New Ping ChipR

toraider · 2022-07-13T02:10:54+00:00

https://golf.com/gear/ping-introduces-new-short-game-solution-the-ping-chipr/?amp=1 @sdandrea1 do you have one yet?

johnnydoom

Watched a pretty cool Crossfield video about the new Ping.

My wife has a chipper. I've borrowed it a few times, but quickly realized that, like any other club, you actually have to practice with it to become any good! I won't bother, but primarily because I'm also a poor lag putter. I don't practice it, and do not have the touch for distance control.

Spuzz

I have always found them to hold an awkward place in the bag since it's a single purpose club for the most part.
My first set (antique) had one.
I used it for punch outs.

KCee

toraider My buddy has a Cleve Smart Sole wedge. He's hot and cold with it though like everything else (He's hovering around a 20 index now I think). He uses it well from just off the green with a putting stroke, but then he tries to use it from farther away and it gets ugly. I usually do have to check his bag before tournaments as there can be 15-16 clubs in there lol.

It seems like golfers tend to use say SW from everywhere and get as good as they can with it or they try to use the same motion with 7-SW for different shots. My buddy goes back and forth between those 2 philosophies. Lately he's a 10 index off the tee, but a 30 from 100 yards and in so he's still a 20.

HybridWood

Typhoon There is a LH chipper in there that I chip like a bastard with

Hmm...is that a good or bad thing? 🤔

Typhoon

HybridWood I play hockey lefty so it’s not unnatural. I have a really good lefty swing. When I teach lefty’s I actually hit balls lefty.

A few months ago 2 of the lefty members were chipping. I came out of the shop with that lefty chipper. Asked them for a couple balls. Chipped 2 15 footers in the hole and walked back inside. They both came in a few minutes later and said,” you’re not a lefty are you?”

Rickochet

Par4QC Typhoon Anyone.....that buys a chipper club, is a very poor golfer.
migawd, my son has gone through them for years. 😲
And I keep telling him they cost nothing but strokes, by just being in the bag.

I knew this would turn into a chipper debate. Not all chippers are the same. I have tried a bunch of them over the years because I like to tinker and I am a good chipper. I usually use from a 6 iron to SW depending on the situation. Most chippers I have tried did not work well mainly due to distance control. The only one I ever liked was the GW Frankly Frog chipper. Last year for shits and giggles I tried the Acer XK Chipper and did very well with it. I liked it enough to try the Acer XK Flipper. They are similar with different lofts. They both worked well for me with good distance control. So, don't say all chippers suck and the people who play them are hacks. Now back to the Ping. Don't bash it if your haven't played it. 😜

Par4QC

Rickochet So, don't say all chippers suck and the people who play them are hacks.

Alcoholics also won't admit they have a problem. Or that they are an alcoholic. 🤣

Luc_Van_Daele

Is Chip-o short for Chip-o-lata?

Rickochet

Luc_Van_Daele Is Chip-o short for Chip-o-lata?

My gaydar alarm went off when that video started.

Rickochet

Typhoon I play hockey lefty so it’s not unnatural. I have a really good lefty swing. When I teach lefty’s I actually hit balls lefty.

I remember years ago during one of the TV golf challenge events VJ was the last of 10 golfers to hit on a par three. Each player got two tries for closest to the pin. VJ put his first shot closest to the pin. For grins he asks to borrow Mike Weirs lefty 8 iron. VJ proceeded to put his lefty shot inside his righty shot. 😁

KCee

Typhoon I play hockey lefty so it’s not unnatural. I have a really good lefty swing.

I could play hockey lefty as a kid and even wrote lefty decently for nearly a year with my right hand in a cast, but I could NOT swing a bat or a golf club lefty at all........of course I don't swing it right very well either so it may not be a lefty righty thing. I use the Swing Speed sticks at times and it's embarrassing how badly I do the lefty swings lol.

Rickochet

Par4QC Alcoholics also won't admit they have a problem. Or that they are an alcoholic.

Maybe I need to join CA (Chippers Anon). Hi, I'm Rick. I use a chipper. 😝

Typhoon

We had one that I could hit 180 yards. 200 it I really leaned on it.

DonM

Crossfield:

I could see a chipper being useful for a lot of people. Maybe even me. 38 loft seems low? Excuse me, 38.5.

scotts33

Related chipping. I use the basic Ray Floyd upright shaft/iron reverse overlap putting grip. Various loft of iron to distance needed players blades work best for me. Brian Sparks R-I-P illustrates. Main reason why this chipping technique works better than anything else I have used over the years is aggression, no chili dip, no decel. As you are gripping the iron like a putter you will automatically have a larger back swing and thru swing without the ball traveling a large distance. Therefore you can be aggressive. Biggest issue with any golf swing is decel and not committing to the shot. How many times do golfers leave it short or blow it beyond their target? There is the issue. A lil practice and you'll be a great chipper.

DonM

scotts33 Do you hit it with a descending blow or just like a putter?

fatshot

scotts33 technique works better than anything else I have used over the years is aggression, no chili dip, no decel. As you are gripping the iron like a putter you will automatically have a larger back swing and thru swing without the ball traveling a large distance.

Thanks for posting this...! This is the method I use. I do find though that I have to switch from the putting grip to
the regular overlap grip for chipping out of the rough. Works for me!!

candukid

scotts33
So… that grass is so short there it is like he is on the green. Why not actually putt it? I would like to see him chip from the rough 6 feet off the green.

Par4QC

Ping needs to make a complete set of those irons. 440 Browning style. Heads be all the same size though. Not '1 length' either! 😡

Eguller

Par4QC Ping needs to make a complete set of those irons. 440 Browning style.

Sounds like this chipper is basically a 9i. So.....I agree.

scotts33

DonM Do you hit it with a descending blow or just like a putter?

Putter. Heel off ground toe makes contact with turf/ball. Brian Sparks illustrates it well.

HybridWood

scotts33 Heel off ground

Excellent point. That also increases the lie angle a bit for more of a putter "feel".

DonM

scotts33 I can’t make that work. Not sure why. Weak mind, probably. 🙃

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