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Originally Posted by gpo  One of the biggest chipping problems people have is they use a club with too much loft most of the time. By having a club with a lot of loft it makes you have to have almost perfect contact with the ball.
Realistically people should use a whatever club where if they land the ball 2-3 yards on the green and the ball can stop by the hole. You can use an 8 iron for most chips. Just hit it with a putter stroke and let the ball run to the hole. Misses with a 7 or 8 iron on a chip are alot better than a miss with a 56* wedge. When I was a kid I rarely used anything below an 8 to chip with. My Dad always said just use a 7 iron.
Overall I don't necessarily agree with the idea that chipping is the quickest way to shave strokes. It requires a lot of time to practice to get good at chipping. Although one good thing is it is free.
Every golfer is different and everyone should assess their game to see where it is best to shave strokes. I will say most of the time the short game is deficient for most players. |
This is what my playing partner tells me all the time - and he's a GREAT chipper. But his 8-iron gets up in the air, because he uses a very handsy and vertical motion. When I'm three feet and ten feet away from the surface of the green, I have no confidence that my "putting motion" will even get the ball to the green - hence my use of a sand wedge.