Chipping Around The Green

Why is it called 'chipping around the green', surely a sensible name would be 'chipping onto the green and getting it close...'
have been trying everything now my chipping is a bit more 'comfortable' - will take anything from SW, 51 degree, PW to longer irons for bump and run
am having a great time with it
not always close - but having great fun practicing!:clap:
 
Heidi said:
Why is it called 'chipping around the green', surely a sensible name would be 'chipping onto the green and getting it close...'
have been trying everything now my chipping is a bit more 'comfortable' - will take anything from SW, 51 degree, PW to longer irons for bump and run
am having a great time with it
not always close - but having great fun practicing!:clap:
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Unfortunately I'm not as sensible as you Heidi
 
I had a short game lesson last Monday. Waste of time now but it had corrected a few issues, primarily in set up and the hour or so I put in after was great. I could hit all sorts of shots, high and low and with any club. I've always been an advocate of getting it onto the green as soon as possible and letting it run out as there are far fewer variables to worry about. The good old fashioned pitch and run for me unless I'm in greenside rough or have a bunker to go over. Sometimes if I'm playing a solo round or the roll up card is blown I'll play around with higher chips to the pin but to be honest the success ratio is too low compared with a stock pitch and run
 
Foxholer said:
Yes. I'm a Rescue Putt guy. And if the path to the green is clear, then 7 or 8 with putt-ish stroke works better than wedges. Once just missed an Eagle on Old Course 15th with an 80yd putt!

Unfortunately, the lack of use/practice means that the wedge shots near the green when I have to use them are pretty dodgy! :mad:
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Hell of a drive on 15 to get within 80 yards - or was it on the par-5 14th?
 
No.

If i can get away with it I'll putt at my home course. If i'm in a Bunker i use my 56 deg SW and if need a bump and run its 7,8 or 9 iron. from rough, a gap wedge.
 
58* for anything over 3 feet away from the green on with the pin tight to the green, my side. Hold it like a putter and use a putting stroke.

Will occasionally use a 9 iron for chips shots from the fringe over a short range.

I like to use a lofted club so I can attack the pin and get the ball to check up.
 
Wht do you carry so many wedges if your not using them when they are supposed to be used? take a few out and add more distance clubs!
 
1st Choice = Putter
2nd Choice = 6/7/8/9/PW depending on distance to hole
3rd Choice = 52
4th Choice (or necessity) = lob shot
 
eltub1 said:
Wht do you carry so many wedges if your not using them when they are supposed to be used? take a few out and add more distance clubs!
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51 from about 100 yds
56 from about 60 yds
60 from bunkers or chips over hazards

So there!

For distance it's usually driver-iron or driver-4 wood-iron
 
SAPCOR1 said:
51 from about 100 yds
56 from about 60 yds
60 from bunkers or chips over hazards

So there!

For distance it's usually driver-iron or driver-4 wood-iron
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Hey im not having a go at you lol i myself use my pw,53,56,60. But i use them all for chipping and from 120 yards in, but i never take a full swing with them just 3/4 if i need more i go up a club, i place the ball on the back foot with the 53 for long shots that get a little check to stop and use the others according to the shot required....
 
IMHO it is all about being creative and knowing your strengths and weaknesses.

I can usually make the green in 2 on par 4's and 3 on 5's but on the occasions I come up short, I had a great success and fun using a 7 or a 5. I just come right down the shaft if I am close.

More distance clubs would be lost on me as I can't hit a 3 iron and rarely use my 4, in fact can't remember when I last used a 3 or 4 iron.

I would be better to take out the 4 rather than a wedge and maybe add another wood
 
eltub1 said:
Hey im not having a go at you lol i myself use my pw,53,56,60. But i use them all for chipping and from 120 yards in, but i never take a full swing with them just 3/4 if i need more i go up a club, i place the ball on the back foot with the 53 for long shots that get a little check to stop and use the others according to the shot required....
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No worries, no offence taken! Just my so called sense of humour!

After all I did ask for everyone's thoughts and we all play the game differently.

What works for me might not work for someone else.

I wish that was that good that I could ignore all advice!
 
For me i got 3 wedges and use them all in different ways around the green
P for all common chips around the green when ive got alittle green to roll with
62 Wedge for when i need height, over bunker or maybe hole in very front of green and i cant roll it
SW when i got a perfect fluffy lie and i can use the very wide sole for a easy contact
 
As shots around the green vary tremendously, the shots required must also vary.
You could be 10 yards off the green playing to a front pin on a hard fast links course. For me, putter all day.
Or in a fluffy lie with a back pin just beyond a step in the green. Probably a 9 for me.
Pin in the middle with a bad lie. SW
etc etc etc
To limit yourself to one club means you have to be able to play all the shots with that one club...which is fine if you can do it.
I don't normally go any lower than a 7 iron but use all the rest for shots around the green.
7,8,9 for the runners
PW for the 1/2 and 1/2
SW if I want it higher or I've got a bad lie.
 
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