Chipper or smartsole

[harpo_72]

Hybrids are excellent for a bump and run.

I found the faces are a bit hot and they are lack feel… they need to be forged

 

[harpo_72]

Just worked my bag out, the chipper fits in when I put my yardages and strategy together.

 

[Orikoru]

I found the faces are a bit hot and they are lack feel… they need to be forged

That's exactly why they're great for greenside rough, you don't have to swing long or hard and they're almost impossible to duff. It's just a little punch and the ball pops out nicely with a good roll on it. It's hard to get it drastically wrong.

 

[harpo_72]

That's exactly why they're great for greenside rough, you don't have to swing long or hard and they're almost impossible to duff. It's just a little punch and the ball pops out nicely with a good roll on it. It's hard to get it drastically wrong.

Yup, but I don’t carry hybrids normally, I have experimented with one this winter but I cannot see it making my summer set up. It just doesn’t offer me anything different to what I have or need. In fact it was being dropped from the winter bag, because it wasn’t a stand out option.

 

[srixon 1]

That's exactly why they're great for greenside rough, you don't have to swing long or hard and they're almost impossible to duff. It's just a little punch and the ball pops out nicely with a good roll on it. It's hard to get it drastically wrong.

I have practiced this loads but there is no consistency with it. The ball just zooms of the face and very rarely gets as close to the flag as I do with a wedge.

 

[Orikoru]

I have practiced this loads but there is no consistency with it. The ball just zooms of the face and very rarely gets as close to the flag as I do with a wedge.

Horses for courses I guess. I find it more consistent than a wedge for those sticky muddy lies, since you can't stick it in the turf or knife the ball through the other side. I tend to lift the heel of the hybrid and hit more with the toe as well, that stops it flying off too hot.

 

[harpo_72]

Watched the Bullard vs Rock video. Apart from the general banter there was some really good tips and comments about chipping.
I had got to a point where I had realised my general set up was incorrect. I applied the set up changes to my chipping and it is like the comments Rock was making.. so far I have not broken any windows when using live ammo in the back garden.
So the chipper will be dropped and I will take it to the course… when I get rid of this cold.