Do you choose to chip and run, or chip and bite? I know different situations call for different shots. I'm talking about a 20-35 foot chip on a level green. I have golf buddies that live and die by with a 7 iron, and others that will use nothing but a sand wedge.

I can't get it to bite from close in so no choice but bump and run for me.

 

Also, depends on the conditions, this past year on the greens, could anyone get it to bite on the rock hard greens. Heck, you had to bump it 15 yards off the green when the pen was all the way in the back.

 

I use an 8 for bumping and running. A 7, I have a tendency to run too much. 8 just a little more loft and it does not run as much for me. If I try a SW close up, I have too much of a tendency to raise up and blade it.

 

If my chip is downhill and not too far off the fringe, I putt it. Less chance of a major mistake for me.

Do you choose to chip and run, or chip and bite? I know different situations call for different shots. I'm talking about a 20-35 foot chip on a level green. I have golf buddies that live and die by with a 7 iron, and others that will use nothing but a sand wedge.

 

Depends on how much green you have to work with. If it's a 35 foot chip with only 15 feet of green to work with, then you need a wedge of some sort (lob wedge would be best) to drop it near the edge of the green and not roll much. Ok, I guess that's obvious. If you're talking a 35 foot chip and it's just off the green with 33 feet of green then bump-and-run it--get it rolling on the green as soon as possible.

If I am comfortable with the speed of the greens, then I would use the 7 and get it on the mat. If I am not as comfortable with the speed, I use a 52 degree wedge where I can set it down with less roll. Most days, I am not comfortable with any part of the short game so I just try to not chunk whatever I hit.

If I am comfortable with the speed of the greens, then I would use the 7 and get it on the mat. If I am not as comfortable with the speed, I use a 52 degree wedge where I can set it down with less roll. Most days, I am not comfortable with any part of the short game so I just try to not chunk whatever I hit.

 

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Nice swing thouht!

I myself an a fan of an 8 iron to chip with. Even if you do catch it a little heavy you are going to get it closer with an 8 iron than a wedge.

I would be in with the bump and run crowd. With the limited amount of play that I get, it just seems to have less margin for error and is much more likely to yield a reasonable result. I also use an 8 iron for this shot unless there is a pretty good up hill slope which I have a tendency to leave short.

20-35 feet. For me that would be probably a PW or 52 hooded down a bit and off the back foot. Depending on the distance determines which club i use.

Definatly the sand wedge. Off the back foot. If you get a quick wrist hinge and a nice agressive decending blow the ball will skip once or twice and stop. My favorite shot.

Anyone ever had, or known anyone who had, the chipping "yips"? I have had them since this summer and they almost make me not want to play golf anymore. JW if anyone had troubles with them before?

Anyone ever had, or known anyone who had, the chipping "yips"? I have had them since this summer and they almost make me not want to play golf anymore. JW if anyone had troubles with them before?

 

Nope this is the first I have heard of them. What are they?

Anyone ever had, or known anyone who had, the chipping "yips"? I have had them since this summer and they almost make me not want to play golf anymore. JW if anyone had troubles with them before?

 

if by the chip yips you mean flipping the right wrist (if your righty) and scooping the ball. then yes I have heard of them

Nope this is the first I have heard of them. What are they?

 

Well first of all the "yips" are like a disease, or disorder or something that can take place not only in golf. I have heard of plastic surgeons getting them when they work and it causes their hands to twitch (Yes, I heard it from Nip Tuck). But in golf they can happen anywhere some people have them with their tee shots, iron shots, putts, and for me chips. The only way that I can describe it is as a sudden twitch just before impact. It can cause "ALL" kinds of terrible shots, shanks, chunks, skulls, tops, double hits, just about anything you can think of. They are a golfer's worst nightmare. If you don't have them, PLEASE do yourself a favor and don't think about them bc they are nearly impossible to get rid of. According to The Golf Channel, Tom Watson is the only person to ever beat the "putting yips" without changing putters, grips, or methods of putting. Just pray that you don't ever get them, because they can come at any given time in just an instant and might never go away.

 

Sorry if I scared anyone. LOL

Well first of all the "yips" are like a disease, or disorder or something that can take place not only in golf. I have heard of plastic surgeons getting them when they work and it causes their hands to twitch (Yes, I heard it from Nip Tuck). But in golf they can happen anywhere some people have them with their tee shots, iron shots, putts, and for me chips. The only way that I can describe it is as a sudden twitch just before impact. It can cause "ALL" kinds of terrible shots, shanks, chunks, skulls, tops, double hits, just about anything you can think of. They are a golfer's worst nightmare. If you don't have them, PLEASE do yourself a favor and don't think about them bc they are nearly impossible to get rid of. According to The Golf Channel, Tom Watson is the only person to ever beat the "putting yips" without changing putters, grips, or methods of putting. Just pray that you don't ever get them, because they can come at any given time in just an instant and might never go away.

 

Sorry if I scared anyone. LOL

 

Ok, well describing it like that yes I have had those before just never heard it put like that. Those suck by the way. (Nip/Tuck nice choice of show I hadn't heard Yips on there before though)

I very rarely bump and run. I feel it's too hard to control the top spin you get with such a shot and I've never been able to master, despite literally hours and hours and hours practicing it.

 

I can however flop a shot from just about any lie or position with my 64 degree wedge so 90-95% of the time that's the route I take.

 

Flopping it allows me to go for the pin more often where I know I will get minimal roll.

 

It's the most manageable shot for me anywhere from 50 in.

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I used to do the same thing. But its no fun when you hit a 64 degree wedge that looks like a 3 iron.