Tips for chipping on soggy turf?

What are you chipping with exactly? Bounce plays a huge part.

It definitely grabs you a little more if you are behind the ball too much. And in Louisiana it just never seems to dry from November to March. Have to commit to the shot. Can’t slow the club down. Ball first.


Or just putt

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Both have 8 deg bounce.

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This certainly doesn’t help. You almost have no forgiveness in terms of the leading edge.

But if you love those clubs, the 52 is better even short sided. You want to keep the ball lower meaning further back in your stance keeping the hands forward. Don’t grip too hard. Weight on your left foot and run it to the hole. While it’s not the move to get you the closest necessarily, it’s a more forgiving shot in the soggy ground. Getting the ball in the air on such a wet, thin lie means an absolutely perfect strike. Tough for even the pros under those conditions.

Don’t let the trail arm stall out. Grip down a little bit and keep those arms moving thru impact

So I always thought that bounce was for old guys and hacks who needed help getting the ball up in the air. After reading a little bit about it, I take a pretty steep approach h and would probably benefit from more bounce.

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This actually worked pretty well on the course today. Didn't hit any great chips but avoided disaster. Probably so anxious to see whether or not I've skulled it over the green that I've just been picking my eyes up.

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It’s usually simple fundamentals if you’ve played golf for any period of time.... amazing what watching the ball leave the club will do for your game

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Play it in the back of your stance focus on contact

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This is intuitive to me as well and I think I tend to play the ball back when I am uncomfortable over a chip/pitch. But in light of the discussion about bounce, I think playing it back creates more forward shaft angle and effectively reduces the bounce makes the club more likely to dig in and result in a chunk.

So maybe not doing ourselves any favors playing it back?

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Seems like I either chunk it or hit it thin out of fear of chunking it.

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Glad I am not the only one (misery loves company). Easily costs me three strokes a round in wet conditions and it’s about the only thing I am decent at in normal conditions.

Honestly if i am chipping in a soupy lie I just play a bump and run with the PW. takes the second hinge out of the swing and makes it way less likely to blade it over the green on what shouldn't be a hard shot.

Hit bump and run shots unless it is absolutely necessary to hit a pitch shot.