While driving and putting get the majority of the acclaim, one of the most important areas of the game for most amateurs and professionals is chipping. A strong chipping game can turn a bad day into a good one, a high score into a low one, and otherwise keep you in a match. Chipping, of course, is the area of your game around the greens. Chipping includes short shots out of the green-side rough after missing the green left or right, or chipping from the fairway before the green after coming up a few yards short. [Read more…]
Should You Putt Or Chip When Just Off The Green?
When it comes to amateur players, this is one of the age-old questions out there. When you are on the short grass around the green, you have the choice to either chip it or putt it. This is a debate that many players struggle with. They tend to go back in forth between the two options, depending on how they are feeling at that moment in time. [Read more…]