I've bought a chipper.

delc said:
I used to play with John Letters Master Model bladed irons and got down to 6 handicap with them. Then took a 20 year break from the game. When I took it up again I found they were terribly unforgiving of any off centre hits. Therefore as many tour pros were by now using game improvement type irons, I decided to change to them, particularly as I was not as good as I had been as a teenager. My clubs since have been Titleist DTR, Titleist DCI, Ping ISI (smaller headed version), Ping i15, and now the Taylor Mades, which are fairly mid-sized. Please note that I have never used the real big shovels, such as the Ping G series. I did at one point buy a secondhand set of McGregor bladed irons, but was not very successful playing with them!
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A point well missed.
No-one was questioning your choice of clubs, just your attitude to those who choose to use a chipper to try to improve their score like you were doing when you ditched your blades, along with your odd assertion that those who use a chipper must be female.
As an aside, I know some women don't hit it a far as men, but why would women be poorer at chipping?
 
delc said:
I used to play with John Letters Master Model bladed irons and got down to 6 handicap with them. Then took a 20 year break from the game. When I took it up again I found they were terribly unforgiving of any off centre hits. Therefore as many tour pros were by now using game improvement type irons, I decided to change to them, particularly as I was not as good as I had been as a teenager. My clubs since have been Titleist DTR, Titleist DCI, Ping ISI (smaller headed version), Ping i15, and now the Taylor Mades, which are fairly mid-sized. Please note that I have never used the real big shovels, such as the Ping G series. I did at one point buy a secondhand set of McGregor bladed irons, but was not very successful playing with them!
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I really couldn't care less what you've played and when. It was a sarcastic response to your pathetic comment.

But feel free to enlighten me on your trials and tribulations in pursuit of the perfect set......
 
pendodave said:
Hope it goes well.
It's always curious to see what people will do to try and knock shots of their h/c (fitted irons, new driver, hopping about astride a putt with fingers in the air, bookshelves of self help, special drinks/snacks etc etc etc) and what they would never do because it would be completely ridiculous (try a chipper)....
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This is a good point, well made.
 
A chipper is much easier to use, but won't necessarily improve your score. I lose most of my shots around the green and my chipping is woeful. I would conservatively estimate poor chipping costs me 3 or 4 shots per round, so for a £20 investment it was a no-brainer to try a chipper. Off I went to our practice green and without taking too much notice threw some balls out say 15' off the green. It was only when I addressed the ball that I realised I had dropped the balls into grass a little longer than fairway height and the pin was cut close to my side of the green as if I had short sided myself. I immediately realised the limitations of a chipper. There was no way I could get the ball anywhere near the pin using the chipper and it just wasn't the club to use out of that length of grass, yet there was nothing untypical about the chip when playing an average round.
I soon noticed that all the instructional chipping videos on YouTube are all filmed playing off perfect lies with lots of green to work with. It seems so easy when the pro chips the ball up close and that's because it is. As you will know if you watch these videos on YouTube, there are various methods of chipping and they all work well in these simplest of scenarios. We can all practice from the fringe or from the fairway but many chips encountered in a round of golf are from bad lies or over bunkers or with no green between you and the flag. A chipper won't help you there. If you can master the bump and run with any particular club in the bag you will make your chipper redundant. If you struggle with a bump and run a chipper will be a God send.
I was gutted when I realised as I was hoping it was the answer to my woes. I still wish it was for my sake and for all those who give up the game because shots like chipping should be so easy, but in reality they are not and it is so frustrating. During that practice session I spent a long time chipping off the fringe with lots of green to work with and whilst the chipper was good, it was no better than a 7 or 8 iron, and that is where the chipper excels. I realised that chipping is so dependent on the lie. By the end of the session I was chipping it close from all kind of lies, up banks and over bunkers. Did my scores improve? No. Probably because I don't have 3 hours every few days to spend on the practice green and probably because on the course you have one shot at getting it right with no practice. And that's me. Give me a few goes and I will hit every shot well and probably play to single figures. Sadly, they only give you one go in golf.
 
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Gary, what club are you dropping to make room in the bag for the chipper? Nothing wrong with them per se but hard to justify the slot in the bag unless you really can't chip with other clubs.
 
The plan would be to drop my 60 wedge although i could as easily drop my gap wedge.

This would only really be for links games where bump and run is required more often than not.

Depending on how it works, it may not make the bag at all but i don't see the point in at least not trialing this club.
 
Papas1982 said:
I really couldn't care less what you've played and when. It was a sarcastic response to your pathetic comment.

But feel free to enlighten me on your trials and tribulations in pursuit of the perfect set......
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how come you singled out this post in particluar? There are many other simarly derogatory posts in this thread.
 
So send him a pm.
Asking those sort of questions on the open forum could be classed as flaming.

The question was off topic too.

Back to the subject please
 
PhilTheFragger said:
So send him a pm.
Asking those sort of questions on the open forum could be classed as flaming.

The question was off topic too.

Back to the subject please
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Threads often drift away from the original topic, thats just forums for you.
 
guest100718 said:
Threads often drift away from the original topic, thats just forums for you.
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Yes and its our job as moderators to steer them back on track,
Now you are not helping us achieve this aim, in fact you are positively hindering it, so suggest you either stick to the thread subject or a seasonal 8 pointer for ignoring advice might just be delivered with our blessings.
 
PhilTheFragger said:
Yes and its our job as moderators to steer them back on track,
Now you are not helping us achieve this aim, in fact you are positively hindering it, so suggest you either stick to the thread subject or a seasonal 8 pointer for ignoring advice might just be delivered with our blessings.
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No problem ptf. I would probably never buy a chipper
 
guest100718 said:
how come you singled out this post in particluar? There are many other simarly derogatory posts in this thread.
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Quite simply because I don't tend to read an entire old thread to police everyone. I saw a sexist comment, in the latest posts so posted on it.

If someone else had, I'd have commented too. But, unless you can highlight the other sexist post yesterday I'll stick to my original point.

I do do hope that's ok Sir.
 
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I've never seen the results board at the club state that player 'x' won using a chipper, or any other club. Its a game of how many, not what's in the bag. If its works for you, crack on.

Wonder how many players have used a hybrid from just short or from the fringe...?
 
It does make me giggle when some go on and on about how poor their chipping is and will happliy spend a lot of money on constant lessons to still have a poor short game but then turn their nose up at the idea of using a club which could help their rubbish chipping
 
Liverpoolphil said:
It does make me giggle when some go on and on about how poor their chipping is and will happliy spend a lot of money on constant lessons to still have a poor short game but then turn their nose up at the idea of using a club which could help their rubbish chipping
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Totally agree with this common sense.
if it works use it .
If it's got a head a shaft and a grip it's just a golf club made for a specific purpose all this stuff about his masculinity is crap no pictures on score cards.

i do remember an old member of Lee Park years ago had one with loft both sides so you could use it right and left handed.
would this still be legal now.?.
 
clubchamp98 said:
Totally agree with this common sense.
if it works use it .
If it's got a head a shaft and a grip it's just a golf club made for a specific purpose all this stuff about his masculinity is crap no pictures on score cards.

i do remember an old member of Lee Park years ago had one with loft both sides so you could use it right and left handed.
would this still be legal now.?.
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No the double sided ones are non conforming
So don't buy one of those
 
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