Golf Chipping & Pitching: 9 Iron

Video Transcript

"Okay, when you hit a ball, when you need to hit a ball about fifty to one hundred yards, obviously I can hit a nine iron further than one hundred yards but let's say there is a brisk wind coming directly at me. Well, then I might want to use a nine iron because the winds is going to cut my distance down, but for a lot of shots that are fifty to one hundred yards, the nine iron is a really good shot. It doesn't give you as much loft; as you can see, it doesn't have as much loft as the pitching wedge, sand wedge, and the sixty degree wedge, but it gives you a more controllable shot. So if I didn't have a sand trap, there's not water, there's nothing in my way, and those are my target, I might just like to pitch the ball up there, because I am not going to be able to get a full swing out of a lot of these shots anyway. So if I have a lower trajectory, I can control the ball a little better. So that's a pretty good shot for what I am facing here. There's nothing in my way, so I am not really, I don't really need to get over anything, so I can actually roll the ball out there, called a pitch. So the nine iron is a great shot when it's less than a full swing. It's a great to try it to chip because is has different loft on it. So, every club, gives you benefits and drawbacks, and you have to learn which is the right club to use for the right situation, but when I have nothing but grass, and I am really trying to cheat the wind, or I just don't want to skull a ball, I just need to push it up on the cutting surface, this is the club to use. So, it's pretty easy to hit, and practice it a lot and you'll really come to love this shot."