Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
This, perfect the stroke and be able to use any club in your bag as a chipper, I chip with every club in my bag from a 52* wedge to a 17* hybrid.
I've bought a chipper.
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This, perfect the stroke and be able to use any club in your bag as a chipper, I chip with every club in my bag from a 52* wedge to a 17* hybrid.
one armed bandit
Newbie
What's the point? You must already have a 7 iron. How does duplication help?
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I've got one in the bag. Its purpose is simply as a 'get out of jail' club to be used from in trees, paths, rocky/scraggy lies etc, basically anywhere where taking on the shot will likely result in scratch or chip type damage to the club head but the shot is still doable
It works really well, a full hybrid head so it doesn't dig in on loose crap lies, 37* loft so not too much/little, 34" upright shaft so gets in tighter spaces in trees/bush's & saves me the odd shot as well as committing to the recovery shot without stressing over a damaged club
For chipping round the green I use 7/8/9 iron or PW (but would use this if the shot warranted it) I'd need to carry 3-4 other clubs I didn't care about damaging to replace its versatility
Basically it looks like a 7 hybrid with a shorter more upright shaft & nothing taken out the bag to accommodate it, I'd be nuts not to carry it
It works really well, a full hybrid head so it doesn't dig in on loose crap lies, 37* loft so not too much/little, 34" upright shaft so gets in tighter spaces in trees/bush's & saves me the odd shot as well as committing to the recovery shot without stressing over a damaged club
For chipping round the green I use 7/8/9 iron or PW (but would use this if the shot warranted it) I'd need to carry 3-4 other clubs I didn't care about damaging to replace its versatility
Basically it looks like a 7 hybrid with a shorter more upright shaft & nothing taken out the bag to accommodate it, I'd be nuts not to carry it
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
You've got more chance in sorting the NHS debt,
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Is (FINALLY) the right answer. A worthy addition to my bag in order to save my brand new irons from getting scuffed when I oink it in the crap.
Can i ask what is it about chipping that you are struggling with?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Though at times yesterday you forgot that you had it in your bag - not that it'd have helped us that much in our fruitless task attempting to hold back the veritable tide of nett bridies coming from williamalex1 and Turkish that engulfed us yesterday
williamalex1
Money List Winner
Though at times yesterday you forgot that you had it in your bag - not that it'd have helped us that much in our fruitless task attempting to hold back the veritable tide of nett bridies coming from williamalex1 and Turkish that engulfed us yesterday
Don't forget my net eagle
WillC
Assistant Pro
I think you can get the same type of **** with a 7 iron as you can with a chipper. (Bump and run)
But if the chipper works, it works. Also agree with the point about scratching your irons....might leave one of my old irons in the bag when I secure some new ones for that reason!
But if the chipper works, it works. Also agree with the point about scratching your irons....might leave one of my old irons in the bag when I secure some new ones for that reason!
WillC
Assistant Pro
t0m
Head Pro
I'm thinking of getting a chipper I normally use a 7 iron and bump and run but a chipper can be picked up for nothing
one armed bandit
Newbie
A chipper and a 7 iron have roughly the same loft. Cost of chipper unimportant. Both will run the ball in exactly the same way, the 7 iron giving you the additional advantage of enabling a full shot to the green. Duplication unproductive for the game. You end up with two 7 irons in the bag.
t0m
Head Pro
Yer but with the shaft position is it not more of a putter stroke
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Casual sexism is fair game on this forum. #bantz.
Jeez. Why not wait a month or more before you get uppity. That was posted 27th March. It was called banter
one armed bandit
Newbie
I concede the point about the shaft position. But in the end, there's nothing the chipper does that the 7 iron can't do. versatility with the 7 iron is simply a matter of practice. I know, because I've been down that road. Unproductive duplication.
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Do you concede that it does the same thing as a 7 iron without the need for as much practice?
one armed bandit
Newbie
Around the green, yes. But in my own case, I have limited space in the bag. Could not afford to drop another club. And couldn't hit a full shot with the chipper to the green from about 170 metres, which I do with the 7 iron. So I made the choice to improve my short game and drop the chipper cop out. Golf does require some dedication in order to improve. I I suggest our friend who is looking at a chipper spend some time on the range, working on the short game. The results will be most rewarding.
one armed bandit
Newbie
Let me expand my point. You have basically three types of shots you can play with an iron. A full shot, a half shot and a soft short shot. I'm using non-technical terms here, because a soft flop, short chip and short pitch shot are all feel shots I call soft short shots. Chippers assist with the soft short shots, without the need for as much practice as a 7 iron. The mid shots with the chipper are not as efficient and effective. Chippers are really useless on full shots because of the way they are configured. So considering this and that, and looking a the matter from all angles, I recommend that anyone dedicate the time required for improvement, by working on the short game.
