For all of you that golf.Have any of you ever used a chipper?and if so,what do you think about it.Good bad or?

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For all of you that golf.Have any of you ever used a chipper?and if so,what do you think about it.Good bad or?

Answer 1

I do have a chipper. It was made by Northwestern, and it looks like it might be 30 years old.

But I love it !  I use it around the greens all the time. It doesn't have any grooves on it, so you have to expect the ball to run, and not check up.

Using wedges around the green if you are not careful can lead to sometimes sculling the ball, but I always get the ball to do what I want it to do, with my chipper.

Answer 2

they work good for beginners who are still pretty unfamiliar with a sand wedge. once you get more comfortable chipping with a wedge you'll find yourself a lot closer to the hole than with the chipper which will stop you from hitting a chunk shot but won't spin for its life.

Answer 3

good very good

Answer 4

DO YOU MEAN A CLUB FOR CHIPPING OR SHOOTING CLOSE FRON CLOSE TO THE GREEN IF YES THEN EVERY BODY NEEDS ONE IN THERE BAG THE NAME OF THESE CLUBS ARE WEDGES BUT THERE ARE MANY WEDGES.for example a loft wedge of sand wedge and there are many different kinds of degrees of wedges the higher the degree the shorter the ball will go.

Answer 5

Chippers are used by the guy that plays nine holes a week in a golf league. He probably got it for Father's Day. You've already got a bag of clubs that you can do so much more with. Learn to chip with those.

Answer 6

no need. i got lots of irons and wedges that do the same job.

Answer 7

Personally im not a huge fan of chippers. I feel that they affect my putting stroke. However Oddysey has just came out with a new white hot chipper, it looks pretty sweet lol

Answer 8

I guess they work ok, but if you play to the rules of 14 clubs max in the bag, a chipper is a waste of a club I think. In order to maximize your potential you have to learn to hit multiple shots with the same club. Not to mention the fact too, that even when just "chipping" there's several different scenarios which would dictate chipping with a different club. If you need one and nobody knows your game better than you, put it in the bag, espceically if you are confident when you have it in your hands. Good luck!

Answer 9

The chipper is sort of a throw-back club from the 70's and earlier.  While a two sided club is illegal, one-sided chippers are legal provided it is within the 14 club limit.

Some players today use a 6, 7 or some other iron to chip from very close around the green or from the fringe.  Others might elect to put from the fringe, or use a hybrid as a "long texas wedge".  Still, others use one of their wedges Log, Sand, Gap, Pitching close around the green.

Given that a chipper is somewhat of a single use club, players seem to have gotten rid of it in favor of adding a hybrid, or an additional highly lofted wedge.

Answer 10

They're stupid.  Learn to chip.  It's like using an offset driver.  You might hit it straighter and "fix: your slice, but all you did was put a band aid on it, you didn't actually fix the problem.  Same thing with a chipper.  You can only hit 1 shot with it, so it makes it pretty useless.  

Instead of buying a club to try to cover up a problem, spend that money on lessons and I gaurantee it will be money better spent.

Answer 11

What's a chipper?  I've used a wood chipper.  They're great!

Answer 12

If you are talking about a two-sided club named a chipper that you can buy at a Wal-mart, no, and they are not legal for tournament play.  

I use a 7 iron for chipping near the green when I want the ball to run after I hit it on to the green.