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Chipping on greens

• petesoper69 1 Posts

  Sat, Mar 23 2013 2:56 PM

  The most annoying thing i find on this site is players who chip instead of putting when on the green or using their driver on short putts. It wouldn't happen in the real game so why WGT do you allow it, surely there's a way to stop this by only allowing putters when on the green.

• RKPayne 213 Posts

  Sat, Mar 23 2013 9:40 PM

  petesoper69:

  The most annoying thing i find on this site is players who chip instead of putting when on the green or using their driver on short putts. It wouldn't happen in the real game so why WGT do you allow it, surely there's a way to stop this by only allowing putters when on the green.

  Why would they want to stop chipping on the greens? It is allowed in real golf, and is not against any USGA rule. I have seen Michelson do it more than once.

  Bob Payne

   

   

• SHRUDE 5,835 Posts

  Sat, Mar 23 2013 10:06 PM

  Let me finish this for you  :)

  petesoper69:

  The most annoying thing i find

  ..

  is how hard it is to chip on the green.

  does anyone have any tips?

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Sat, Mar 23 2013 10:11 PM

  I've never done it but I've seen a video of someone using it here and as said, Phil Michelson has done it in real life.  I think it stopped being used as much here when WGT stopped spin being applied which made it trickier to judge distance.  The video I watched was after this though and the result was pretty damn good.

  As long as it's allowed IRL I don't see why WGT should stop it here.

  Doesn't using your driver to sink a putt have some strange effect on your stats?  It counts as a holed approach or something?  I honestly can't remember what it is but I know it used to count towards one of your stats even though it clearly shouldn't have.  Maybe it's been changed since then.

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sat, Mar 23 2013 11:19 PM

  petesoper69:

  It wouldn't happen in the real game.

  I use it both here and on a real course. 

• KenBTEXAS 309 Posts

  Sat, Mar 23 2013 11:29 PM

  tell me then if you were on the green and there was a sand trap or rough between your ball and the pin how would you play it? putt thru the sand trap?

  don't think it can happen look at St Andrews #17.. and there are many other examples.

• harrymunk 443 Posts

  Sun, Mar 24 2013 6:23 AM

  hit a wedge full shot if 20yards hit 40 

• kilbraur 219 Posts

  Sun, Mar 24 2013 7:36 AM

  harrymunk:

  hit a wedge full shot if 20yards hit 40 

  Yes that work good.

  I too find with my balls my 50yard wedge it punch on green exact 27yards

  To me the punch more accuratcy and % hits more accurate, like 50% exact 13.5 yards.

   

• harrymunk 443 Posts

  Sun, Mar 24 2013 7:48 AM

  punch on greens lol ill try that to ty

• daddd1 171 Posts

  Sun, Mar 24 2013 11:35 AM

  it's not how, it's how many!!!!!!!!!!

  petesoper69:

  The most annoying thing i find on this site is players who chip instead of putting when on the green or using their driver on short putts. It wouldn't happen in the real game so why WGT do you allow it, surely there's a way to stop this by only allowing putters when on the green.