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Do you chip?

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 9:15 AM

  MichaelStroke:

  I would say from, inside of 25 yards, I can probably drop it within 5 feet of the pin 75% of the time with a precision flop.

  A pitch is 99% tap in if it doesn't drop. I used to flop everything in sight as a TM. It wasn't until I paid attention to pitching and chipping that the short game became a strength. I'll still flop once in a while when it's called for but flopping in is mostly luck. Pitching or chipping in is just another putt, of sorts.

• CerinoDevoti 3,232 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 9:32 AM

  YankeeJim:

  MichaelStroke:

  I would say from, inside of 25 yards, I can probably drop it within 5 feet of the pin 75% of the time with a precision flop.

  A pitch is 99% tap in if it doesn't drop. I used to flop everything in sight as a TM. It wasn't until I paid attention to pitching and chipping that the short game became a strength. I'll still flop once in a while when it's called for but flopping in is mostly luck. Pitching or chipping in is just another putt, of sorts.

  I've followed the same route. Used to flop anything I could but decided I needed to learn the shots that pro's would actually hit.  First learned about the pitch now I'm grinding my way through the chip. I've found learning these shots with starter clubs has really helped when I play my better clubs.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 10:47 AM

  I mostly use the Pitch shot, and occasionally I use the Flop.

  Chip shot mode is viable in fewer situations so I use it the least of the 3 options.

  However, there is no doubt you can score better if you are proficient using all 5 shot types.

• adeypa 1,151 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 10:56 AM

  The only time i'll ever use the chip is when i'm on the fringe, and then only if its within 7yds. 

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 10:58 AM

  ApexPC:

  However, there is no doubt you can score better if you are proficient using all 5 shot types.

  ^^^This all day. A simple exercise during normal play or practice is to think of more than one way to get from point A to point B. It makes you actually think about what is going to happen with each shot.

  My own particular order of consideration is pitch/chip, punch and flop. I take the punch over the flop simply because the CG 64W fbs punch is ridiculously easy to nail a particular yardage with and stands a better chance of going in than a flop.

• Romax 1,876 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 12:03 PM

  Pitch is by far my fav shot. I use it anywhere between  5 and 24 yards and control it with spin. Out of holed approach I would estimate 75% were done with 64 Cleve and pitch.I have tried flop....and thats how it usually  ends up.......A complete flop ;)

  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=68e1a017-0955-4ad7-8222-a23500e124bf

  Edit : Think of the dot being a gas pedal. 17 yds at the bottom and 25 yds at the top.Of course rough and up or downhill have to be accounted for, but thats kinda the way I judge a pitch shot. Good luck !!

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 1:56 PM

  sweetmiffy:

  Ok I can do a belly flop into the pool...oh wait I'm not allowed to do that any more.

  Hahaha!

  Thought you promised to stop giving lessons:)

  

• dacrash 475 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 3:14 PM

  MichaelStroke:

  I honestly cannot remember the last time I chipped.  Anyone else completely eliminate that shot from their repertoire?

  I chip all the time, but only from close distances, very very rarely from rough.  The pitch shot is not even a consideration for me.

  I prefer the flop to both the chip and the pitch.  The flop shot drops within 3-5 ft most times and usually closer.  Reason I use it instead of pitch and chip is because greens are so unpredictable.  Rolling across 18 yrds of green is much more inconsistent for me than flopping to within a couple of yards or closer.  I suppose that if I was better at putting, the chip and pitch shots would be easier for me.

   Just the way the game works for me at the moment.  By reading the other comments it appears that I am in a minority and that the good players all insist on doing the opposite of what I am doing.  Some may say that this is holding me back.  I will disagree completely.  My lack of being a better golfer on this site is my lack of eye hand coordination.  Plain and simple. 

  Now with this being said, none of my shots will work for me again.

  Bottom line: use what works for you best.

• dekronk 238 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 3:21 PM

  Glad I've seen this.

  I used to flop every time on certain approach shots until given some advice from my cc forum regarding pitch shots and have been impressed with some of the results I've got from using it.  I've found that when I use chip shots the results vary massively (generally use full bs).  Is there any advice regarding using this shot (should search the forum I know but I can't be bothered at the moment).  Any help appreciated, especially calculating how much the elevation affects the shot as this seems to cause the problem.  

  Cheers

  de

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Feb 13 2014 4:53 PM

  dacrash:

  Rolling across 18 yrds of green is much more inconsistent for me than flopping to within a couple of yards or closer.

  This is a perception that's getting in your way of a good shot to have. Pitches carry before they roll and back spin controls that. Aiming in reverse view with a pitch shot in mind, you want to look at the last 3rd or so of the line. This is where treating it like a putt from there will get you very close, if not in. The trick is to know how to control that roll.

  For instance, a CG64w pitches 17 and will roll to about 21 on flat, no spin. (Think of the shot from behind the pin on BPB4.)  With fbs that shot will stop at 17. With fts it will roll to 25. All of a sudden you have one shot that covers 8 yards with some serious accuracy! That's pretty powerful.  :-)