| Playing a chip shot from the fringe of a green versus | | | | (3)Long grass and uphill to the hole. |
| putting through the fringe can be a little confusing for | | | | You have to hit it harder to get it through the grass |
| the average golfer. A lot of golfers choose to putt | | | | with a putter and up to the hole. Eliminate the chance |
| for the fear of not being able to control the distance | | | | of getting the golf ball caught up in the grass by |
| of a chip shot around a green, and lets not talk about | | | | chipping out and over. |
| choking a chip shot. More often than not the | | | | (4)Over 7 feet of grass between golf ball and start |
| confidence lies in the ability to putt the ball. When do | | | | of green, and hole is beyond center of green. |
| you decide to chip instead of putt? | | | | Chipping over the grass will eliminate slowing the golf |
| A quick review of some your options will help in the | | | | ball up if you have a lot of green to work with. |
| decision process. The circumstances have to be right | | | | (5)Hole is beyond center of green and more than 20 |
| to putt the ball. Here are some golf tips to consider | | | | feet. |
| and several situations to help your decision on | | | | The odds are higher on getting the golf ball beyond |
| choosing to chip the golf ball rather than electing to | | | | 20 feet with a chipper versus a putter. |
| putt. | | | | (6)Sprinkler system directly in front of line to golf |
| You may want to chip in these circumstances. | | | | hole or other obstacle that will affect the roll of golf |
| (1)Wet grass or thick grass. | | | | ball. |
| The moisture or thickness of the grass is going to | | | | Eliminate possible deflection of golf ball by chipping |
| slow up the ball considerably, therefore weight of | | | | over the obstacle. |
| putt has to be determined to get it through the | | | | (7)Too much rolling terrain in the first 1/3 distance to |
| grass, and once you get it rolling on the green, the | | | | the hole. |
| weight of putt it took you to get it through the | | | | Taking most of the rolling green out of play by |
| fringe may not be enough or too much distance for | | | | chipping over will give you a lot less rolling green to |
| the golf hole. In this circumstance there is too much | | | | read unless you are very good at reading greens. |
| weight control to consider. | | | | You have the ultimate decision on your ability to play |
| (2)A very wet or slow green. | | | | any one of these golf club selections in these |
| Chipping the golf ball will take a lot of moisture out of | | | | circumstances, but there is a good reason to think |
| play, and a slow green forces you to swing harder | | | | about these circumstances before you choose the |
| with a putter to get the golf ball up to the hole, | | | | club. I hope some of these golf tips will help in your |
| when the art of putting should call for a soft touch. | | | | decision process, and your goal to save strokes. |