So your at the practice green with a coffee

[ScienceBoy]

So your at the practice green with a coffee sitting on a bench, watching a guy chipping.

He is chipping with a HUGE wrist flick, and I mean that is 80% of the movement to chip.

The thing is it has rate is fairly good success rate, bad shots and usually coming up short as he is not hitting them hard enough. Not a single thin in the time it takes to drink a whole coffee.

What do you do?

 

[SocketRocket]

So your at the practice green with a coffee sitting on a bench, watching a guy chipping.

He is chipping with a HUGE wrist flick, and I mean that is 80% of the movement to chip.

The thing is it has rate is fairly good success rate, bad shots and usually coming up short as he is not hitting them hard enough. Not a single thin in the time it takes to drink a whole coffee.

What do you do?

Have a go at it yourself

I once knew an old Scottish guy that used a flicky wrist putting style. He was exceedingly good with it and played of six in his mid seventies. I said to him one day that if he went for a lesson the Pro would try and stop you doing that, he said that when he started playing golf in Scotland as a young man the greens were much longer than today and you needed a flick to get the ball moving.

 

[guest100718]

Its none of your business, leave the guy to it

 

[One Planer]

Absolutely nothing.

 

[patricks148]

Its none of your business, leave the guy to it

is the right answer.

 

[pokerjoke]

This V-easy fascination you have is getting very tedious to me.
Leave him to it.
In fact if it was me and someone came over I would probably tell him to get lost.unless
it was Butch Harmon.

 

[ScienceBoy]

This V-easy fascination you have is getting very tedious to me.

Yeh me too! I was hoping it would be funny.

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

is the right answer.

Yep, I'll agree with that. I've had folk telling me where I'm going wrong and unless it's coming from some guru I'm not in the slightest bit interested in what someone else thinks.

 

[DaveyG]

Absolutely nothing.

This V-easy fascination you have is getting very tedious to me.
Leave him to it.
In fact if it was me and someone came over I would probably tell him to get lost.unless
it was Butch Harmon.

Yep, I'll agree with that. I've had folk telling me where I'm going wrong and unless it's coming from some guru I'm not in the slightest bit interested in what someone else thinks.

Out of the responses so far I think I agree with this.

As soon as they had finished talking I would politely ask them to lie down on the floor whilst I went to get my driver... I would then do my best happy gillmore impression.

 

[Garush34]

Leave them to it, for all you know they are working on something and using extremes to get it to feel natural. After all it's not how but how many.

 

[guest100718]

Yeh me too! I was hoping it would be funny.

I guess you had to be there.

 

[richart]

Yeh me too! I was hoping it would be funny.

I have told you before about trying to be funny.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Nothing - only give advice if asked

 

[patricks148]

Yeh me too! I was hoping it would be funny.

if only there were a tumble weed smiley !

 

[ScienceBoy]

if only there were a tumble weed smiley !

Its been needed many times... eventually I will hit that nail!

 

[garyinderry]

What exactly is ''just a wrist flick'' ?

 

[Pin-seeker]

After selling them a V Easy,you could tell them about your 3 goal method.
What could possibly go wrong

 

[patricks148]

After selling them a V Easy,you could tell them about your 3 goal method.
What could possibly go wrong

Dont forget" former 9 hole academy course champions 1975 " or when ever it was

 

[Nosevi]

I think as soon as you said he was doing ok, anyone who would go and try to help is missing the point - it's how many that counts not how.

I've actually helped someone out on a putting green when they were struggling with chipping and not that long ago...... but the guy was really struggling (thinning or chunking most) and chipping is a strength. I politely asked them if they wanted some tips, they said yes so I gave them some. It helped him and he was grateful.

Unless you can be sure you're going to be able to get up and down nearly every time from a good lie around the putting green I personally wouldn't give advice. We all play this game a bit differently and there's nothing worse than someone trying to give advice who isn't pretty spot on with that aspect of the game. Best example I had (which was actually just funny in the end) was an old boy who insisted on trying to coach me a few weeks back when I (stupidly) invited him to join me off the 1st tee. Every hole he had a comment or 2 that I should bear in mind to improve. He shot 106 I think it was. I shot 1 under. Coming off the last (which I had birdied and he double bogeyed) he asked if I had considered NOT shooting at the green from a long way out as it was just too risky. I shook his hand and said I'd take his advice on board

 

[Break90]

I would mind my own business. Wouldn't dream of offering unsolicited advice under any circumstances, much less try to sell them something.

boot on the other foot, if someone came up to me unprompted telling me what I was doing wrong I would be extremely quick to tell them to go away (or words to that effect)