Great videos, your videos are some of my favorites. I was taught the 12 rule.12 minus the iron equals the carry. So 12 minus an 8 iron as an example would be 4. That is 4 times the carry. Pitch it 5 yards and it will roll out 20. 7 iron 5 times the carry and so forth. Now technique that I can use plenty. Thanks Steve
This is a great tip Steve. I teach this same strategy. The lob shot is sexy, but getting the ball on the ground rolling towards the hole will almost always produce better results.
Brilliant Steve. This is why I have followed you for years and will continue to do so. Practical sound advice as always. We need a ‘Eureka’ update this year. Would love to see how the technique has evolved. Cheers
This follows the principle of the rule of 12. To calculate which club you need you divide the distance between a and c, by the distance between a and b. Then deduct the result from 12. So, 35 yards divided by 7 yards = 5. 12-5= 7 iron. It’s a good rule of thumb. Although you may have take into consideration slope and conditions.
I use this system too and it works well, just gets a bit tricky when on a severe greenside slope needing a more lofted club to fly the rise, so I just move b target a bit closer to the hole.
Years ago I figured out my Carry vs. Roll Out ratios for 6 Iron down through the Wedges. Generally my "B" was 3 to 5 feet onto the Green for these close in Chips.
Great and simple chipping tips there Steve. I’ve lost my touch around the greens over the last 4-5 seasons and it’s cost me dear! How I’ve dropped 4 shots down to 9hcp with my shirt game, is beyond me. But this is brilliant! It’s like Room 101 of chipping and it should stop me bothering so much on technique. Thank you 👍
Really good tip Steve, just focusing on the landing area, I tend to be concerned about C before ive hit the ball Pick the right club land on area B job done
Perhaps the best thing about using lower lofted clubs to get on the green and rolling like a putt is that your chance of blading the ball all the way into the sand trap on the far side is greatly reduced. Rule of 12 is much easier than trying to lob the ball to the pin. Good stuff, Mr. Johnston.
Finally have sorted out a chipping technique over the past month that works for me and this will be my strategy. Practiced hitting ten yard chips into the bottom in my net for about thirty minutes. It's what I call fun 😉. With whisky lol.
Great video! I’ve always been a B half way guy and then I focus on spin and trajectory. Short game is always the first thing everyone needs to work before the season kicks off. Looking forward to some practice, cheers
Find the flat bit and bump and run I used to do that when I was a high handicap nice to have my memory jogged I’ll give it a go tomorrow and let you now how it works if I leave myself in that position
I still use this baseline technique as a 4 hcp. Started changing where B is as I now have more options than when I was an 18 hcp, for example on a particular downhill hole I move the landing spot on the green further to the pin, generally downhill use the same principle A>B, then choose my 60 but choose to hit one with more spin and speed to give margin for error for the slope. But fundamentally the principle is the exact same. And also under pressure if I’m feeling nervous I go back to basics and play it low and close, irrespective of the terrain on the green.
Thanks Steve. This is one part of the game where I lose shots. I believe that combined with a little bit of knowledge from Eureka, I will stop blading these chips.
Chipping is always a touchie-feelie stroke. Best advise is to practice, practice, practice. BTW that's a magnificent view with the mountains in the background! (But I could do without the cold! LOL)
I use this strategy a lot, but I find when I have to put a little oomph into the ball with the lower trajectory clubs, there's a noticeable check-settle that happens after a few bounces and it causes my speed to slow down a lot. Is this a function of my technique, or is it something that happens to everyone that we should just scoot B back to adjust for?
You are generating More Back Spin with your 'quicker and more abrupt swing' hence the "checking up" the Ball does. Either use a little bit longer swing - Without Increasing your Tempo, OR take a less lofted Iron or Wedge and use a your usual Swing.
I find that if I use my putting stroke with a 7 iron for a level chip (same length back & through as the putt length) the distance seems to work pretty well. If I use a gap wedge I use twice the putt length. If it's uphill use a six iron, downhill 1-3 clubs less
I have sometimes seen a "chipper" (a putter with some loft) used from just off the green at just the sort of distances shown in Steve's video. Anyone used them? Any success with them? Are they good for the " more mature" (!) golfer?
Many thanks Paul. Appreciate the advice. Will try the 7 iron as recommended. I am quite versatile and can "skull" and shank just about any club through the green!
I played golf with a 42 handicap lady golfer yesterday and she was having her first game with one of these clubs. I was skeptical about it. However, whenever she used it the ball went straight at the pin. We won the mixed event and she won the ladies event. Yes she is also a more mature golfer aged 62. All I can suggest is try one out. Best of luck.
1). 35 yards to the pin. 2). 8 yards to the landing spot on the green, which is the 'carry distance.' 3). "Rule of Eleven": 35y total distance divided by 8y carry distance is approximately 4+ 'carry distances', so: Correct iron to use to chip/run the ball 35 yards across the green to the pin is '11' - '4' = 7 iron.
Chipping is complicated. First, you need to decide your flight vs roll out for a certain chip. Next you need to decide how you're going to achieve that. You can try Steve's method which is to become an expert at a single club and manipulate the face to get your result. Or, you can use the same chipping stroke but with different lofted clubs. Keeping in mind that the bounce of your club is your friend. The other variable is the turf that you are dealing with. Where I live, in winter the turf is wet and soggy and the bounce doesn't work very well. For best results, practice.
I've been chipping this way for decades, using PW (50%air/50% roll), 6i (33/66) and 6i (25/75). With the newer clubs with "hot" faces where the ball jumps more off of the face, I go down a club (GW, 9i, 7i). I don't like trying to play around with trajectory, and would rather modify through club selection.
I meed to learn this. Thanks for the lesson. My short game with the 52deg wedge keeps me at 10 handicap - my stats say 57% up and down. My ball striking s-s-s-s-sucks. That’s right it sucks.
57% is very good. Most people would be very happy with that stat. Sounds like you long game is the issue. You should probably hit 8-10 greens in reg so that is say 9 pars and with 57% up and down that would be about 4 over for the other 8-10 you miss. You should be playing off 4-5 James.
You beat me to it Matt. I have been using the Runyon method for 10 years. The only thing you have to do is modify it for green speeds (may be rule of 11 if the greens are slow or rule of 13 if they are really fast). And, if you have really strong lofted irons (like the newer clubs that have 27-29 degree 7-irons) you will have to go up to 13 (i.e. a 3:1 ratio in the rule of 12 would be a 9-iron but, since new game improvement pitching wedges have the same loft as old 9-irons, you would have to take 13-3, which is PW). Once you get that stuff, the rest is SO easy.
ABC is good, but the rule of 12 takes the guesswork out of club selection. If A to B is five yards and B to C is thirty yards, then B to C is six times A to B. The rule of 12 says to subtract the 6 from 12 to arrive at club selection... a 6 iron.
A big part of this is to hit the Landing Zone. While your Formula is handy, Green Speed needs to be used to adjust the club selection. Also Uphill vs. Flat vs. Downhill affect the Green Speed estimate.
first flat ara, then it picks up the correct arc to roll towards the pin? hmmm.... let me see... i remeber dav pelz talking about this for bump and runs up a slope.
If the ball is short of the hole it will NEVER go in!! I always try to chip so the ball will end up next to the hole or slightly past it. Never up...never in!!
Great videos, your videos are some of my favorites. I was taught the 12 rule.12 minus the iron equals the carry. So 12 minus an 8 iron as an example would be 4. That is 4 times the carry. Pitch it 5 yards and it will roll out 20. 7 iron 5 times the carry and so forth. Now technique that I can use plenty. Thanks Steve
This is a great tip Steve. I teach this same strategy. The lob shot is sexy, but getting the ball on the ground rolling towards the hole will almost always produce better results.
Brilliant Steve. This is why I have followed you for years and will continue to do so. Practical sound advice as always. We need a ‘Eureka’ update this year. Would love to see how the technique has evolved. Cheers
Thanks Steve as always you keep it so simple which is easy to remember out on the course under pressure.
Great lesson & explanation on how it's done Steve. This is the tip I've been needing to see. Thanks dude!
Steve , used your ABC tip today with a 7 iron , worked extremely well, it could cut at least 3 or 4 shots off my score. Thanks
Well done Robin👍
very helpful chipping lesson
nice and simple keep up the good work
This follows the principle of the rule of 12. To calculate which club you need you divide the distance between a and c, by the distance between a and b. Then deduct the result from 12. So, 35 yards divided by 7 yards = 5. 12-5= 7 iron. It’s a good rule of thumb. Although you may have take into consideration slope and conditions.
That’s brilliant. I love that 👍
Cheers Steve, but I can’t take the credit for it.
I use this system too and it works well, just gets a bit tricky when on a severe greenside slope needing a more lofted club to fly the rise, so I just move b target a bit closer to the hole.
Years ago I figured out my Carry vs. Roll Out ratios for 6 Iron down through the Wedges.
Generally my "B" was 3 to 5 feet onto the Green for these close in Chips.
@@tezzaboy1351, I have always considered a longer Carry with limited roll out a Pitch.
For me a Pitch and Run is simply a loooong Chip.
Great and simple chipping tips there Steve. I’ve lost my touch around the greens over the last 4-5 seasons and it’s cost me dear!
How I’ve dropped 4 shots down to 9hcp with my shirt game, is beyond me.
But this is brilliant! It’s like Room 101 of chipping and it should stop me bothering so much on technique. Thank you 👍
Really enjoyed this video Steve. The ABC technique really simplifies things. Many thanks.
Really good tip Steve, just focusing on the landing area, I tend to be concerned about C before ive hit the ball
Pick the right club land on area B job done
Perhaps the best thing about using lower lofted clubs to get on the green and rolling like a putt is that your chance of blading the ball all the way into the sand trap on the far side is greatly reduced. Rule of 12 is much easier than trying to lob the ball to the pin. Good stuff,
Mr. Johnston.
Fabulous video A to B to C gotta work on this from the 29th March !!
Great tips on how different clubs and lofts can solve the challenge of getting up and down from off the green.
Finally have sorted out a chipping technique over the past month that works for me and this will be my strategy. Practiced hitting ten yard chips into the bottom in my net for about thirty minutes. It's what I call fun 😉. With whisky lol.
Great video! I’ve always been a B half way guy and then I focus on spin and trajectory. Short game is always the first thing everyone needs to work before the season kicks off. Looking forward to some practice, cheers
Great way to describe the shot Steve very useful
Find the flat bit and bump and run I used to do that when I was a high handicap nice to have my memory jogged I’ll give it a go tomorrow and let you now how it works if I leave myself in that position
thanks for the ABC video ,, very learning video
good one Steve. I usually use an 8 iron but the ABC has got me thinking on the next level.
Great tips video Steve
Brilliant video 👍
I still use this baseline technique as a 4 hcp.
Started changing where B is as I now have more options than when I was an 18 hcp, for example on a particular downhill hole I move the landing spot on the green further to the pin, generally downhill use the same principle A>B, then choose my 60 but choose to hit one with more spin and speed to give margin for error for the slope. But fundamentally the principle is the exact same.
And also under pressure if I’m feeling nervous I go back to basics and play it low and close, irrespective of the terrain on the green.
Fantastic Steve this tip must lower your score explained brilliantly cheers mate 🍺
Great visuals on affect club selection has on roll from point of landing golf ball to roll of ball to cup!! Keep them coming!! :-)
Excellent tips as always, Steve. I am an 8 iron chipper around the greens. Maybe 9 some times 7.
Good stuff Steve. Keeping it nice n simple, this an area that can save a few shots per round 👍
Another great lesson. Thank you
Great tips mate.
Thanks Steve. This is one part of the game where I lose shots. I believe that combined with a little bit of knowledge from Eureka, I will stop blading these chips.
Very good tip Steve I find it easier to do this using 9 8 7 or hybrid . Great stuff 👍
Good stuff mate . 👏🏻🏴 boltic intit lol
Cheers man. Aye it’s a tad chilly!👍
Excellent!
Chipping is always a touchie-feelie stroke. Best advise is to practice, practice, practice. BTW that's a magnificent view with the mountains in the background! (But I could do without the cold! LOL)
Trying this soon thx
I use this strategy a lot, but I find when I have to put a little oomph into the ball with the lower trajectory clubs, there's a noticeable check-settle that happens after a few bounces and it causes my speed to slow down a lot. Is this a function of my technique, or is it something that happens to everyone that we should just scoot B back to adjust for?
You are generating More Back Spin with your 'quicker and more abrupt swing' hence the "checking up" the Ball does.
Either use a little bit longer swing - Without Increasing your Tempo, OR take a less lofted Iron or Wedge and use a your usual Swing.
Great tip Steve! Is that snow on mountains? Brave lad!
That’s snow. 💪🏻
Thank you for this one!
I find that if I use my putting stroke with a 7 iron for a level chip (same length back & through as the putt length) the distance seems to work pretty well. If I use a gap wedge I use twice the putt length. If it's uphill use a six iron, downhill 1-3 clubs less
Great tip Steve you da man
I have sometimes seen a "chipper" (a putter with some loft) used from just off the green at just the sort of distances shown in Steve's video. Anyone used them? Any success with them? Are they good for the " more mature" (!) golfer?
You most likely already own a 7 Iron.
Grip down on your 7 Iron and save your Money, and you Won't need to eliminate a Club to stay at 14 in the Bag.
Many thanks Paul. Appreciate the advice. Will try the 7 iron as recommended. I am quite versatile and can "skull" and shank just about any club through the green!
I played golf with a 42 handicap lady golfer yesterday and she was having her first game with one of these clubs. I was skeptical about it. However, whenever she used it the ball went straight at the pin. We won the mixed event and she won the ladies event. Yes she is also a more mature golfer aged 62. All I can suggest is try one out. Best of luck.
1). 35 yards to the pin. 2). 8 yards to the landing spot on the green, which is the 'carry distance.' 3). "Rule of Eleven": 35y total distance divided by 8y carry distance is approximately 4+ 'carry distances', so: Correct iron to use to chip/run the ball 35 yards across the green to the pin is '11' - '4' = 7 iron.
Chipping is complicated. First, you need to decide your flight vs roll out for a certain chip. Next you need to decide how you're going to achieve that. You can try Steve's method which is to become an expert at a single club and manipulate the face to get your result. Or, you can use the same chipping stroke but with different lofted clubs. Keeping in mind that the bounce of your club is your friend. The other variable is the turf that you are dealing with. Where I live, in winter the turf is wet and soggy and the bounce doesn't work very well. For best results, practice.
brilliant
I've been chipping this way for decades, using PW (50%air/50% roll), 6i (33/66) and 6i (25/75). With the newer clubs with "hot" faces where the ball jumps more off of the face, I go down a club (GW, 9i, 7i). I don't like trying to play around with trajectory, and would rather modify through club selection.
You speak the truth
Awesome!
Landing area B is not always a good choice because greens could be undulating , breaking severely in either direction . I still prefer sand wedge .
Quality!
Please teach us how to chip if pin is closer to you not far from you on green?
I meed to learn this. Thanks for the lesson.
My short game with the 52deg wedge keeps me at 10 handicap - my stats say 57% up and down. My ball striking s-s-s-s-sucks. That’s right it sucks.
57% is very good. Most people would be very happy with that stat. Sounds like you long game is the issue. You should probably hit 8-10 greens in reg so that is say 9 pars and with 57% up and down that would be about 4 over for the other 8-10 you miss. You should be playing off 4-5 James.
It’s the rule of 12 by Paul Runyon
You beat me to it Matt. I have been using the Runyon method for 10 years. The only thing you have to do is modify it for green speeds (may be rule of 11 if the greens are slow or rule of 13 if they are really fast). And, if you have really strong lofted irons (like the newer clubs that have 27-29 degree 7-irons) you will have to go up to 13 (i.e. a 3:1 ratio in the rule of 12 would be a 9-iron but, since new game improvement pitching wedges have the same loft as old 9-irons, you would have to take 13-3, which is PW). Once you get that stuff, the rest is SO easy.
@@bradfordcotta5925 I can’t fault the method my mates started playing show I showed him he’s deadly now lol 😂
ABC is good, but the rule of 12 takes the guesswork out of club selection. If A to B is five yards and B to C is thirty yards, then B to C is six times A to B. The rule of 12 says to subtract the 6 from 12 to arrive at club selection... a 6 iron.
A big part of this is to hit the Landing Zone. While your Formula is handy, Green Speed needs to be used to adjust the club selection.
Also Uphill vs. Flat vs. Downhill affect the Green Speed estimate.
first flat ara, then it picks up the correct arc to roll towards the pin? hmmm.... let me see... i remeber dav pelz talking about this for bump and runs up a slope.
I have the same landing spot I just use different irons to different distances the ball has to roll to the pin ...same shot different clubs
Steve superb chips. My wife is a good cook but her chips are not as good as yours. Clive
Tra-Ject-Torry....Tra-Jet--Torry...Tra---Hit the ball closer :-)
It’s called practice!🤥😎
If some one asks me how I am going to play this shot I have always said...” Im goin to Scotland”.....the game is played along the ground
If the ball is short of the hole it will NEVER go in!! I always try to chip so the ball will end up next to the hole or slightly past it. Never up...never in!!
never apologise for sunlight its natural
I'd just putt them all!