Bump and Run

What club would you use most often for a bump and run shot. I usually use my 9 Iron or Pitching wedge but find I am landing just a little bit off the pin than I would like, funny thing is my mate uses a lob wedge(I leave mine at home) is nearly always pin high, should I stick with them or change to an 8 or 7 Iron. I also use a putting stroke trying to keep my arms tight and moving from my shoulders anyone have a tip to get me closer to the pin.

A bump and run is a shot that is used most commonly on a links course where the faiways are hard and have undulations. This is a shot that can be played from quite a considerable distance from the green and any mid iron would be suitable as it is the weight and starting direction that is the most important.

David is describing a chip shot which IMO is totally different, even though what he says is correct and good practice. I might add that when chipping, the club used is one that will carry the ball to the first few feet of the putting surface so that it lands without bouncing right or left and then runs out to the flag.

I generally use my 7 iron for bump and runs, usinga similar technique to the 'right elbow, right pocket' discussed elsewhere.  I lock my right elbow hard to my hip and keep a really stiff movement which prevents me quitting on the shot.  It was a technique tought me when I first started playing by the friend who gave me his clubs and it's pretty accurate up to about 30yds.  It's necessary to visualise the flight and the point where you want the first bounce and is particularly good if you need to bump it off a bank. 

The more loft you have on the club the greater the margin for error for this type of shot.

Every shot should be simplified. 

I use which ever club is needed on the occasion. Mostly the 7 8 and 9 for me. In general i try to get the first shot to clear the ground between me and the green, the first bounce should go half that distance then the 2nd bounce and roll half again. So if i have 5 yards to the green and 20 yards to the pin ill try the 7 iron low to get it to about 12 yards the bounce will go about 6 and the ball should then bounce and roll a further 3 - 6  yards and into the hole if im lucky (which i normaly am not but it sounds good) hopefully get it down in one but 2's acceptable. I find in general that if im short of the green my bump and run is closer than my playing partners first putt.

I call this a bump and run because that what the shot does. If im faced with a pin closer i will take a more lofted club and try to stop it quicker which to me is a chip. the wedges come out when i am behind a green side bunker or a mound of some kind.

Col  

You guys must be from the South or preparing for summer.  Anything off the green at my course currently turns into a bump and stop!

defo my 7 iron for me, i try and adopt the same technique David described above, only prob is lately with the soft ground been hard to pull off so just go with wedge or shorter iron deppending on if im near the green etc, u know what i mean......