Chipping From Wet Dormant Winter Grass

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By Carl T

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  1. Carl T

    Carl T
    Little Rock, AR

    Do you do anything different from your chipping technique when chipping off of wet, dormant winter grass ? The lie is extremely tight this time of year and the growing season is still a month away. I find myself using a putting stroke with a short iron (8-6) a lot to minimize chunks and sculls, but what about when you have to use a wedge to get over a bunker ? We are talking very thin grass and a lot of mud this time of year before the grass starts growing.
  2. Carl T

    Carl T
    Little Rock, AR

    I will answer my own question. When I have to get my ball up from a thin lie or matted down dormant grass I open my club face, early wrist hinge and the key is a slow V back swing and try to clip the ball first instead of the normal way of the bounce sweeping through the grass before striking the ball. When the lie is thin and wet and you hit the ground first the ball is just not going anywhere.

  3. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    I've played 9 holes so far this year (same problem) and I was lucky on my only short shot over a bunker - had lots of landing space.  I didn't have the face full open, but I fortunately clipped the ball before I lathered on a face full of mud.

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