Ok. 🎉 I've probably watched every single video in TH-cam about chipping in the past four years. Nothing worked. I couldn't chip. Turns out, I'm a natural pitcher... I wasn't gonna watch this video because of the title, I know the theory between pitching and chipping, but I was so desperate that I watched it. I've been trying to chip all my life while my natural instinct is a pitch. Unbelievable...nobody told me that, not even the pros. Thank you so much. ❤🎉🎉🎉
Gary Player, the legend himself, not my words... "Hit it high and cry, or hit it low for the dough..." (english slang for money) 7 iron, bump and run as much as possible, you can chip in so many of these, choke down the grip and just putt it with the 7 !!
Hey Mr Short Game, this session was sooo helpful to me because I was trying to be both, good chipper and pitcher. I’m so much better pitcher and today went to nice 18 hole par 3 here in so cal and committed to 8 iron pitch/chip on EVERY hole 100 yards in. I always pitched and only thing I changed when in close was soften hands. It was such a great day. I was a bit uncomfortable not using my usual clubs for my chips(60 degree) and stayed with 8. Totally thrilled with results! Most important, I felt committed to each shot, even if some were stray! Thank you Mr. Short Game.
IDK...if you are literally around the edges of the green with no obstacle and can't putt it because of rough or messed up turf, then just use your 7,8,9 or PW and putt it. It will loft it over the little messed up areas and roll out just like a putt. Great video though Matt, and I think you are absolutely spot on concerning the chipping/pitching philosophy. Most people would rather do a mini swing bump and run it or just putt it, but when there's a raised green or bunkers in the way, most of us are better off by swinging a less lofted club with the face laid open.
Good God almighty....thank you! I'm what you refer to as a natural pitcher. I have EXACTLY the problems with chipping that you describe here- either digging into the ground or thinning the ball across the green. On one of your other videos, I actually said I would rather be 100 yards out than 10...this is exactly why. I'm far more confident when I can take a decent swing. Thank you for the tips. I will try them out on the course.
Excellent instruction video. This will help people lower scores dramatically once they figure out which is a more consistent play for them. Getting closer to the hole will help people drop more putts. Getting rid of 2 and 3 putts is what the single digit golfers do best. Good course management
Recently found your channel..2 videos improved my ball striking immensely…used both for my short game and long game…I’m very appreciative of stumbling onto your channel…I’ll be looking into your channel going forward.. I like that you’re a very entertaining instructor too..golf IS a game..I like that approach.
Im a 5 handicapper who was really struggling with my short game. Discovered Matt's videos over the winter and they are dynamite. I love using the bounce and opening the face. Having confidence and trusting a method is golf changing (if not life changing :) ) Ive even ditched my 60 and went with 52 and 56. Cheers Matt, brilliant videos, really enjoyable and informative.
I know who I am and I hope for the best outcome chip or pitch :-) I've had more that run over the green unfortunately. Good to see you're enjoying your Mizuno golf bag! stay safe, keep the videos rolling
hey Matt. I like your ideas. favor your strengths. i like to chip i think. (and i love the ‘u know who u are’). i feel im less likely to duff a chip. if i need to get it over something or short sided myself, using your method i should try to do it with as little loft as possible (within reason), then open the blade at least a little and then additionally as needed (within reason) and then ‘chip’ using your motion (which i like). the method is similar to phils hinge and hold in that he always feels like he’s chipping regardless of length, but with your method youre never delofting (which is what he does to his 60), you’re only adding loft. i like it! i like it!
Makes perfect sense. Had a round a week ago where I was hitting irons terribly so I was doing all pitch shots. Hit them almost all really well opening up a lob wedge. Felt great. Then Saturday I was closer to greens that I missed and was hitting some bad chips there. Difference between a 83 and a 92 right there. Well that and the putter lol. From now on I'm pitching almost everything! Thanks, Matt. Another winner of a tutorial here.
Great video. My philosophy is if you are a natural drawer, then when on the range practice hitting fades - and if you are a natural chipper, then practice your pitching technique - but while playing a round of golf, always play your goto shot - forcing yourself to practice the opposite shot, basically makes you better at hitting your goto shot because you will understand far better WHY it works for you
The biggest problem I had was trying to copy the pros as a rec golfer. Now I try to do things like this and simplify my game and play bogey golf. I enjoy it much more. Thanks for the video.
I liked the explanation of the natural pitcher vs the natural chipper. Thus, there is no need to attempt to master both techniques, but to just play to my strength. Thanks
I feel like I just watched my holy grail!!! I’m definitely a pitcher and chipping has absolutely destroyed my round for several months. This could be life changing
One thing that has transformed my short game is developing short chip shots that I only take back to 8 or 9 o’clock with every iron from 5 iron through to my lob wedge. I have every distance covered in ~5 yard increments from 50 yards to 150 yards. It’s a very simple, and more importantly, reliable, repeatable and consistent swing that gives me very good results. These chippy, knock down shots are a great weapon. Now if I don’t have a clear path to green and have to carry a bunker I’ll play a full shot but otherwise I’m using that short chippy swing. My GIR stats have gone through the roof.
You may not be good at either, but I think Matt's point is... your particular tendencies around short shots make you (like everyone) naturally suited more for one than the other.
This was a game changing video. Thank you! I am a mid single digit handicapper and have struggled with my pitching confidence forever. It is absolutely a mental approach to the shot. I am a chipper and have all the confidence in the world from around the green. I took this tip to the course for practice and I was throwing darts pitching. I had to come back to this video and post a comment and a thank you. Seriously this will shave strokes from my game and has changed my mindset about pitching the ball. Big, Big confident booster. Thank you again... You got a sub from me!
I’m a chipper. However, I have never used a eight iron to chip with I do use the various wedges that I have. I’ll have to give it a go Matt. Love ya brother.
awesome vid. I know it appears i'm late, but it just randomly showed up in my feed. I really think you've hit the nail on the head telling folks to "determine who they are" -- i know i've had the same problem, and i finally bit the bullet and i just keep things low to the ground nowadays. It certainly improved my score going in just one direction.
im definitely a pitcher... im fairly confident from out a little ways... right up close to the green i get all yippy when i try to make those short little chips, been practicing a lot though so getting a lot better. haha
Very good advice. I’m comfortable with both shots, but I prefer to fly the ball with a little bit of roll out. I think for a lot of beginners, learning the bump and run is a good way to lower scores faster and get the ball around the hole👍🏼
I think of a chip as more of a "runner" shot, and a pitch as more of a "get some decent air shot and stick the landing" shot. It's easier for me to get the runner with a shorter swing and pivoting the shoulders with no wrist hinge. To get the height it's a longer swing which brings in more lower body action & the wrists have some hinge. There are some setup tweaks as well. This is just what my mind feels in various situations, depending on whether I see a 'run' shot or a 'plop it in there' shot.
Mr. Short game...this is great when greens are relatively level. Since Florida is relatively flat, the greens here are mostly elevated so please help on a chip or pitch on an angled uphill lie. Thanks!
Chips get easier if you use your putter mindset and your putter swing (no hand action), just the club you want to chip with. All of us put a lot so using that mindset can help.
Update - I think this has changed my life! Went to practice yesterday with the shift in mindset (pitch it) and, with the suggested focus on constant grip strength hit some of the best 5y 'chips/pitches' in my life. Thank you Mr. ShortGame!
This is exactly the hurdle that is holding me back from my first ever 80 round or lower. I bought a Square Strike Wedge recently, and it certainly has simplified things. I've removed the triple bogey's from my game - but a double bogey still slipping in to most rounds, and it's usually because of trouble within 30 yards of the green. This is the hardest part of the game precisely BECAUSE it's not a single shot you can work on. From about 50 yards in, you can use about 4-5 different clubs EACH in about 3-4 different ways. No amateur I know of has the time or facilities to practice all of those shots enough to be any good at them all. Thanks for this tip simplifying the game around the green. That's my goal.
That’s why I think for most of us hackers picking one or two clubs from 50 in and learning different shots with just those clubs is the answer. I use my 60 degree from the fringe all the time because my distance control is better with that than trying to chip a 9
@@chasecorrigan6596 and for me it's the opposite. I like to bump and run with an 8 iron occasionally - because it's more like a putter with a little short flight before the roll. The problem creeps in when you have 25 yards, but you have to fly the ball 18 of those yards because of a bunker... and you're on a downhill lie that is hard as a rock. Those kinds of variations are things the pros work on - because they have the time and facilities. We don't as amateurs.
Im good to go....This is very liberating. Im a pitcher and will stick with that except for putting off the green. Pitching to me makes sense because it is most like the normal swing just a little less and im never sure how much a lower loft will run out
Great lesson! I've tried to be both a pitcher and a chipper with limited success. So now I have to decide which one I want to be. Oh well, back to the driving range.
I just came back from AZ played the TPC Champion course (92)......didn't have the chip-bump-run going. 5-3 putts. Came home practiced for 2-weeks. Just shot a 87. (Oregon greens still sanded and divited)
Really like your channel Mr. SG ! Fun and with lots of great point !! I feel 35 yards in the rough is so tough... to get the ball in the air, or over a water or bunker...
man i wish i found this video months ago, used to have a brilliant chipping game/bump and run, last few months I've been getting cute with the 56 & 60 trying to pitch everything high and it's not me. GREAT VIDEO 🙌
Great video Matt. Thanks a mill as always. I’ve been struggling with the 30 to 50 yard pitch. I’ll try the 7/8 iron. If I have a go to method, I’d be sorted. I have so many methods going through my mind 🤪🤪. Keep up the super work. Peter
Matt, can you do a video around Paul Runyan's rule of 11 for determining chip club selection? What is it? How do we use it? What are the disadvantages & advantages? I have one coach who has taught it to me and later another who wants me to use my 60 for everything (using putting stroke).
Fantastic!!!!!! When you open the club face are you opening your stance to get the face square to your target line or does the face still stay open to the right of my target line?
I use a hybrid John Daly 8 everywhere from 100 yds in. Same club everytime, my favorite unless I'm in nasty rough, then it's my grass and sand wedge and then we going up and over.
trying to improve my short game and there is a lot of conflicting advise. One piece of advice i read that just made sense to me is to make the ball carry to the green. Whatever club you need to use to get it to land on the green surface is what you use. If the pin placement doesn't give you a lot of green to work with, use a higher lofted club to carry to the green with short roll. If you have a lot of green to work with, use seven and roll it out farther. The reasoning is that the bounce on the green surface is more predictable. Reason i bring this up is that the last few videos use are carrying it short of the green and running it through the high grass. I don't know. After watching your videos, the first advice i read still sounds better to me. What do you think?
I've tried both quite a bit and am more confident to "feel" a pitch and get it fairly close. Chipping will often get me on the green but either way long or way short of the pin.
Your my favorite golf tutorial. But this video cracked me up. You called pitch what I called chip and vice versa. To me a pitch is the bumper run And a chip is the flop And run. But the long putt method for the bump run is my favorite. Maybe you could include a rule of 12 portion to the video
I've been trying to use more pitch shots lately. It's more versatile since a pitch can go out to 100 yards or so. Chipping is good in certain situations where the lie is awkward.
It's so easy to overcomplicate this game. I'm a natural pitcher, but have been working on my chipping, just to have a couple more shots in the bag for different situations.
Matt...I skulled my last 2 60-yd pitches w SW from 9:00-3:00 w hands neutral. Should I place ball back a bit for greater margin for success or just put more weight on left side?
Thank you for this! I’m a natural pitcher and use my 60 degree more than anything. I’ve had so many people try and get me to chip, only for the ball to always go past the hole. It just doesn’t fit how I see the shot
I am a natural blader, my 54° range on a full shot is anywhere between natural distance and 8 iron distances. My short game shot no matter the club or shot is a ball that is supposed to go in the air but instead goes flying across the ground and off the back of the green and then repeat.
Bueno! As a pro chipper anti pitcher, I appreciate the content of this video. Now do this video from the rough as many of us don’t always hit it straight down the fairway. 🤦♂️
I think you will have many questioning if they are a chipper or pitcher. The techniques used for either are good in this video, but I think it creates more questions and second guessing than answers.
Ok. 🎉 I've probably watched every single video in TH-cam about chipping in the past four years. Nothing worked. I couldn't chip. Turns out, I'm a natural pitcher... I wasn't gonna watch this video because of the title, I know the theory between pitching and chipping, but I was so desperate that I watched it. I've been trying to chip all my life while my natural instinct is a pitch. Unbelievable...nobody told me that, not even the pros. Thank you so much. ❤🎉🎉🎉
Gary Player, the legend himself, not my words...
"Hit it high and cry, or hit it low for the dough..."
(english slang for money)
7 iron, bump and run as much as possible, you can chip in so many of these, choke down the grip and just putt it with the 7 !!
Great lesson thx Matt. Love how you keep things “simple.” I think that’s a key to good golf: keeping things simple.
I struggle a lot with short game, and this is the 1st vid I’ve seen addressing knowing our identity as a chipper vs pitcher. Love it. Keep it comin
Hey Mr Short Game, this session was sooo helpful to me because I was trying to be both, good chipper and pitcher. I’m so much better pitcher and today went to nice 18 hole par 3 here in so cal and committed to 8 iron pitch/chip on EVERY hole 100 yards in. I always pitched and only thing I changed when in close was soften hands.
It was such a great day. I was a bit uncomfortable not using my usual clubs for my chips(60 degree) and stayed with 8. Totally thrilled with results! Most important, I felt committed to each shot, even if some were stray!
Thank you Mr. Short Game.
This is easily the best golf tutorial channel on TH-cam.
Sure it is. Thanks for this one which clarify what should be.
I am a huge fan of the 7 iron around the green. I watched your 7 iron vs wedge and it has improved my short game immensely.
Try 9 iron... My favorite chipping club helps u get just a tad more height on the ball than the 7
I tried that first time today did ok still need to practice it
8 iron for me. Find whatever works for you, there’s no right or wrong
@@kennanlynn4977 I'll give that a try today.
@@kennanlynn4977 I gave this a try, I like the 9 iron out of the thick rough around the green. Thanks for the tip.
IDK...if you are literally around the edges of the green with no obstacle and can't putt it because of rough or messed up turf, then just use your 7,8,9 or PW and putt it. It will loft it over the little messed up areas and roll out just like a putt.
Great video though Matt, and I think you are absolutely spot on concerning the chipping/pitching philosophy. Most people would rather do a mini swing bump and run it or just putt it, but when there's a raised green or bunkers in the way, most of us are better off by swinging a less lofted club with the face laid open.
Good God almighty....thank you! I'm what you refer to as a natural pitcher. I have EXACTLY the problems with chipping that you describe here- either digging into the ground or thinning the ball across the green. On one of your other videos, I actually said I would rather be 100 yards out than 10...this is exactly why. I'm far more confident when I can take a decent swing. Thank you for the tips. I will try them out on the course.
Excellent instruction video. This will help people lower scores dramatically once they figure out which is a more consistent play for them. Getting closer to the hole will help people drop more putts. Getting rid of 2 and 3 putts is what the single digit golfers do best. Good course management
Recently found your channel..2 videos improved my ball striking immensely…used both for my short game and long game…I’m very appreciative of stumbling onto your channel…I’ll be looking into your channel going forward..
I like that you’re a very entertaining instructor too..golf IS a game..I like that approach.
Im a 5 handicapper who was really struggling with my short game. Discovered Matt's videos over the winter and they are dynamite. I love using the bounce and opening the face. Having confidence and trusting a method is golf changing (if not life changing :) ) Ive even ditched my 60 and went with 52 and 56. Cheers Matt, brilliant videos, really enjoyable and informative.
Great advice. I always prefer to chip, but in that 20+ yrd range I try the pitch, dont commit & hit the chich. Thanks again brother.
I know who I am and I hope for the best outcome chip or pitch :-) I've had more that run over the green unfortunately. Good to see you're enjoying your Mizuno golf bag! stay safe, keep the videos rolling
This is one of your best videos yet. Great subject and instruction.
hey Matt. I like your ideas. favor your strengths. i like to chip i think. (and i love the ‘u know who u are’). i feel im less likely to duff a chip. if i need to get it over something or short sided myself, using your method i should try to do it with as little loft as possible (within reason), then open the blade at least a little and then additionally as needed (within reason) and then ‘chip’ using your motion (which i like). the method is similar to phils hinge and hold in that he always feels like he’s chipping regardless of length, but with your method youre never delofting (which is what he does to his 60), you’re only adding loft. i like it! i like it!
Makes perfect sense. Had a round a week ago where I was hitting irons terribly so I was doing all pitch shots. Hit them almost all really well opening up a lob wedge. Felt great. Then Saturday I was closer to greens that I missed and was hitting some bad chips there. Difference between a 83 and a 92 right there. Well that and the putter lol. From now on I'm pitching almost everything! Thanks, Matt. Another winner of a tutorial here.
Great video. My philosophy is if you are a natural drawer, then when on the range practice hitting fades - and if you are a natural chipper, then practice your pitching technique - but while playing a round of golf, always play your goto shot - forcing yourself to practice the opposite shot, basically makes you better at hitting your goto shot because you will understand far better WHY it works for you
Some of us guys are just happy to hit the ball and you are getting super technical
The biggest problem I had was trying to copy the pros as a rec golfer. Now I try to do things like this and simplify my game and play bogey golf. I enjoy it much more. Thanks for the video.
I liked the explanation of the natural pitcher vs the natural chipper. Thus, there is no need to attempt to master both techniques, but to just play to my strength. Thanks
I feel like I just watched my holy grail!!! I’m definitely a pitcher and chipping has absolutely destroyed my round for several months. This could be life changing
Learn more from this channel than I do on the practice area.
One thing that has transformed my short game is developing short chip shots that I only take back to 8 or 9 o’clock with every iron from 5 iron through to my lob wedge. I have every distance covered in ~5 yard increments from 50 yards to 150 yards. It’s a very simple, and more importantly, reliable, repeatable and consistent swing that gives me very good results. These chippy, knock down shots are a great weapon. Now if I don’t have a clear path to green and have to carry a bunker I’ll play a full shot but otherwise I’m using that short chippy swing. My GIR stats have gone through the roof.
Nice video, Matt. Keep it simple. Good english for me (from Spain)
Another great lesson from Short game guy. He always gives me a insight of game. Thank you.
In a huge plot twist, I am neither good at chipping OR pitching... 😆🤣😂
keenCrafting - I'm right there with you.
Me too
Same
You may not be good at either, but I think Matt's point is... your particular tendencies around short shots make you (like everyone) naturally suited more for one than the other.
@@76MUTiger for sure. I’m going to try the pitching method out next time I play and see how it works. Inside of 100 yards has always been tough for me
Very nice one, saved in my Golf Fundamentals folder. Thanks for revealing me I was a pitcher!
So glad i stumbled on to this channel. Love the tips Matt!
Excellent tip, I wish I met you years ago. I'm a very unique natural pitcher, I wanted backspin, well you know the rest
This was a game changing video. Thank you! I am a mid single digit handicapper and have struggled with my pitching confidence forever. It is absolutely a mental approach to the shot. I am a chipper and have all the confidence in the world from around the green. I took this tip to the course for practice and I was throwing darts pitching. I had to come back to this video and post a comment and a thank you. Seriously this will shave strokes from my game and has changed my mindset about pitching the ball. Big, Big confident booster. Thank you again... You got a sub from me!
I’m a chipper. However, I have never used a eight iron to chip with I do use the various wedges that I have. I’ll have to give it a go Matt. Love ya brother.
Absolutely agree! I have simplified and my swing types and it has made my game easier and shaved strokes off my game. Great video!
Excellent video! This has really helped my game. Thanks
Brilliant explanation - thank you.
I am a chipper. Used it inside 140m. Broke 90 for first time. It worked great !!!
awesome vid. I know it appears i'm late, but it just randomly showed up in my feed. I really think you've hit the nail on the head telling folks to "determine who they are" -- i know i've had the same problem, and i finally bit the bullet and i just keep things low to the ground nowadays. It certainly improved my score going in just one direction.
Well I guess I'm still trying to incorporate both into my game, your video's are a big help. Thanks MSG...
Awesomeness bro you make it look so easy...thanks for the tips.....
Always open the face on any iron...my short game sucks...foreeeeee.
im definitely a pitcher... im fairly confident from out a little ways... right up close to the green i get all yippy when i try to make those short little chips, been practicing a lot though so getting a lot better. haha
Very good advice. I’m comfortable with both shots, but I prefer to fly the ball with a little bit of roll out. I think for a lot of beginners, learning the bump and run is a good way to lower scores faster and get the ball around the hole👍🏼
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I do prefer the longer pitch type swing. Nice info, Matt!
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Dude, you're a fun and informative teacher. You earned a new sub. 🤙🏽
I think of a chip as more of a "runner" shot, and a pitch as more of a "get some decent air shot and stick the landing" shot. It's easier for me to get the runner with a shorter swing and pivoting the shoulders with no wrist hinge. To get the height it's a longer swing which brings in more lower body action & the wrists have some hinge. There are some setup tweaks as well. This is just what my mind feels in various situations, depending on whether I see a 'run' shot or a 'plop it in there' shot.
Pretty good video. Always been a pitcher, I also like to utilize my hands/wrists more in the swing.
Mr. Short game...this is great when greens are relatively level. Since Florida is relatively flat, the greens here are mostly elevated so please help on a chip or pitch on an angled uphill lie. Thanks!
Love this and great explanation! I’m definitely a chipper and the club selection and shot execution on this video help immensely. Thanks for this
Thanks Matt! This helps a lot. 🤞🏼
Great lesson , about chipping vs pitching ,
This is super helpful. I'm definitely a natural pitcher. I'd rather be 20-30y away than 5y - freezes me every time because I need to 'chip'.
Chips get easier if you use your putter mindset and your putter swing (no hand action), just the club you want to chip with. All of us put a lot so using that mindset can help.
Update - I think this has changed my life! Went to practice yesterday with the shift in mindset (pitch it) and, with the suggested focus on constant grip strength hit some of the best 5y 'chips/pitches' in my life. Thank you Mr. ShortGame!
Me too. I screw up every chip and lay the pitch in there.
This is exactly the hurdle that is holding me back from my first ever 80 round or lower. I bought a Square Strike Wedge recently, and it certainly has simplified things. I've removed the triple bogey's from my game - but a double bogey still slipping in to most rounds, and it's usually because of trouble within 30 yards of the green. This is the hardest part of the game precisely BECAUSE it's not a single shot you can work on. From about 50 yards in, you can use about 4-5 different clubs EACH in about 3-4 different ways. No amateur I know of has the time or facilities to practice all of those shots enough to be any good at them all. Thanks for this tip simplifying the game around the green. That's my goal.
That’s why I think for most of us hackers picking one or two clubs from 50 in and learning different shots with just those clubs is the answer. I use my 60 degree from the fringe all the time because my distance control is better with that than trying to chip a 9
@@chasecorrigan6596 and for me it's the opposite. I like to bump and run with an 8 iron occasionally - because it's more like a putter with a little short flight before the roll. The problem creeps in when you have 25 yards, but you have to fly the ball 18 of those yards because of a bunker... and you're on a downhill lie that is hard as a rock. Those kinds of variations are things the pros work on - because they have the time and facilities. We don't as amateurs.
Im good to go....This is very liberating. Im a pitcher and will stick with that except for putting off the green. Pitching to me makes sense because it is most like the normal swing just a little less and im never sure how much a lower loft will run out
Great lesson! I've tried to be both a pitcher and a chipper with limited success. So now I have to decide which one I want to be. Oh well, back to the driving range.
I’m 43 and was paired with three 23 year olds and when they saw me bump and run from the fringe it was like they saw a alien from outer space.
Flop or bust!
Both take practice and my a 75 -25 chipper - pitching , however I desperately need help getting into birdie / up and down range
I just came back from AZ played the TPC Champion course (92)......didn't have the chip-bump-run going. 5-3 putts. Came home practiced for 2-weeks. Just shot a 87. (Oregon greens still sanded and divited)
this is hilarious... I am laughing at my office reading your comment.... LOL
Lol! I get a few looks when I grab the hybrid and putt it from off the green. But they all like the results!
I will often do both, this makes me think more about which is most effective . . . I will try this out on my local par 3 course 👍
So helpful. Thanks for posting!
Really like your channel Mr. SG !
Fun and with lots of great point !!
I feel 35 yards in the rough is so tough... to get the ball in the air, or over a water or bunker...
man i wish i found this video months ago, used to have a brilliant chipping game/bump and run, last few months I've been getting cute with the 56 & 60 trying to pitch everything high and it's not me.
GREAT VIDEO 🙌
Fantastic video! Our course opens Friday and I'm going to try this! Thanks
Great tips again and chips is what I prefer
I’ve played there and Bentwater just a few miles down the road also. Pretty nice courses for the area.
Great video Matt. Thanks a mill as always. I’ve been struggling with the 30 to 50 yard pitch. I’ll try the 7/8 iron. If I have a go to method, I’d be sorted. I have so many methods going through my mind 🤪🤪. Keep up the super work. Peter
Matt, can you do a video around Paul Runyan's rule of 11 for determining chip club selection? What is it? How do we use it? What are the disadvantages & advantages? I have one coach who has taught it to me and later another who wants me to use my 60 for everything (using putting stroke).
Fantastic!!!!!! When you open the club face are you opening your stance to get the face square to your target line or does the face still stay open to the right of my target line?
Love seeing the ball rolling out after the drive. AWESOME editing!!
I use a hybrid John Daly 8 everywhere from 100 yds in. Same club everytime, my favorite unless I'm in nasty rough, then it's my grass and sand wedge and then we going up and over.
trying to improve my short game and there is a lot of conflicting advise. One piece of advice i read that just made sense to me is to make the ball carry to the green. Whatever club you need to use to get it to land on the green surface is what you use. If the pin placement doesn't give you a lot of green to work with, use a higher lofted club to carry to the green with short roll. If you have a lot of green to work with, use seven and roll it out farther. The reasoning is that the bounce on the green surface is more predictable. Reason i bring this up is that the last few videos use are carrying it short of the green and running it through the high grass. I don't know. After watching your videos, the first advice i read still sounds better to me. What do you think?
I've tried both quite a bit and am more confident to "feel" a pitch and get it fairly close. Chipping will often get me on the green but either way long or way short of the pin.
Your my favorite golf tutorial. But this video cracked me up. You called pitch what I called chip and vice versa. To me a pitch is the bumper run And a chip is the flop And run. But the long putt method for the bump run is my favorite. Maybe you could include a rule of 12 portion to the video
Brilliant video Matt a great help. Thank you
My dream fourball is you, Peter Finch and Jon from Stacked Golf. Who wants golf Tour Pros when we can have youtubers!!
Thanks for this video that put some things on not perspective for me!!!
Thanks for what you do, and make it fun..
I've been trying to use more pitch shots lately. It's more versatile since a pitch can go out to 100 yards or so. Chipping is good in certain situations where the lie is awkward.
Great lesson thank you
knowing who you are! great insight
Suse you're awesome! Thank you
Great advice! Thank you!
It's so easy to overcomplicate this game. I'm a natural pitcher, but have been working on my chipping, just to have a couple more shots in the bag for different situations.
Very good, this earned you a new sub :)
I'm a natural chipped bit in close around the green I use the use my and 8 Iron and grip it like a putter, bump and run style.
Matt...I skulled my last 2 60-yd pitches w SW from 9:00-3:00 w hands neutral. Should I place ball back a bit for greater margin for success or just put more weight on left side?
Thank you for this! I’m a natural pitcher and use my 60 degree more than anything. I’ve had so many people try and get me to chip, only for the ball to always go past the hole. It just doesn’t fit how I see the shot
I am a natural blader, my 54° range on a full shot is anywhere between natural distance and 8 iron distances. My short game shot no matter the club or shot is a ball that is supposed to go in the air but instead goes flying across the ground and off the back of the green and then repeat.
Great video thanks for the tip
Bueno! As a pro chipper anti pitcher, I appreciate the content of this video.
Now do this video from the rough as many of us don’t always hit it straight down the fairway. 🤦♂️
It would be great to have you review the tour edge one out sand wedge and/or similar clubs
What about when you are in a collection area or swale maybe 6 feet below the green surface? 20-25 yards from the pin. Those shots kill me. Good video.
Great teaching
Good info , a tad confused, am I a chipper or pitcher ? I do either pretty well ,depends on the shot
Great video. Keep it simple 👍
Bounce just changed my life. Or my short game at least. Thank you!
Great stuff again
Good video !! As always
I think you will have many questioning if they are a chipper or pitcher. The techniques used for either are good in this video, but I think it creates more questions and second guessing than answers.
I agree
Come around nc area down I95 in Robeson county. Deercroft is nice!!
excelent video. Thanks for sharing
Great video!
Question? How far away do you have to be to use your inside, swing left method?
Would you ever come down to the space coast of Florida and play? Would love to shoot 18 with you and get a read on your course mentality!!