Community Discussion On Chipping and Putting

yep don't ya just hate it when you are playing someone online 

and you see this? just makes me wanna quit seeing people too lazy to learn how to putt.

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@-Roasted513- wrote:
@davefv92pitching and chipping should not be allowed on the greens at all, ever... as for putting, its not that hard to figure out, i have ZERO putting skill and still light up the leaderboards... learn to putt!

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First rule of PGA Tour GOLF is Etiquette there is no rule that says you have to use a putter on the greens. So you are harassing people that chose not too. Personally I'm better putting than pitching and chipping which is not saying much. IMHO

 @-Roasted513-  @davefv92 

Great topic to chat about.

I play a lot of online myself and while I don't see a ton of golfers chipping on the green on a regular basis I do see some situations where it makes more sense to chip if you're convinced you don't have a shot to sink the putt, such as a hill with really steep downslope break. 

You're allowed to chip on the green in the PGA Tour and the pros do it every so often. In a lot of the videos they opted to either chip it instead of making a long putt or had chip because the line to the hole was obstructed. Tried to chip on the green yesterday at the golf course for kicks after seeing this post and watching the pros do it. Let's just say....I'll be leaving that to the pros lol.

Some questions for you:

• Are you all talking about the chips from long distances on the green or when they are on the fringe close to the hole? 
• If the ability to chip from the green was removed, do you think the community would feel it doesn't represent authentic PGA Tour rules with those limitations?
• Instead of removing the ability to chip and help encourage more golfers to putt, should chip accuracy from the green be more inconsistent?
• Lastly, any tips from the community on how to be a better putter by sharing any screenshots or videos of your best shots and break down how you set up your putts?

Thank you for creating this discussion. Looking forward to your thoughts and feedback!

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@davefv92 wrote:
@EA_Blueberry there are times you need to use a chip or pitch on a green and those are ok, and few and far between. if there is no obstruction from your lie to the hole it should always be putted.
putting is a big part of this game and should be learned by all.

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@davefv92 

Sounds like we're on the same page. There's the old saying, "Drives for show, putts for dough." The putts is where you separate yourself from the rest of the leaderboard. 

Let's tee off some ideas here.

Suppose you were in the position to make changes to the game around this. What would you do? I for one, would love an online competitive mode where you only putt. All players start on the green at the same spot. Putts can range from uphill, downhill, slight breaks, and very drastic breaks. Could be fun to have a putting leaderboard and if enough golfers play that it could help encourage them to putt more from the green at long distances in the regular games? 

Whatever you do with this, can you at least leave career mode well alone?

Rather than thinking in terms of the whole game and that one size should fit all and that every situation should be the same, please instead at least pause and think of those who can't fully enjoy everything due to disability, and don't screw us over, please. 

One way to think over the suggestion that everybody should be born an expert at putting, go play for a few days with one eye covered, and then tell me how we should all be experts if we have any kind of vision issues. 

I play the game with putts as best I can, but when you lack depth perception, it can be a challenge to say the least. I know my limitations, and avoid online stuff 99% of the time, except for the free 4 hole arcade when that comes up, because between the lack of depth perception, and the muscle issues that mean I can't use a gamepad, most content is locked out of reach anyway... So please, with that in mind, leave career mode as is. 

Not everybody can be an elite gamer... 

I say leave this game as it is also, just because I use a putter on the green does not mean I have anything against others that do not

maybe the best thing is for people to remember this is a game and not take it or make it so serious, relax and have fun.

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@Noya_Wesa wrote:

Whatever you do with this, can you at least leave career mode well alone?

Rather than thinking in terms of the whole game and that one size should fit all and that every situation should be the same, please instead at least pause and think of those who can't fully enjoy everything due to disability, and don't screw us over, please. 

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Thank you for jumping in with your thoughts and perspective with challenges that can come from putting due to disability @Noya_Wesa. I searched our PGA Tour boards for a discussion around putting and Accessibility and didn't see anything what you describe brought up. These conversations are important to EA as we do try our best to champion ways to make the games as accessible as we can to everyone. It does require some feedback from the community to get a better understanding on how the teams should look at designs in the future. If you're able to craft up a post with some details on this in these forums we'll try our best to pass it along. We can't make any guarantees on the submissions here but as Forum Community Managers we're here to champion for the Community and pass along requests. 

It sounds like @-Roasted513- is more concerned about the online competitive modes when there are rewards at stake. If anyone here has great tips on how to set up a consistently great lag putt I'm sure we can all benefit from it.

Sometimes all you need are those 1 or 2 tips you never really think about that drastically improve your game. 

Anyone want to chip in with advice on putting?