How to chip 10yds to an elevated green?

Question

Whats the best shot to perform if you have only 10 or so yds to the pin, not much green 2 work with, out of the rough, and the green is elevated a good 4-6 yds above your ball. Any advice you could give me would help. WHat club, wheres the ball in my stance, ascending or descending blow, etc

Thanks!

Answer 1

I would use my 52 * and choke down on the shaft i would hold the shaft more upright so the club is only touching with the toe of the club on the ground i would use a putting stroke ball back in your stance.With the club being upright with the toe only touching the rough will not grab the hosel and twist it off line its a money in the bank shot.

Answer 2

Given your scenario, you really don't have much of an option to get it real close.  If you have a good lie in the rough and the ball is sitting up I would us a sand wedge or lob wedge and let the loft lift the ball in the air.  To pull off this shot you have to let the club head pass your hands before impact to make the ball come out soft.  If the ball has settle down, then your best option is to try to pitch it out short of the green and let is release.  This might not be an option depending on whats in front of you.  You could try the first shot as well, depending on how thick the rough is.....remember, this shot is a hope and a prayer if you haven't spent much time practicing it.....whatever shot you decide, stay committed to it and don't decelerate your club....that will spell disaster.

Answer 3

open your club face all the way take a half swing and follow through fully. this should be enough

Answer 4

In this situation I would pitch the ball to the green and let it run a short distance. To do this you should keep your weight forward and do not shift it while in your swing. Bring the club back to about parallel with the ground and use a nice smooth stroke. With your weight forward it is easier to get the leading edge of the club under the ball and the sharper angle of attack will get the ball to pop up out of the grass and land softly on the green.

Answer 5

I think you should use a sand wedge. Then positions the ball towards your left to elevate the ball. The reason you want to elevate the ball, is because you said you don't have much green to work with. By elevating the ball you decrease the chance of your ball rolling past the green.

Answer 6

it is the way you hit the ball with the club

Answer 7

One of the main things they say about Tiger Woods and his short game  are that he has a great imagination.  There are multiple ways to play the shot that you describe.   Best thing would be to use your imagiation and practice all kinds of different shots from that lie....you will soon figure out which ones work best for you given the variations of lie and grass conditions etc.

Answer 8

Try the flop shot - hold the blade very open, almost parallel to the ground, and hit the bottom of the ball quite hard. Hopefully, the ball should fly high and only land around 10 to 20 yards from where you hit it with very little roll. Try it!

Answer 9

I like to hit a sand wedge WAY back in my stance, like behind my feet back. Stand the club on its flange and chop down on it flying it just short of the green. It should bite a bit and should work just fine. Try it, AND you can work on that stroke on your carpeted floor.

Answer 10

From this situation, you're only looking to get it within 10 or 15 feet, that's a great shot. Don't think you need to give yourself a tap in. That's ridiculous from here. The flop is a pretty shot, but unless you're a low single digit handicapper, you have a huge chance of error on the flop. Play it safe instead. If there is some short grass in front of you, like if the rough doesn't go all the way to the green, then just play a bump and run up the hill with like a gap wedge. Otherwise, use the sand wedge, open the face and take a very short backswing and accelerate through the ball. It's not a flop shot, you're just looking to get yourself a putt.

Answer 11

There are a ton from ten yards. The keywords here are "out of the rough." If it sits high in the rough with a lie that you can create spin with you could flop it. Take your loftiest wedge and just open the clubface but DO NOT change the way you grip the club. Open the face and grip the club normally only the face is open. Accelerate madly but shallow through the ball and it will pop almost straight up and onto the green. The thing is though that there is an art to this shot and this is the hardest shot in golf to pull off consistently not to mention from the rough. The other option if it is buried, is to dig it out and forget about the green, just put it in position to play out. There are times where a golfer has to take one step back to take two forward. If you were to play it without making a go at the green and just hit a shot to a spot you knew you could get up and down from, that is ideal in this situation. If it was me and the green was that high above me I would try for green in a direction that if it rolled off it would put it in a greenside bunker and play from there because I know I would have a good chance of a hole out or at least get up and down but I am a bunker player. In worst case scenario I would still be in the rough but with a better lie. They call some shots "hero shots" for a reason. If you want to take the chance it's your par, but at that point I would play for bogey, par would just be the upside. But if you really wanted to go for green you could take a steep shot that stops right after it hits the ball. The idea is to "squirt" the ball out of the rough and onto the green. Be prepared as this shot doesn't check. I mean it will roll with the fury. A shot like that would be so lucky to stop on the opposite fringe. The best thing to do is play a shot you are confident playing and get that ball back in play or better position to hole. The major flaw in amateur golf is that players continually play the hero shot instead of taking bogey. If you were to flop a shot from buried lie in the rough 4-6 yards above to 10 feet away and put it within 2 feet of the hole you f**t four leaf clovers, your Mom's a unicorn and your Dad's a leprechaun. That kind of heroic stuff is what dreams are made of. I wasted a lot of time trying to impress my friends and mostly myself with that stuff. Look at it confidently and see what you know you could pull off and go for it. That's my advice. Practice flop rough shots at you local schoolyard or park before attmepting the hero shot.