Comments on: Stan Does Chipping

By: Stan Utley

Stan Utley — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:55:20 +0000

Rob,

I like to tell my students…professional and amateur alike…hit the ball with the end of the club (the ‘head’), not with the other end (the ‘grip’). If you are practicing that in your warm-up routines, I think you’ll hit the ball more squarely and score better.

Thanks for your feedback.

Best,

Stan

By: Rob from Michigan

Rob from Michigan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:04:44 +0000

Stan,
I’ve read secrets of the short game 5 times. My sand game is 150% better, as well as my pitching. However I guess I’m just a “lifelong Chipping Yipper”, destined to a life of Jabbing at the ball. I just watched the video above and I was surprised to see how your “grip end” moved quite a bit more than whats shown in the book. Tomorrow I’m going out to hit a hundred chips with full focus on body rotation and smoothness that you have in the video. Will see what happens. Thanks for the great book!
Rob Russell

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:12:47 +0000

Stan,

I wouldn’t be surprised by the number of looks this gets on YouTube. You don’t have enough of it out there, so people are starving for it. Your books are great, but people learn different ways. I hate to say it, but I have probably read your books more than the Bible lately. For me, it didn’t start coming together until I saw this particular video. I was just “off” on a couple of things and this put it together for me. I still struggle mightily with the bunker approach. I don’t want to tell you how to run your business, but I think that putting a Casio Exilim High Speed video (both DL and FO) of a pitch, chip, bunker, and flop shot on your website would go miles to help people put the pieces together for your readers. I hope you will consider.

Brent

By: George Walker

George Walker — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:24:08 +0000

Dear Stan, I was shocked to hear that you said you use a 60 degree wedge to play a chip and run on the golf channel!!!! I have read your book over 100 times and you never mention you use that club? You said you use a 58 degree wedge. When did you start using a 60 degree wedge. I based my wedge set on excactly what you said you use in your book, even to the poing of grinding down some of the bounce on my 58 degree wedge. Please correct me if i am mistaken. I am a PGA Professional and have been working on you method for 3 months. I now feel that i have a world class chipping and pitching game which blends nicely with my One Plane Swing.
I am having great sucsess in applaying it to my students and have see amazing results. I have never had so much fun chipping and pitching a golf ball, thanks.

George Walker,

By: Dana Horton

Dana Horton — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:45:51 +0000

I have to pile on with the other comments. I have purchased the books, but I would like more video to show the differences between chipping and pitching.

The Mycontent site does seem a bit pricey — $25 for a 4 or 5 minute video. I’d pay that for the 4 together. Just my nickels. Great stuff you are teaching!!

By: Darryl

Darryl — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:45:14 +0000

Hey Stan,

Love the books and videos. Hopefully I’ll make a visit to Phoenix this year.

I’ve got a question similar to the last post, Kelly. I’m down here in Texas, where it’s been cold and a little wet. The grass is real short and tight this time of the year. and it seems like on all my short chips, I take a mini-divot, sometimes a little fat. I’ve got a new Ping Tour-W 56 degree with 10 degrees of bounce. ANy suggestions?

Darryl

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:03:52 +0000

Stan,

I’m having a little trouble with the shorter chips. I find myself stubbing or hitting a little behind the ball, especially on tight lies. The club seems to be slightly digging into the grass instead of bouncing off it (am I thinking correctly?). I tried opening up the clubface, and that sometimes works and gets the ball a little more loft, but the club looks real open to me.

Kelly

By: Stan Utley

Stan Utley — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:42:02 +0000

Rex,

You are correct. The action is very similar in both sequences. In the second sequence, a “Pitch” shot, the swing arc of the club head is higher, and the release point is slightly earlier, which allows for the club’s “bounce” to come into play. This allows the height of the shot to be greater than you’d get on a chip.

Most if the subtle differences happen in the wrist action, which is difficult to see in the still photos in the book photo sequences.

Best,

Stan

By: Rex

Rex — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:37:48 +0000

In your book, the Art of the Short Game, the color photo section between 46-47. Are these the different sequences of a Chip vs a Pitch. All it says it “compare this with my chip”. Just want to clarify it.

Love the info!

By: Mark M

Mark M — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:18:54 +0000

Love your books and that youtube chipping tip, especially the free-throw analogy and the visible knee and pivot action. Your chipping action looks pretty good even when you’re deliberately shooting bricks.

Second Hyun’s comment re: more video please. I bought the Chipping video at mycontent.com. Good stuff. A little pricey perhaps, for example, compared to your book, but still a good deal imo compared to any lesson I’ve ever had. It is obviously not cheap to produce high quality teaching materials. Hope that venture works out for you.

By the way, I don’t know if others are doing this but I’m having a blast practicing chipping and pitching indoors using those orange Callaway HX Practice balls. I hit ‘em off the carpet and aim for a spot on the wall. When I’m in the groove and keeping my weight on my left side, they come right back down the line.