, look up "Slotline Inertia Chipper" I've got one of these and it's exactly what you'd have designed, well rounded leading edge and the ball just "pops" off the face beautifully with very little effort !...:thup:
Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
I don't understand it either matey, it's touted as a "training aid" and I've found that using this for a while sets you up nicely for when you go back to using the wedges !...:thup:
Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
Single striking face only, putter grips can be used in informal play, standard grips only for formal (match) play and cannot be used at all under "Tournament" conditions !...:thup:
Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
Just got back from the club. What an absolute revelation!!
Took about 50 practice balls with me and set myself up about 10 yards off the practice putting/chipping green.
Took me a little while to get the strength and technique right but within 10 to 12 balls I had canned my first one.
I then went and picked the balls up again, and started over.
My first 5 chips all hit the pin, with two of them dropping.
Within the next 5 minutes, about 20 balls were nestling around the cup, all within "gimme" range, even for me.
A couple more actually dropped into the hole, so that was four actually canned out of about 25 balls in total.
I am absolutely delighted and there is no doubt at all that I will be carrying this club with me all the time from now on.
I reckon with this in my bag I should be able to save maybe 5 or 6 shots a round, and a single figure handicap is definitely on the horizon.
Watch this space!!!
Glad to hear it's working for you buddy, they're worth every penny aren't they !...:thup:
andycap
Head Pro
Just got back from the club. What an absolute revelation!!
Took about 50 practice balls with me and set myself up about 10 yards off the practice putting/chipping green.
Took me a little while to get the strength and technique right but within 10 to 12 balls I had canned my first one.
I then went and picked the balls up again, and started over.
My first 5 chips all hit the pin, with two of them dropping.
Within the next 5 minutes, about 20 balls were nestling around the cup, all within "gimme" range, even for me.
A couple more actually dropped into the hole, so that was four actually canned out of about 25 balls in total.
I am absolutely delighted and there is no doubt at all that I will be carrying this club with me all the time from now on.
I reckon with this in my bag I should be able to save maybe 5 or 6 shots a round, and a single figure handicap is definitely on the horizon.
Watch this space!!!
thats pretty good stats , but with a bucket of balls you could probably do that with a 7 iron , but as you know its a lot different out on the course when youve only got one ball and one shot
Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
Well "Smiffy" as long as your happy with it who cares what the "Nay Sayers" think, all I gotta say is I hope you get as much success with your new chipper as I do with mine !...:thup:
rosecott
Money List Winner
I get the bit that chippers with putter grips are illegal.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "formal (match) play" in which chippers with approved grips are OK.
I have no idea what these "Tournament conditions" are which would preclude their use.
Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
Not illegal during informal play !...
Anything with an official score !...
No idea either !...
Sats
Challenge Tour Pro
Having had a chipping seminar with Denis Pugh I feel far more confident around the greens now. Otherwise I'd grabbed one of these!
Markw
Head Pro
For anyone interested in trying one, just seen this on ebay at a good price, similar to mine and looks versatile....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131501668798?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131501668798?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
drew83
Challenge Tour Pro
After playing yesterday & practicing the putter stroke with a wedge, I found I could play the shots I wanted & land with 2-3 feet of the hole. Had a couple where I got a bit too enthusiastic, but on the whole found I could play the shot nicely.
richart
Major Champion
I was amazed how your short game improved with the chipper Rob.:thup: Do you think it will just work on hard links courses, or will it be just as good on parkland courses ? I will look into getting one when I return from Spain. Do I need to be custom fit ?
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
If you feel that you want custom fitting for a putter, then I would go ahead and get custom fit for the chipper Rich.
But I didn't bother, just bought it straight off the shelf (no different shaft flexes to mess up this time lol!!)
I love it.
I couldn't believe that I actually canned 5 chips from off the green. And those that didn't go in, nestled within 6" of the hole.
I didn't hit many greens in regulation I know, but with this club in my bag I don't care any more.
As I said to you on the day, this is definitely going to get me down to single figures.
And I think Louise was impressed too.
It definitely worked well on the shorter grass around the greens of Hayling mate, if the grass is longer on parkland courses that I play then I will revert back to using my wedge, but Coodens greens and surrounds are very similar to Hayling so I reckon I will be ok.
Net 62 eh?? Who'd have thought it a month ago!!
:whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo:
