Parmo
Tour Winner
Why don't you learn to chip and pitch rather than use a ladies club? I played with a fella on Monday who used one and to be honest I was embarrassed for him!!!
Men who use chippers!!
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dandpl
Club Champion
Why don't you learn to chip and pitch rather than use a ladies club? I played with a fella on Monday who used one and to be honest I was embarrassed for him!!!
But did it work?
If so whats the problem?
dandpl
Parmo
Tour Winner
Tbh it really didnt, well not anymore so than my 7i which it basically is.
medwayjon
Tour Winner
I wouldnt have one in my bag, a waste of a club to be honest when so many others in the bag can be used for the same job.
Totally agree with Parmo, the man should be ashamed.
Totally agree with Parmo, the man should be ashamed.
robfenech
Newbie
lol - yep I agree, a 5,7,9 iron all do the same job and give you a lot more variety depending on the loft to roll ratio you want. Chippers are the devils work 
haplesshacker
Money List Winner
Surely they're allowed 14 clubs, just as you are. How that 14 is made up is their choice!? QED, recent hybrid discussion, and 3 or 4 wedge discussion.
Okay I had a cheap one, couldn't use it, so I had to learn through trial and error how to chip with a wedge.
So we've had ban hybrids, now chippers. Whatever next mallet headed putters!?
Stop being so condrasending and let folks just get on with it!
That should put the cat amongest the pidgeons. All TIC of course.
Okay I had a cheap one, couldn't use it, so I had to learn through trial and error how to chip with a wedge.
So we've had ban hybrids, now chippers. Whatever next mallet headed putters!?
Stop being so condrasending and let folks just get on with it!
That should put the cat amongest the pidgeons. All TIC of course.
Wilts
Club Champion
i thankfully have never seen one in use, in fact i thought they were a Myth!!
I agree, why waste a club when a 7iron dose the same thing. That said how would a chipper perform with a full swing? Anyone?
I agree, why waste a club when a 7iron dose the same thing. That said how would a chipper perform with a full swing? Anyone?
slugger
Tour Rookie
a colleague has a chipper and plays off a 6 handicap... i don't and play off much higher...
maybe i should get a chipper!*
*Joke
maybe i should get a chipper!*
*Joke
slugger
Tour Rookie
My friend has one in his bag sometimes and i've witnessed him using it from the tee of a 150yd par 3... he over shot the green by about 30 yards!!!!
Parmo
Tour Winner
lol I though it was meant to be a putting not driving stoke used with them!!!
I was thinking of buying the wife one for the spuds
no really I am thinking of buying her one, just don't think it will be a £80+ one, maybe £8 from sports world.
I was thinking of buying the wife one for the spuds
no really I am thinking of buying her one, just don't think it will be a £80+ one, maybe £8 from sports world.
bobmac
Major Champion
If anyone only has 13 clubs, would you consider slipping in a left handed club (for right handers (sorry Leftie)) for emergencys?
Robobum
Money List Winner
This may cause offence, but sod it, I'm having a bad day!!
Why are you embarrassed by somebody's efforts to play golf when you're shooting in the 90s yourself??
Those in glass houses and all that??
Parmo
Tour Winner
Think I would rather have the chipper than a witches clubs.
stevek1969
Money List Winner
You wouldnt have one in our squad they'd give you a pipe and slippers and a cup of ovaltines and sending you backing. Spend your money on short game lessons, nothing better than nipping one right of the turf and stopping dead. Chippers my a***.
Parmo
Tour Winner
Yes but I have also shot in the 70s and my hcp is based on Scratch 65 par 70 so my friend my hcp states I shoot 88
I understand though, but even on 28 hcp I would learn to chip
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birdieman
Guest
Just swing a 7 iron using your putting grip choked down the grip - to all intents and purposes it's the same as a chipper.
A chipper is just awful and a waste of a fourteenth of your arsenal.
A chipper is just awful and a waste of a fourteenth of your arsenal.
robfenech
Newbie
It just seems like a weird thing to use in my opinion... if someone wants to use it then why not I suppose... BUT any golfer (no matter what their ability) should be able to produce the same shot with a 7iron as the chipper as it is exactly the same stroke. Also with a variety of club choices depending on the pin position, a chipper seems like a weird thing to want in the bag.
Just my opinion of course, but I would personally never use one.
Just my opinion of course, but I would personally never use one.
forefortheday
Tour Rookie
You wouldnt have one in our squad they'd give you a pipe and slippers and a cup of ovaltines and sending you backing. Spend your money on short game lessons, nothing better than nipping one right of the turf and stopping dead. Chippers my a***.
Meanwhile back in the real world of thinned lob wedges through the greens
Seriously it's a golf club, it's not like Hitler vs Stalin in the ideology stakes is it?????
Some are coming across a bit Freddie over this.......
(They are horrible to look at though)
ADB
Journeyman Pro
Forget the unwritten etiquette and use one if you think it will help. The smirks will soon disappear and curiosity from your playing partners will take over.
It's only pride that puts people off, just like buying a belly or broomhandled putter....but I suppose that's another debate altogether.
It's only pride that puts people off, just like buying a belly or broomhandled putter....but I suppose that's another debate altogether.
Robobum
Money List Winner
It's all about what you want from the game and how much time you want to put into it. Expecting to be a good chipper when you play 3 times a year or whatever will be tough, so if a "gentleman's persuader" stops you knifing it across every green and increases your enjoyment then "Bring on the Bronty!!"
