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Chip Shot

• Miasma 42 Posts

  Mon, Mar 7 2011 9:18 PM

  Fail chip shot to ruin my game on a single play tourny..  Awesome wgt.. I want my birdie back or at least par.

   

  I would have been 3 under maybe 4 if not for this chip.

  http://wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=34a1654e-3108-4d6a-86e5-9ea0005715a9

  I didnt move the shot from pin i didnt miss on the meter either..

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 11:24 AM

  Hi,

  You were hitting a chip from 40/50 rough. Sounds like it played fine, since chip is not a shot to hit from that spot. Pitch is the proper play, maybe a flop if you practiced it, but definitely not a chip.

  It's like your club got eaten up in the high rough and shot went nowhere

  Pitch pitch 10-11 from there and see if that helps

  -wgticon

• Miasma 42 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 12:22 PM

  Is that what it was? Well thank you.. Just kind seemed weird to run off to the left so fast..

• Boomerboy44 1,514 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 12:48 PM

  Yea that 40/50% rough has cost us all many shots. Flop is good but as WGTicon says you got to practice that shot a lot.   GOOD LUCK!!!!!

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 1:09 PM

  Miasma:

  Is that what it was? Well thank you.. Just kind seemed weird to run off to the left so fast..

   

  :)

  Boomerboy44:

  Yea that 40/50% rough has cost us all many shots. Flop is good but as WGTicon says you got to practice that shot a lot.   GOOD LUCK!!!!!

  The reason I said to practice the flop shop from 40./50 rough is because plays often different than usual. You have to know how it acts when lands, how much distance to add, and compensate for wind, etc. It's a bit more complex shot but often can/will save you shots.

  -wgticon

• Miasma 42 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 3:35 PM

  Thank you again.. I have been practicing more flop shots but not from rough..  Hopefully not much more from the rough either lol

• SGTBilko 1,686 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 4:16 PM

  Miasma:

  Thank you again.. I have been practicing more flop shots but not from rough..  Hopefully not much more from the rough either lol

  A big key to the flop is to not stop at the ding line. If you notice when you hit the ding line the ball lands to the right of your target. To make the ball go straight at your target stop on the line to the left of the ding line. I call these the outer marker lines. GL

• greatwhitedale 306 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 4:47 PM

  to wgt staff , >>i would like to put a complaint in about a fellow golfer, his name is xxxxxxxxxxxxx,    we played a matchplay challenge, i was 3 up after 5 holes, he then decided to abuse me, and call for a shot clock, he then said your going to wait for your credits now, and proceeded to hit shots back n forth using up all the time alloted, then kept disconnecting and making me wait that initial 5 mins to log back, he did this  4 times, not the kind of player we all need to be here, and im sure i wont be the last one he does it too, ty wgt, i hope action is taken, yours sincearly   greatwhitedale.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Tue, Mar 8 2011 6:46 PM

  greatwhitedale:

  to wgt staff , >>i would like to put a complaint in about a fellow golfer, his name is xxxxxxxxxxxxx,    we played a matchplay challenge, i was 3 up after 5 holes, he then decided to abuse me, and call for a shot clock, he then said your going to wait for your credits now, and proceeded to hit shots back n forth using up all the time alloted, then kept disconnecting and making me wait that initial 5 mins to log back, he did this  4 times, not the kind of player we all need to be here, and im sure i wont be the last one he does it too, ty wgt, i hope action is taken, yours sincearly   greatwhitedale.

  Dale, this is off-topic for this thead but I'll answer it. In the future, take screenshots and email them to members@worldgolftour.com

  Thanks,

  -wgticon

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Wed, Mar 9 2011 6:58 AM

  SGTBilko:

  Miasma:

  Thank you again.. I have been practicing more flop shots but not from rough..  Hopefully not much more from the rough either lol

  A big key to the flop is to not stop at the ding line. If you notice when you hit the ding line the ball lands to the right of your target. To make the ball go straight at your target stop on the line to the left of the ding line. I call these the outer marker lines. GL

   

   

  I just read about this a few days ago, and have been using the same method with excellent resuts.