i bought a 25$ chipper recently, and i love it. just find i can consistently put it closer to the whole from around the green. will be in my bag for a long time.
Great video AJ. I generally us a choked down 9 or 8 iron to chip and can get it close. I have been debating about trying a chipper with an 8 iron loft. Thanks for the experiment.
Hi I made my not a chipper from a old demo Mizuno mp 58 6 iron forged for easy bending. Lie made upright near a putter, added loft to give a little more bounce and shortened the shaft. Now have a great not a chipper and also performs well for three quarter swing punch shots between and under trees which my local course has a lot of.
Just going to say it. Don't discount Maltby clubs. I have built dozens of sets for customers using Maltby clubs. All ranging from low to high handicappers and they love them and they love the price.
Can you give us the loft & lie you bent the club to? I personally think one of the bigger benefits for higher handicap golfers is the 8-iron (38-degree) type loft of the new Ping ChipR, yes in combo with the 70-degree lie and heavier weight, but that easier straighter faced loft + having the correct bounce to go with it - and wider bounce. I see you bent it upright but did you bend the loft - and if so, what was the effective bounce? Great video
Lie angle was bent 2 up which was as far as it wanted to go. Loft kept at standard 43 for that club. I think low 40s is perfect loft on this type of club. Obviously bounce stayed standard.
I decided my scores were more important than my ego. I finally got rid of the ego and I have a chipper. For me it works great and has certainly improved my scores. Wish I had started using it sooner.
I understand the use of a chipper could likely improve most amateur golfers ability to be better at the game. however, I typically use a 7 iron depending on the distance from the edge of the green. I also use a 5 wood or hybrid and scrambling percentage has improved dramatically.
Now please make me one! 😂 I actually have been using a cleveland C to do the same thing but would probably like the pw better because it doesn't have the wide sole like the Cleveland.
Yes, I bought into the Ping ChipR … yes, it was pricey, but you can’t argue the results. I wish you’d have made this video before I bought it, but I am not disappointed. Like you, I skulled a few right out of the box. But now that I’ve figured out how to use it, I do believe it is saving me some strokes around the greens. The ding against it is “it’s only good on short chips near the green”, but I have to say it comes in handy for a variety of shots. I’ve even used it 40-60 yards from the green with favorable results. Great video 😡👍🏻 I’m tempted to make one, but I think I’ll stick with my Ping ChipR
Agree Parski... its true that chippers are only useful around the green... but that's where we find ourselves on most holes right? Lol. So like you I play a chipper and I've become extremely accurate with it within 60_70 yds of the hole. Its funny how golfers today don't think twice about using graphite shafts, range finders, 460cc drivers, hybrids, etc... but a CHIPPER??? Never! That to me makes zero sense. 👍🏼 🍻 ⛳️
Pays to play a less lofted club when you have no trouble (bunkers, etc.) in front of you. Getting the ball rolling on the green as quick as you can is typically always better
Love the build videos! Have you ever thought of building a G-Force/Lagshot type of driver & 7 iron from old clubs collecting dust? Thanks again for all the content
I built one and kept in bag for a while until realized it was a waste of club space. Yes I play hybrid irons. They look like mini woods. The 8 which has 37 degrees of loft works just as good for those long bump and runs.
I have Cleveland Launcher HP clubs and I use the pitching wedge as a chipper. It has great feel off the face around around the greens. Regarding my clubs, I would like to have forgiving clubs but not hybrid style, any recommendations? Guy Canada 🇨🇦
AJ, Great video. Do you think the Maltby KE4 S head would work as well as the KE4 Max that you used? The KE4 Max looks better but I'm wondering if two weight ports on the head would allow for easier weight tweaking and customization. Thanks.
I think that one would work fine as well. Nothing special about the Max I chose other than liking the look and having the port in back. Having 2 ports can only be better to allow for more clean weighting options.
Hi AJ Great 👍 Video, I have a great short game love hitting wedges around the Greens👌, 3weeks ago bought a Ping ChipR had the loft tweaked (+2.5deg) to 41deg it’s now perfect👍, now hitting chip-n-run’s close with a nice bit of spin to control distances😃,But this club is Brilliant from 100yds and in (with the upright lie-shorter shaft-& extra weight in the head) makes full shots much easier to hit👌, I got mine with a graphite shaft get a nice penetrating high flight, I think this is the best designed club of the year👍, Thanks Dickey 9hcp 75year Senior Golfer UK
For the past 6 days I've been watching reviews of the new Titleist drivers. At 600 dollars these clubs are worthless to the average amateur. This is why I have 14 'non brand' clubs in my bag.😹
Do you always use shims with tip weights? What thickness of shim? Can you shorten shaft the thickness of tip weight head, match tip head to shaft and just glue shaft in hoesel?
@@craigwollmann1948 Not usually unless their is too much space in the hosel which does happen sometimes. But usually no need. However if we are talking about graphite shafts and tip weights, you might need some shims as the heavier tip weights can be a bit narrow and lead to some shaft wobble. I personally recommend always having some shims just in case. They're cheap and just good to have a few in case need arrises.
Guys ask me how I chip so well. It's easy. I practice. I use everything from a 58° wedge to a 6 iron. It's amazing what practicing will do 😉... And not trying to use the same club for every chip.
Agreed, but I for one and others I'm sure often find myself on the first hole not having the time to master the short game, so a club that minimizes damage is pretty smart. Which Tour do you play on?
@@biggregg5 64 years old. Currently 1-2 handicap depending on how I'm playing. Practicing chipping is easy, cheap, and takes little time. I rarely spend more than 15-20 minutes at a time and lately very little. Once you get the feel, it's like riding a bike. No need to be rude. It's the Indian, not the arrow. Once you accept that, you can improve.
@@biggregg5 I understand that. But the way that go about it makes it harder. Thinking the latest club will help. The only thing that will help is themselves. Until they figure that out, they won't improve one bit.
@@billmalec Sorry....I couldn't disagree more. Golf skills are a continuum of many levels. There are certain clubs that really will help with consistency. I know that AJ's example was anecdotal, but he himself showed at least one example of how a certain type of club can help. Maybe you are gifted, and feel for delicate shots comes naturally, but for most it doesn't. And, your suggestion of chipping with such a wide range of clubs I wouldn't say it's elite level, but to be good you have to have developed a competent feel. My short game is the first thing I lose when I haven't played in a while. I don't have a chipper in my bag now, but almost certainly if I had not played in a while, a chipper would save me a couple of strokes.
Since you can't technically put a putter grip on it (which would be ideal), maybe look at an oversize grip to mimic the putting technique and take the hands out of the equation.
The powder was shafting beads. Helps center the fit of the shaft into the hosel. The brass shim was used because the shafts are .355 and the head's hosel is .370 so we need a shim for a good fit.
Very interesting. A couple thoughts... If your friends really give you a hard time for what's in your bag, maybe it's time for new friends. That's one of the downsides of the golf culture. Lot's of keeping up with the Jones's. And, the more you keep up with the technological side of clubs and clubmaking, it's usually the one's that don't know shit that give you a hard time. On another note, Golfworks is a very good company that gives you quality stuff for a very reasonable price. I know there is lots of buzz for companies like Tacomo, Sub70, New Level, Heywood, and others....as there should be, because they give very good product at very reasonable prices, but Golfworks/Maltby was one of the originals, and I'm surprised are often left out of the conversation. I assembled a Inazone Hyedge chipper from Diamond Tour Golf on a whim mostly for curiosity a few months back. It came in at under $25, so not much invested in my experiment. I essentially took the same approach as you. Head was 310 gr., stiff shaft, oversize grip. I liked the concept of the head because it was made like an iron....regular style hosel for fuller shots and grooves. But, more upright. As a chipper, I liked it, but didn't love it. I felt the head could be heavier. Now, I for some reason I do much better with heavier equipment with touch shots....my putter has a 500 gr. head and 250 gr. shaft. What surprised me was how consistent I got with full shots. Downside is that going from a full shot with the chipper to a full shot with other wedges, I would hit some bad shots....so I ended up leaving it out of my bag. A couple days ago, I added about another 30 gr. to the head to see if that's going to change it from a like club to a love club. I've got a golf weekend with 15 other guys starting this Thursday...we'll see. Any thoughts?
I would pay attention to where I was making contact on the face as you add more weight. Might help answer some questions. As far as Maltby goes, they have good stuff and I've used them in numerous videos. But have they ever reached out to me or responded to my requests? No. They obviously don't care to be involved in any marketing or advertising. It would be nice if they wanted to work out some arrangement with me considering I probably refer more people to them than anyone else in golf at this point.
Hey partner What was the name of that club it doesn’t have at the bottom of this video the description like some of the other videos have explaining everything like your 800 or $50 shaft or $50 shaft
The Maltby KE4 Max head that AJ used has 0.105" (2.667 mm) of offset. That's pretty much the same as the same as the Mizuno JPX 923 Tour Forged PW and very close to the 2021 Callaway Apex.
I bought a maroon 5* upright Eye 2 and had it bent to 7 upright and I put 10 grams of lead tape in the cavity. John, all I know it’s 7 degrees more upright that standard. The big difference is the weight. That thing swings itself.
why are you chipping with a SW instead of something more appropriate like a 7i? of course you're going to struggle with distance-control chipping with a SW!!!
