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Chipping on greens

• Games4Ever71 623 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 1:18 AM

  If its not banned do it...If you don't know how to, then ask. Sure someone will help you out.

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 1:48 AM

  Games4Ever71:

  If its not banned do it...If you don't know how to, then ask. Sure someone will help you out.

  LOL, and therein lies the rub.

  I tried Grrr Frr%$   %^$#

  Chipping without spin on sloping greens = roll = lots of roll = F#$% it! get the putter out!

• Fraenkel 2,252 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 4:56 PM

  Got the same thread some months ago.
  Well, I take it apart and learned the lesson.

  There's no rules that avoid chip on greens (real life game too) if you understand how can do it well, as the same way I learned by myself to putt from fringe and fws greens in propitious occasions. Chipping on greens it's a play style not prescribed, so guys the only way to challenge chip during a match play is to birdie before your opponent just the get him some pressure.

  Salut.

• overparalot 6 Posts

  Fri, Mar 29 2013 5:35 PM

  courteneyfish:

  petesoper69:

  It wouldn't happen in the real game.

  I use it both here and on a real course. 

  The next time you play real golf ask the club pro to play along and leave your putter in the car and see how that work out for you.

• Fraenkel 2,252 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 4:25 AM

  Someone needs to learn the golf rules. Chip on green it's not forbidden.

  And by the way, tell Phil Mickelson how to chip/flop on PGA golf tour.

• pb1711 1,183 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 4:51 AM

  It may bot be forbidden, and yes we've all heard everyone go on like a broken record about Phil that chipped on the green. The difference was, he doesn't  chip every 10 ft  putt  he gets.

  I think it's a load of crap, now yes there are exceptions, ST A's 17, you obviously can't putt through the bunker, if you're on the front of the green with the back pin. I'm sure there are a few others, but chipping cause you can't read a little break on a mid range putt is stupid.

• thebigeasy707 5,885 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 4:54 AM

  why all the cry babies about a shot that it well within the rules?

  if folks have difficulty using the chip / punch on greens or prefer not to, then don't use it but don't try and chastise players who choose to play that way and if anyone thinks it's easier than putting, by all means go ahead and see how successful you consistently find the bottom of the cup.

  my best without using the putter on a 9 hole round is 27 on St Andies front 9 and 26 on Bethpage front 9.

  i rarely chip on greens now because as you can see from my putting stats, i can putt....and for what it's worth, any players i've met in a game who use the chip...they've been decent putters too.

• filmslayer 2,341 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 5:54 AM

  damn , 26 without a putter , you da man !   i suck ....

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 9:03 AM

  C/P USGA

  Rule 14

  Striking the Ball

   

  Definitions

  All defined terms are in italics and are listed alphabetically in the Definitions section – see pages 2235.

  14-1. Ball to be Fairly Struck At

  The ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club and must not be pushed, scraped or spooned.

   

  Rule 14-1

  Using Club other than Putter on Putting Green?

  Q.  Is it permissible to use a club other than a putter to play a stroke on the putting green?

  A.  Yes, the Rules of Golf do not stipulate the type of club that must be used for making a stroke on the putting green or anyplace else on the golf course.

   

   

• Fraenkel 2,252 Posts

  Sat, Mar 30 2013 2:31 PM

  Strike three.