Chipper or not?

Do you use a chipping club?

I've seen, and played golf with people who have one of these chipping irons.

Have you got one?

Russ

Sign of a desperate man.

They are just an 8 iron with a shortened shaft and a very wide sole so that it runs smoothly over the grass.  I suggest just choking down on your 8 iron (I actually use my 9 iron). 

I would suggest learning to chip with your 'standard' clubs rather than buying something as an interim fix.

Tarts club............no offence ladies.

I have absolutely no problem with anybody using a chipping club.

It they are legal then they are legal.

Myself, I don't use one, never really needed one.

I don't have a certain club that I use for chipping, I use the club that is the best one for the job.

My normal chips would be a pitching wedge or a 9 iron, but I've been down as far as a 7 iron to chip with.

Russ

If it works then why not..

I don't use one though much prefer my wedges..

One of our partners uses one to very good effect...

A chip must be one of the simplest shots in golf and can be played with a variety of clubs.

Tend to agree with that comment John, a single club doesn't provide the flexibility for chips, flops and bump and runs that wedges do.  I'll use virtually any iron to give the shot shape I want, even use my hybrid sometimes. Favourites are my 4, 7 and PW at the moment, can't see a chipper being any use to me - but if some people like them then who am I to contradict. 

I chip with anything from a PW to a 5 wood, depends how much carry and how much run I need.

Nearly there, Stuart, just keep the left wrist firm with a low takeaway both on the backswing and the forward stroke.

I use a putting stroke with quiet hands.  If I feel I am going to have to take my hands further back than I would for a long putt I will either go for a club with less loft to get a lower flight with more roll out or chip on with an open-faced wedge.   

Another rule of thumb I use is if 50:50 carry to roll is a 9 iron.  For more carry, more loft and more carry less loft 

I like to think I'm pretty good with a chipper from close in (using a putting stroke). When the distance increases I like to use a 7 or 8 iron with a standard chipping stroke. Did 6 straight pars (all with single putts) on Saturday, mainly thanks to good chipping. If it's legal and it gets results, why not use what works. 

I'm happy using my irons for chipping so won't be buying a chipper.

I took a lesson from my pro and it's certainly worked.

All I was interested in was seeing how many people use one.

Russ

i love mine and if you ask my friends it can be a deadly tool. i do intend to learn to play with'proper' clubs but in the mean time it helps me out.

I used to use a chipper when I first started playing (purchased a cheap one as you do) then when I started to play a little more serious I took it out the bag and now just use my irons for chipping.  I'd say if you feel comfortable using it then go for it - do what feels right for you.  I seem to remember last year odyssey released a chipper/putting sort of a club !?!?

I use my irons but must admit that I have never used a wood for a chip shot....

Surely a 5 iron would be better if you need the chip and run method? Suppose it would depend on different factors though...

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  I recognise that there is an underlying touch of snobbery and inference that people who openly use these 'clubs' do not have the committment or desire to improve their game (is it me or does anyone notice that chipper users like their gadgets and are generally quite fickle? sorry, only joking) but if it works.... However, these cluba are very limited. If they were to spend a bit of time with a 9 iron and scatter groups of 5-10 balls 5-10 yds from the green I'm sure they'd open up a whole new enjoyment and renewed enthusiasm. The chipper would be assigned to the garage and they'd be welcomed into the fold along with us proper golfers.  

Whether you use one or not is, to my mind personal choice.  If technology can help why not use it (howls of derision awaited). 

Having said that I bought one never felt comfortable with it.  It has since taken up residence in a friends bag.

What does amaze me is that Odyssey managed to sell any (at least I assume they sold at least 1) of their "putting wedge".  £90 !!!!!

I like using my sand wedge normally, or PW if it needs more carry.

I like a softer landing rather than alot of run.

Chippers are useless for me

Such a wonderful club as this must surely be carried by all the tour professionals.

bstrds

no man!

B bloody S stupid T things R really D do (talk some) S shiite

thats what i meant - though you'd have got that? tut

 Sorry but did I just read word technology? a chipper? Chippers have been around for a long time. There was nothing technological about them then as is the case now.

All a chipper is is an 8 iron with a flat base to help it skim the grass.  Hit one full, they go around an 8 iron distance.  Why would you need two 8 irons in your bag?

I will admit  I have owned one . Stop laughing, it was about 10/11 years ago Hcp 18 and I luvvved it!! What I couldn't handle was the constant piss take "using your tarts club again" I was embarrassed but I was also desperate ,back then I was a very big hitter never new how or why I just did it. Did not have a Scooby doo when it came to chipping but I guess I only played a total of 20 times a year. The piss take was so bad that I was told I was not allowed to take it on tour to Marbala.I agreed and she stayed home, and for four rounds I played like a dog. The last game dawned and I could not bare playing without my chipper and as I walked in the pro shop there it was ,a chipper . I know, I know but it was love at first sight and she was going to be mine. It became a beautiful holiday romance and she was out helping me on every hole and we had a good game.

About  a year later I started having a few lessons and joined a club.My teaching pro went through my bag picked up the chipper and nearly vomited he said he would deem himself a failure I had carried on playing it, and it went. Come to think of it so did the pro he was sh#@ .

I only wish this little ditty was fiction but ashamedly it's all true.

I don't have a problem with others having a chipper in their bag (the bro-in-law swears by his) but for me it stops you putting something else in.  I wanted to put my 3 iron in the bag at Conwy and had to decide what was coming out - 19* rescue (effectivly a 3 iron) or the 5 wood.  I took the 5 wood out and believe it was the right decision. 

I wonder if the same kind of abuse would be proffered if the chipper in someones bag was an £80 Odessey one....

 Chris has a valid point but I'd add let go of the club at top near top of your follow through and don't retrieve it. You'll feel a lot chipper.

 Steven, there's a lot of tongue in cheek with this chipper business and the bottom line is if you can use it to good effect you'd be silly to pass on that. If I could guarantee getting down in two more times using a chipper I'd be the first to use one.

 If the offset driver cured your slice then no furthr action needed but regarding your other point, do we not need to have goals? what about rising to to the challenge of learning to use a three or four iron?  I'd rather use an iron than a wood anyday.

  Your belief really is very important and if you concentrate on what you can't do rather than what you can I'm sure you'll do it.