[Pro] Chipping: too hard or just broken?
My current player has a 9 on Short Game Accuracy and I miss 50 chips for every one I get. I know how to chip, I know how the game works, been playing every year since TW 07. Beads or not, the chips ...
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I agree with the perfect/perfect execution and there being no guarantees because of things that you don't control like the wind, elevation, etc., but for a shot to be perfect/perfect with no wind and be off by 10-20 yards, in the air, is a little hard to swallow.
I just noticed something though, I'm pretty new at this game, but with a career player I was wondering how you upgrade the clubs in your bag beside shelling out money to buy the needed points? And at what level do they have to get to before their skill improves beyond being an amateur's skill?
@simeurocat wrote:for a shot to be perfect/perfect with no wind and be off by 10-20 yards, in the air, is a little hard to swallow.
This is not my experience with chipping. If you are using correct distance and angle, and accounting for rollout, I've never been more than 2-3 feet away on a chip. If your 10-20 yards off, you probably shouldnt have been chipping that shot....
As a rule of thumb, use about 50% rollout on a flat chip. Then adjust up and down for elevation like you would for a putt.
@7AnimalMother wrote:
@simeurocat wrote:for a shot to be perfect/perfect with no wind and be off by 10-20 yards, in the air, is a little hard to swallow.
This is not my experience with chipping. If you are using correct distance and angle, and accounting for rollout, I've never been more than 2-3 feet away on a chip. If your 10-20 yards off, you probably shouldnt have been chipping that shot....
I think he is referring to hitting a driver off the tee box. He probably just got a little off topic.
I see this often... when I do get a PERFECT/PERFECT with what seems to be a perfect swing path only to see it go somewhere unexpected... well outside the dispersion zone, and sometimes against the wind.
But I totally agree with you. I only chip inside about 15 yards... and I'm usually well inside 3 feet. Outside 15 yards it's a flop shot.
Sorry for being off topic! I just wanted the OP to know that I didn't feel it was just on chipping that his problem was being observed. Thanks for the advice on the chipping,pitching and flop shot distances.
Lol no worries. I didn’t realize you were not specifically talking about chipping until it was pointed out 🙂!
