Golf Chipping Downhill: 9 Iron

Video Transcript

"Okay, so once again we're above the hole and I've got a downhill slope here so I'm going to use the 9-iron on this one. Now the reason I might use a 9-iron versus a sand wedge or a 60 degree wedge, or a pitching wedge, is I, I want to try to roll the ball more than loft it. And what that means is, I'm going to probably hit the chip about ten or twelve feet in the air, and hope it rolls the rest of the way. Now the reason I might want to do that, is on some of these shots, especially if I have a little bit of a downhill lie, I'm worried about sculling the ball with the sand wedge or a highly lofted club. So since this is a not as lofted of a club my, my mind is calmed a little bit because I'm not worried about sculling the ball so much, so this way I'm going to just, more of a push, I'm just going to hit the ball and let, let it roll. So that shot worked out pretty good. So that's why you might use a 9-iron from this, from this lie. But if the green is really fast, you've got to make sure you don't hit it very far. So maybe I only want to hit it about eight to ten feet in the air and that one worked out pretty good. So, so that's the thing I want you think about in these shots, is as you, you've got to understand, you've got to see, how do you react under pressure, how fast is this green, what's the appropriate club? And you've got to practice all these so that way, when you're faced with the shot you can get the ball pretty close to the hole so you can get up and down."