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Are you one of those golfers who occasionally yips your chips? You know those short chips near the green when you want to reach the putting surface and roll out to the hole. How often do you blade your chips across the green or bouncing your club into the ground before you brush you ball with a weak result? Imagine the strokes you could save if you could make every chip count.
I am one of those golfers who tends to miss-hit my chips when the pressure is on to lift my ball out of deep rough with a very short run-out to the hole. Of course, I also stub those easy chips from a tight lie about 20 yards from the green. I have purchased a few special chipping clubs that promise success but the weight of these heavier clubs have a different feel than my set of clubs, so my swing cadence is inconsistent and my results were poor.
Opportunity!
I found the perfect solution where I can use my existing clubs as well as the different lofts of each of my clubs. Danny Maude teaches the proper swing for chipping (the way Scottie Scheffler or any other pro chips), but he also provides this much simpler chipping method with a putting stroke. What could be easier to use for recreational golfers?
Learn to Make a Putting-Chip: By gripping down on any of your irons and standing with your eyes almost directly over your ball you can chip your ball from any lie to clear 1 to 20 feet of rough and settle on the putting surface.
Grip down your shaft so that your club is almost vertical and the toe is pointing to the ground (and the heel is raised off the ground). The shortened shaft makes it easier to hit and control the ball.
1/ For shorter chips with shorter run-outs, use your highest lofted wedge and for longer chips with longer run-outs you can select a lower lofted club like a 6 iron or an 8 iron.
2/ Setup with a normal putting stance with your feet close together but your hands will be placed on the lower end of your grip so that your shaft is almost pointing vertically from your face down to the ball.
3/ The toe of your club will be pointing on an angle down to your ball [Sorry about the image above as the grass is hiding the toe pointing down] as you will be swinging as you would with a putter (with a flat leading wrist) to lift your ball with the TOE of your club. Use a limited backswing to chip your ball and let it run-out 1 to 35 feet across the green.
4/ You will have to experiment with different amounts of backswing and follow-through with each of your lofted clubs to sort out what works best for the air time and roll-out that you want to execute.
Bryson DeChambeau, who has battled injuries for much of this season, has pulled out of a long-driving competition in Florida and will ave surgery on his left hand on Thursday.
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After months of testing and millions of data points, we broke down the Best Drivers for a Hook for the 2022 season.
A hook is often considered the “better player” miss but that is small consolation if you are watching the ball sail OB.
While swing mechanics are always going to play the biggest role, modern driver designs can help keep the ball in play and in the fairway more often.
For this test, 35 golfers tested 38 different models over more than 400 individual sessions. Data was collected using Foresight GCQuad Launch monitors. To minimize variables, all testers hit Titleist Pro V1 golf balls. Outliers were removed and data was aggregated before scores were calculated.
The player gets the green jacket. The caddie gets the flagstick and flag on 18. See what Ted Scott did with it when he got home.
The PGA Tour heads to Harbor Town this week, and our experts have everything you need to know to bet the RBC Heritage.
From Richard Goldstein’s NY Times remembrance:
Spork finished second in the 1962 L.P.G.A. Championship but never won on the women’s tour. Her legacy, apart from her role as a pioneer of the women’s pro game, lay in her tutoring countless women, from duffers to fledgling pros, and in creating schools to help would-be teachers pass on her knowledge to their own students.
Spork received the Ellen Griffin Rolex Award, the L.P.G.A.’s highest teaching honor, in 1998. She was inducted into the inaugural class of the L.P.G.A. Teaching and Club Professional Hall of Fame in 2000. She won the 2015 Patty Berg Award for contributions to women’s golf and was named the L.P.G.A. Teacher of the Year in 1959 and 1984.
In 1947, while attending Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti outside Ann Arbor, a teachers school now known as Eastern Michigan University, Spork won the first national intercollegiate golf championship for women. She graduated with a degree in physical education two years later.
During the 1950 golf season, she joined with leading women’s players, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Patty Berg, Louise Suggs, Betty Jameson and Marilynn Smith, to form the L.P.G.A. But in its early years, prize money was meager, the tournaments received little attention in the sports media, and the players jammed together in autos as they traveled around the country.
I might mention that we were the first to use Pinkerton’s at a sporting event. The club then had no fence around its property and, because of this, a considerable number of people saw no reason to buy a ticket to see our tournament. This is where Pinkerton’s come in handy. The deputies and police had too many personal friends, whereas the Pinkerton men played no favorites. CLIFFORD ROBERTS
Shirley Spork, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour who learned two weeks ago she would be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, died Tuesday, the LPGA said. She was 94.
Said CBS analyst Nick Faldo on his Rory McIlroy call at the Masters on Sunday: "I got caught up on that for a split second and I reacted. And so you're right, I got it all wrong for a split second."
Tiger Woods gave early round coverage a boost but a pair of weekend 78’s made him only a small part of CBS’s coverage. Couple that with a three stroke lead by Scheffler, no major stars expected to contend Sunday and lackluster ratings all year, and CBS must be thrilled with these numbers.
They’re also declaring record streaming numbers but there are no numbers released…
CBS SPORTS’ 2022 MASTERS COVERAGE SCORES ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS
CBS’ Final-Round Presentation Delivers Most-Watched Golf Telecast on Any Network in Three Years
Paramount+ and CBS Sports Produce Record-Setting Streaming for Golf
I might mention that we were the first to use Pinkerton’s at a sporting event. The club then had no fence around its property and, because of this, a considerable number of people saw no reason to buy a ticket to see our tournament. This is where Pinkerton’s come in handy. The deputies and police had too many personal friends, whereas the Pinkerton men played no favorites. CLIFFORD ROBERTS
Alphard eWheels is a David, pure and simple.
In golf’s David versus Goliath battles, it’s usually a bad idea to bet on David. He may notch a few early wins but Goliath has the deeper pockets. And that never bodes well for ol’ Davey.
But if you’ve been following some of our business stories, you know that every once in a while there’s a David that doesn’t know when to quit. You’ve read about Karsten Solheim and the PING Anser as well as the Lamkin family story: both Davids that beat the odds. Alphard eWheels is also a family business and its unique Club Booster V2 is definitely making some noise.
The good news is that Alphard is a David in an emerging segment of the golf business. That means there are no Goliaths. Not yet.
But what Alphard does have is a unique niche, a clever product and a young owner intent on seeing his vision through.
Jon Rahm, not Scottie Scheffler, opened as the favorite to win the PGA Championship at 11-1 at Caesars Sportsbook.
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The most comprehensive driver test of 2022.
If your swing speed is above 105 mph, this article is for you. Read on to discover what our extensive testing has revealed before you even consider buying a new driver.
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For this test, 35 golfers tried 38 different driver models over more than 400 individual sessions.. Data was collected using Foresight GCQuad launch monitors. To minimize variables, all testers hit Titleist Pro V1 golf balls. Outliers were removed and data was aggregated before scores were calculated.
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For 2022 (and beyond), Most Wanted testing will use a new 100-point scoring system.
He limped and he laughed. At Augusta National, Tiger Woods showed he wants to savor whatever he has left in his legendary career.
McIlroy charges but Scottie hangs tough to win the Green Jacket.
Notes, numbers and Quotables, plus the 3rd hole's key role Sunday and a telecast review.
This one is for all to check out and sample the Quadrilateral. Hope you enjoy as much as I did being back in Augusta for a Tradition Unlike Any Other.
Scottie Scheffler prepared his entire life for this moment, then seemed overwhelmed by it. At the Masters, all his preparation, proved he was indeed ready.
After starting Sunday 10 shots off the lead, Rory McIlroy matched the lowest score ever for a final round at the Masters with an 8-under 64 to secure his best-ever finish at Augusta National.
