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Chipping/pitching

• 1,417 Posts

  Mon, Apr 5 2010 9:31 PM

  Anyone else have trouble with the chip/pitch around the greens?  How do I stop chips/pitches from hanging up in the fringe?  When I'm 2-3 feet off the green, even if I change the shot from 'chip' to 'pitch', when I pick the proper distance to hit the shot, it gets stuck in the fringe and only goes a foot or two!  If I hit the shot any harder, it will race by the hole.. This is driving me nuts!  How do I get the ball to actually 'pitch' onto the green, without hitting it 10 feet by the hole?

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Apr 6 2010 5:59 AM

  http://wgt.com/forums/p/7840/49253.aspx   All you ever wanted to know written by an experienced player here, not WGT.

  Basically, quit trying to baby feel type shots like this. Learn the flop shot and read the article.

• NormH3 214 Posts

  Tue, Apr 6 2010 8:16 AM

  I recently discovered that chipping with an 8 iron works quite well when in the rough just off the green

• micklen 221 Posts

  Thu, Apr 8 2010 2:37 AM

  What I tend to do on almost all shots around the green now is use my 64 wedge with full backspin and a full shot rather than a chip or pitch

  It's a very personal thing and others will of course give other advice.  That is just the way I do it as I fell confident doing it

  Try all the methods you can think of until you find one that you are confident with.  I personally had no confidence chipping, pitching or flopping with anything as I could never seem to get my distances right but with the 64 on full backspin the ball isn't going to go too far after it lands unless you are landing on a steep slope and in my games it was always the roll or lack of it that killed me around the green so now I try and drop it fairly close and for me it works

  Sorry about using the perennial word, but practice, practice all the shots till you are comfortable, and of course enjoy

  Mick

• gishdrums 19 Posts

  Thu, Apr 8 2010 7:22 AM

  micklen:

  What I tend to do on almost all shots around the green now is use my 64 wedge with full backspin and a full shot rather than a chip or pitch

  My approach exactly. I always use "Full" with backspin whether I'm in the sand or the rough around the green and adjust the length of my shot based on the lie % and (to an extent) speed of the green. The Chip and Pitch shots never produced consistent results for me. There's a good chance I wasn't using them appropriately, but I am very content with my shots now.