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Hi! lately im leaving my chips short of the hole because im worrying about making it run buy! i hav tryed the chip and run but rather use my wedge! so id there a way to make it stop quicker so i can pitch it closer the hole?
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Re: Chipping Distance!
Best advice:
If conidtions are right (decently flat and green is in good condition) the best advice is to fly the ball 1/4 (25%) of the way and run the rest of the way to the hole. Now, depending on the distance, this will require different clubs. With practice, you will learn all of these.
Now, if conditions aren't great (no green to work with or a big ridge, etc) a flop shot may be required. This flys almost all the way to the hole with little roll.
It sounds like you are trying to stop the ball with backspin. First thing is to learn the above shots, then worry about stopping the ball. Creating that much spin requires quick wrists and perfect contact with the ball - a move best left for the pros and experts. -
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For chipping around the green, prior to any round I always warm up and go to the practice green and go through the same routine each time. I pace 10 steps from the hole ( or point on the green), place tee peg in the ground and pace another 10 steps. From here I chip a few sand wedge shots to the tee peg and see how far it rolls to or past the hole, then same with wedge, lob wedge, 9 then 8,7. This shows me approx how far the ball is rolling and it's a good bench mark for the day. I then do the same with 20 paces making sure I can chip onto the green. It may help. This simply give you more confidence when you have to chip.Comment
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Thanks! ill try using swiss's practise as well as looking to see if the greens are sloping! thanks!Comment
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The chip and run is a shot you have to be able to play. It leaves more room for error than a lob shot to the hole,granted sometimes you have to play a lob. I practice the short game alot and use anything form a 4 iron to a LW, if the green is fairly flat and true I generally but not always try to get the ball back on the ground rolling as soon as possible.
If your chipping uphill try to leave it just short to give yourself an easier putt, if chipping downhill make sure you go past the pin so you have an uphill putt left. Thats where theres another advantage of the chip and run, if it runs past the hole its helps to show you the line back (burrow).
Its too easy to hit a lob shot fat or worse blade it across the green into a waiting bunker.
On your course I don't know if the greens are fast or slow? so practice with all clubs pace out how far they flew and how far they rolled and keep a record so you know.
When chipping I find a spot I want to land the ball on, from your records youv'e kept you will know if I land a nine iron here it will run x amount of feet,but will leave me six feet short but an eight iron will leave me only 2 feet short etc (on a flat green) now calculate slope into the equation.
Practice really is the only way to learn, but and there's always a but practice smart. Practice specific things and keep notes. Some of your best practice sessions may take only 20 minutes and you can learn more from that than belting balls for 2 hours.
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I find that if you use a gap wedge (Vokey, Callaway Vintage, Mizuno Raw Ox, Cleveland RTG or other specialist wedge) for chipping, the extra spin you get on the ball due to the construction of the wedge helps you pull the ball up quickly. It was something I had to get used to when I got new wedges (the raw steel variety) I was finding the ball was biting very hard on the second hop so I found I was having to hit the chips harder. This is a good thing because it encourages a more positive stroke which I think is very important to be a consistently good chipper. Unfortunately as with pretty much everything else you need to hit a lot of practice shots to get your eye in. Once you have your distances right its really handy. The main thing to get over, as you point out, is the psychological fear of steaming it past the hole. But thats something you can't buy adjust by using a different club.
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The key to chipping is 1) having a good chipping technique, and 2) understanding how the ball will react to the club. Please understand that run distances will be shorter chipping upslope/uphill, and longer downslope/downhill.
That said, here's the breakdown (assuming you haven't adjusted the lofts of your clubs):
Your PW will roll as far as it will fly - a ratio of 1:1. If it flies 6 feet, it will roll 6 feet, for a total of 12 feet.
Your 7 iron has a ratio of 1:3, meaning it will roll 3 times farther than it flies (a 3 foot flight becomes a 9 foot roll for a total of 12 feet).
I'm not sure what the ratios are for the other clubs, but I do know that a 3 wood chips great out of rough.
Obviously lower irons (5, 4) will have more run (possibly 1:5 or 1:6), and wedges beyond the PW will have a smaller ratio (2:1 for a lob wedge).Comment
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Re: Chipping Distance!
When im chipping around the green i like soft hands and let the club flow.Comment
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