Helpful Chipping Instrucion

[9wood]

Saw this instructional video on chipping from Jim Furyk and it was very helpful to this beginner. I never before considered chocking down on my irons and taking a putting stance, but I tried this and was amazed at the results it produced.

[boogielicious]

Saw this instructional video on chipping from Jim Furyk and it was very helpful to this beginner. I never before considered chocking down on my irons and taking a putting stance, but I tried this and was amazed at the results it produced.

Below are some more videos on this method.

[Ernest Jones]

Great method for little bump'n'run chips from just off the green. As Ray Floyd likes to say, chipping is simply putting with loft. Pretty fool proof method and if combined with the rule of 12 to understand fly-to-roll ratios, quite a deadly little tool to have in your toolbox.

[Dave2512]

Somehow this escaped me last night. Missed long over the green about 5 yards behind the flag. I had about two feet of rough to clear, damn near putted it. But no I manage to skull it 14 feet past the hole on the way to bogey.

Nobody behind so I hit it over and over with toe down putt chip and never left it more than 18" from the hole. Holed 3 of the 14 I attempted. Total goober mistake.

[Ernest Jones]

Somehow this escaped me last night. Missed long over the green about 5 yards behind the flag. I had about two feet of rough to clear, damn near putted it. But no I manage to skull it 14 feet past the hole on the way to bogey. Nobody behind so I hit it over and over with toe down putt chip and never left it more than 18" from the hole. Holed 3 of the 14 I attempted. Total goober mistake.

Yeah, perfect situation for this technique.

[dkolo]

Yeah, I've used this method more lately early in the season because conditions have been soft and I've had a couple too many fat shots / duffs. I think it's great.

I was just thinking, does holding the club so vertically change the lie angle and thus the direction the ball will go?

Unrelated, every time I see a post by @9wood , I think it's 9iron and wonder why it doesn't somehow come around to berating Tiger Woods, haha.

[natureboy]

Great method for little bump'n'run chips from just off the green. As Ray Floyd likes to say, chipping is simply putting with loft. Pretty fool proof method and if combined with the rule of 12 to understand fly-to-roll ratios, quite a deadly little tool to have in your toolbox.

Agree. I think with club loft creep (stronger loft irons) the rule of 12 may be closer to 13 or 14 these days - worth double checking your actual ratios for your swing & club set.

[Ernest Jones]

Agree. I think with club loft creep (stronger loft irons) the rule of 12 may be closer to 13 or 14 these days - worth double checking your actual ratios for your swing & club set.

Absolutely. You start with the rule of 12 and experiment with real life chips and adjust to your set and swing characteristics, AoA and whatnot.

[bankquant]

Whats the rule of 12?

[Ernest Jones]

Whats the rule of 12?

On my way out so just quickly, Subtract the number on the club from 12 to get approximate fly-roll ratio. Example: 7iron. Subtract 7 from 12 and you get 5. So the fly to roll ratio is 1 to 5, for ever foot of flight you'll get roughly 5 feet of roll. A PW is a 10 iron so you'll get roughly 2 feet of roll for every foot of flight. Experiment a bit to dial in your particular irons but it's s good rule of thumb to start from. Modern lofts will tweak the formula a bit so play around with it.

[natureboy]

Whats the rule of 12?

Explanation of what it is already covered well. The idea behind the system is that hitting to a shorter target safely (~ 3 ft) on the green & letting the ball roll to the hole is more consistent than taking a longer swing to fly it the whole way. Also, because it's a smaller swing, the bad miss is generally more acceptable that with a harder swing.

If you are good at reading greens & have decent putting touch it's probably a good way to go.

There's some more info on this chipping style on the Paul Runyan threads (and the chipping with a putting method thread already posted by @boogielicious ) :

http://thesandtrap.com/t/14275/the-short-way-to-lower-scoring-by-paul-runyan

http://thesandtrap.com/t/13210/paul-runyan-putting-method

[joekelly]

Makes some sense that longer swings means more chance for error.  Pros, and others, prefer fast greens coz less clubhead movement, among other reasons.  Chipping with an 8i means less club movement, compared to sand wedge so may be better for most of us.

[MrDC]

I really like his advise of keeping upright with these shots, I used to get too bent over like a full swing and the ball never popped right, standing up with less knee bend and my chest up a bit worked like a charm, it's just putting, great advice.

[SeenRed]

This short lesson has been the best game-improvement reminder I've had in some time. My short game had become very "yippy" lately, especially my chipping...to the point that it was really beginning to get in my head. It's not that this was a new technique or concept for me, but I had gotten away from this over time. Spent 30 minutes on the chipping green working on this before Saturday's round, then took it to the course and never hit a bad chip all day! Sometimes we just need to be reminded of the simplest things...