Golf Club Choice for Chipping

Video Transcript

"Okay, when you're on the green, the importance of the shot cannot be overestimated, because if this shot is no good, you're facing another chip shot, or terrible, long, bad, putts, which can be three or four putts, then. So, you've got a lot of club choices for the most part. Every now and then you will see a pro use a driver to punch the ball, because they want to punch it out around the green, but generally, you're going to use a sixty-degree wedge, a sand wedge, a pitching wedge, nine-iron, eight-iron, sometimes a seven-iron, or a putter, from off the green. So you want to practice the shots at least half as much as you practice the rest of your shots, because if you can't do anything around the greens, then what purpose is there to having a great shot to get to the green? So, you've got the able to hit these shots. So I can't tell you which shot to use for which shot--which club to use for which shot, but want you want to do, is through endless practice and repetition, you will start getting the feel for what's appropriate, and taking into account the wind conditions, the weather conditions, the speed of the greens, the thickness of the grass, then you'll know which club to use, and no matter which club you use, if you practice them a lot, you will still be able to get a halfway decent shot out of it, because sometimes, maybe there isn't a perfect shot, but if you're good at all of them, then they will all work out pretty good."