Parmo
Tour Winner
I think GM should do a test on chippers.
Men who use chippers!!
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Wilts
Club Champion
I think the 7 iron will come out on top!!!
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
Surely the thread title should be changed to:
"Men who use chippers are poofters"
What a complete waste of a club and what a complete cop-out buying one, anyone who owns one should be hung, drawn & quartered!
"Men who use chippers are poofters"
What a complete waste of a club and what a complete cop-out buying one, anyone who owns one should be hung, drawn & quartered!
Spoff
Tour Rookie
I've 13 clubs in the bag at the minute and have considered a cheap left hand club, especially as I end up under trees all the time
Ste_Denial
Head Pro
deffo got a debate going there parmo
theeaglehunter
Tour Winner
This thread could cause some offense to those who do have one in the bag!
...Good job as well, it's about time they all got the message that nobody likes them (the club that is
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Even when I've tried them I haven't got on with them, but each to their own as always. If it worked I would use one without a doubt, even if I would get unknown quantities of stick for it! Fair play to those who do- they obviously have a thick skin
...Good job as well, it's about time they all got the message that nobody likes them (the club that is
)Even when I've tried them I haven't got on with them, but each to their own as always. If it worked I would use one without a doubt, even if I would get unknown quantities of stick for it! Fair play to those who do- they obviously have a thick skin
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
I had a go with the Cally one. Not with a view to buy, but more to do with being bored. Sits closed (I find all odessey stuff like this, so it is probably me, or being tall-ish).
It is quite odd to use, as the ball has a lot of check on it from the soft insert. It didn't strike me as being that predictable without alot of practice, which surely negates the point of it.
My dad has a bronty. Doesn't use it much anymore though.
I looked at the Cleveland thing. Ugly as.
I don't want one, and certainly don't have room in the bag for one, but I don't have a great issue with those who use them. Each to their own.
But......
Broomstick/belly putters should be banned first.
It is quite odd to use, as the ball has a lot of check on it from the soft insert. It didn't strike me as being that predictable without alot of practice, which surely negates the point of it.
My dad has a bronty. Doesn't use it much anymore though.
I looked at the Cleveland thing. Ugly as.
I don't want one, and certainly don't have room in the bag for one, but I don't have a great issue with those who use them. Each to their own.
But......
Broomstick/belly putters should be banned first.
Parmo
Tour Winner
Its been a tad quite in here this week. Wait til I start the thread Custom fitting is a myth and doesnt improve your golf!!!
Parmo,
If we did I would be 100% confident that the vast majority of average golfers would get the ball considerably closer far more of the time (when no obstacles intervene of course). I have played with many, many golfers who would undoubtedly lower their scores significantly by putting one in the bag... but then there's that stigma isn't there? 'Chipper equals chopper' in the eyes of others.
It's not how but how many and all that...
6 or 7-iron, yes maybe, but you don't get that very wide forgiving sole that is half the chipper's winning formula.
This is of course just my opinion and I don't carry one as I think I'm reasonable around the greens. But for many - and especially those masters of the 'mother of all deceleration' duffed or knifed 60 degree wedge from two feet off the green... well!
If we did I would be 100% confident that the vast majority of average golfers would get the ball considerably closer far more of the time (when no obstacles intervene of course). I have played with many, many golfers who would undoubtedly lower their scores significantly by putting one in the bag... but then there's that stigma isn't there? 'Chipper equals chopper' in the eyes of others.
It's not how but how many and all that...
6 or 7-iron, yes maybe, but you don't get that very wide forgiving sole that is half the chipper's winning formula.
This is of course just my opinion and I don't carry one as I think I'm reasonable around the greens. But for many - and especially those masters of the 'mother of all deceleration' duffed or knifed 60 degree wedge from two feet off the green... well!
slugger
Tour Rookie
aparantly the chipper is set to replace almost every club in your bag!!!
Parmo
Tour Winner
lol slugger
Jezza, I totally agree and if I was honest to my game I would say a good chipper could save me shots or practice like Jr's who make chipping look so easy, but I don't have the time.
Anyone got a chipper for sale?
Jezza, I totally agree and if I was honest to my game I would say a good chipper could save me shots or practice like Jr's who make chipping look so easy, but I don't have the time.
Anyone got a chipper for sale?
slugger
Tour Rookie
here you go...
http://www.thesportshq.com/texan-golf-stainless-steel-chipper1.aspx
costs just as much to have it posted mind you!
http://www.thesportshq.com/texan-golf-stainless-steel-chipper1.aspx
costs just as much to have it posted mind you!
heronsghyll
Head Pro
For what it is worth - I have this to say.
I want to score well. I will do anything to get a score to be proud of and use any club I could. I would even go so far as to say I would use an umbrella if it got me a good score.
I am not proud and would support anyone using any "legal" club to shoot their best score. I happen to not use a chipper and never have, but would not decry anyone from doing so. That's not the spirit of the game, in my opinion.
I want to score well. I will do anything to get a score to be proud of and use any club I could. I would even go so far as to say I would use an umbrella if it got me a good score.
I am not proud and would support anyone using any "legal" club to shoot their best score. I happen to not use a chipper and never have, but would not decry anyone from doing so. That's not the spirit of the game, in my opinion.
D
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BAN THEM!!!!!!
Personally, if you can't chip a ball using an iron then you really shouldn't be playing golf IMO.
Personally, if you can't chip a ball using an iron then you really shouldn't be playing golf IMO.
freddielong
Tour Winner
Funny title men don't use chippers
Parmo
Tour Winner
Some mixed feelings on the matter of chippers, if I had room I might consider one after wise words from Jezza & heronsghyll but I don't have room.
I did see a second hand Odyessey X man one in Golfbidder for £60!!
I did see a second hand Odyessey X man one in Golfbidder for £60!!
TonyN
Money List Winner
No, no, Just No.
Pure gimmick just like the K1.
Yes they have wider soles but if you cant chip with your own 7 irons then you shouldn't be using it. You should be using Callaway Big Bertha irons or something similar. Then chip with that 7 iron.
I played with a guy who used one and to be honest, he was worse with it because it was twice as heavy as all his other clubs and he couldn't find any consistency with it.
I noticed it also promoted a wristy/putting stroke instead of striking down on the ball. He still managed to thin a few!!!!
Pure gimmick just like the K1.
Yes they have wider soles but if you cant chip with your own 7 irons then you shouldn't be using it. You should be using Callaway Big Bertha irons or something similar. Then chip with that 7 iron.
I played with a guy who used one and to be honest, he was worse with it because it was twice as heavy as all his other clubs and he couldn't find any consistency with it.
I noticed it also promoted a wristy/putting stroke instead of striking down on the ball. He still managed to thin a few!!!!
stevek1969
Money List Winner
Correct KeefG chippers are for poofters
nomadpaul
Challenge Tour Pro
...and this is where the snobbery that golf is sometimes accused of raises it's head .
Basically , why should anyone give a tinker's cuss about what another golfer is using ? Is it legal ? Yes....so end of arguement.
We've all used better balls , graphite shafted clubs etc etc to improve. I like to concentrate on my own poor game rather than get apoplectic about a golfer using a club to make sure he enjoy's his round of golf....after all , isn't enjoyment what it's all about !!!
Basically , why should anyone give a tinker's cuss about what another golfer is using ? Is it legal ? Yes....so end of arguement.
We've all used better balls , graphite shafted clubs etc etc to improve. I like to concentrate on my own poor game rather than get apoplectic about a golfer using a club to make sure he enjoy's his round of golf....after all , isn't enjoyment what it's all about !!!
haplesshacker
Money List Winner
I see that any sense of logical discussion has removed itself from this thread, (by some anyway!).
I know that some of you don't drive very 'manly' cars. Does that make you gay!? Probably not. Should you be banned from driving them? I guess that most of you that have hair probably pinch the wifes shampoo whilst in the shower. Does that make you less manly?
Get over it. The club is legal. If someone wants to use one, what is your problem.
Never heard so much tosh in all my time here!!
(This thread has got to be a wind up!)
I know that some of you don't drive very 'manly' cars. Does that make you gay!? Probably not. Should you be banned from driving them? I guess that most of you that have hair probably pinch the wifes shampoo whilst in the shower. Does that make you less manly?
Get over it. The club is legal. If someone wants to use one, what is your problem.
Never heard so much tosh in all my time here!!
(This thread has got to be a wind up!)
