Chipper

[USER1999]

I think there's a typo in that message as you surely meant SW or LW from 165 yards!
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It was a little lay up 6i. I had hoped to feather it in with a baby fade, float it in to the pin, and stop it dead on the 2nd bounce.
Obviously I could have gone eyeballs out with a 50. It was an option, but instead I went with the thin 6.

To be fair, I think the main issue was the drive. Just the 320 carry off the tee didn't get me near enough.

 

[Gufit]

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[3offTheTee]

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Are you Joe Kelly?

Really do not understand what the article has to do with chippers

 

[ScienceBoy]

I see people taking out a 60* wedge for a 20 yard chip over flat clear ground...

I want to yell at the “take a 7 iron!!!!!”

 

[Capella]

If you are a lot more confident over (long) putts than you are over a chip of the same length, then a chipper can help, because visually it sets up more like a putter. (I find you can just as easy do a putting motion with an 8 or 9 iron to get a similar result, but I get that lining up the chipper might feel more familiar) But I find chippers very one-dimensional, because you cannot change the angle of attack depending on the lie and on how much fringe/rough you might need to cover. I bought one on ebay when I first started playing, but apart from a few rounds early on I have never really used it much and took it out of the bag rather quickly.

 

[Orikoru]

I see people taking out a 60* wedge for a 20 yard chip over flat clear ground...

I want to yell at the “take a 7 iron!!!!!”

Funny you should say that, I recently played with a mate who's a beginner this year. He did the same, pulling the 60 for short chips, and I thought the same as you and told him so as a bit of advice. But he then proceeded to chip quite well with it, and when he tried my idea of using the 8 iron later on, it was rubbish and he chunked it well off the other side of the green. Each to their own I suppose.

 

[Foxholer]

There's no place for an ego on the scorecard! Even beside 'Handicap'!

I've tried one and it worked pretty well.

Currently have a Hogan Sure Out 56* Wedge (with enormous sole) in the bag (Bunker woes) that can do/does the same job. Happy to pitch-and-roll with an 8 iron or even a rescue and have been pretty deadly with those at times.

Basically, if it works (better than alternatives) for you, give it a try - provided you 'have space in the bag'.

 

[need_my_wedge]

My brother uses one as he's not confident trying other clubs. Me, I mostly putt with a 9 iron anywhere from 20 - 30 yards out. My lad will always use a wedge, sometimes I look on in horror as he's playing a 58 from two yards out, downhill towards water, but he vindicates himself when he stops it stone dead most of the time. I've tried doing it a few times recently, but the nine iron putt seems to work a lot better for me.