It’s very rarely worth it to chip when on the fringe – only when you need to elevate it over something really bad.
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It’s very rarely worth it to chip when on the fringe – only when you need to elevate it over something really bad.
by Select-Nail-1279
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This must depend heavily on the fringe itself.
Chip out of fringe I guess
Greatly, it gives me a legitimate excuse for completely botching my putt.
Man do I wish I played at the courses you test at.
Well a chip is meant to stay low and roll so…. Unless you’re saying pitch
Soooo as a 14 handicap I should pull my 60 and try to dunk it? Sounds good 😂
A non-breaking putt would be a better test, surely.
Why would you make the first one a nearly straight putt and the second one a hard breaking one? Compare the two on identical lines
That fringe looks like the greens I normally putt on!
Exactly why I use my 8 iron with a putting stroke from the close fringe. Recommended for high handicappers all the way to scratch golfers.
poorly formatted test tbh, the fringe affects the putt but it will be largely dependent on the course you are playing.
When the fridge looks like that it’s always a crapshoot
Not one of those was a chilli dip or skull. Chipping will bring that into play.
Watch OPs fingers, looks like spin is changing.
While fringe is certainly gonna affect the putt, unless your putter somehow spins the ball different ways it’s probably going to affect it the same each time.
How deep in the fringe is it then worth it to chip? Can you test with an extra foot?
I’m happy with any of those putts….
Ya think with a fringe like that it won’t affect the ball path noooooooo.
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This is why I only hit flop shots off the fringe
Also a shitty golf course lol
Once again you pick a spot in the fringe that has no wild growth. All around has super patchy areas. Go a foot deeper and not a clean line and show us again
Can we do “how much does a brick alter your ball’s path”, next?
There are always random bricks on the green, and I just try to put through them. Would like to know if I should move them or not
Great post. Shows the random element of putting through fringe.
Pretty good putts from the fringe.
That green has been punched recently, lol
I think it affects it, but you gotta have flat greens to reduce bias incase his original location avoided the aeration holes better
If you can pitch it, pitch it. If you can chip it, chip it. If you can putt it, putt it. Simplify the game for yourselves, folks.
“Affect” read as “help”
This is a horrible test. You used the part of the fringe that has very obvious flaws which will affect the ball. Flaws which you would see 20 feet away while walking up to your ball and as such, would adjust for by not putting.
On top of that, it’s a different part of the green, and you can see multiple balls change path while on the green.
I’m taking that over the results of an errant chip, any day of the week.
It depends on the hole location; if it’s on the short side, then I’d putt it. If not, I’d chip it. Of course, that is assuming that you’re good at chipping.
This is a bad downhill example with only a foot of fringe. I think a better test would be testing 1 foot of fringe, then 2 feet then 3 feet to show how much worse it gets with more fringe. Especially if you’re putting uphill.
There’s a bit of loft on your putter so if you’ve ever looked at a slow mow video your putts actually spend the first few inches to a couple feet in the air.
But on an uphill putt from the fringe they’ll hit the long grass earlier and be deflected more. On a downhill putt, less…
So this is too small of a sample to really prove anything.
But the premise of “you’re better off putting” is still true for the average player who risks chunking or skulling or just misjudging a chip.
9 iron in the back of your stance with a putting stroke. You’re welcome.
This works best when it’s into the grain, wet, and hasn’t been mowed in days.
Typically the ball won’t roll that much directly on the fringe as the initial ballstriking stage will slide or skid the ball rather than roll it. Of course, even in a longer fringe, a lot of people would still benefit from putting since it’s easier to control distance with the putt than chipping for untrained amateurs.
It feels EXACTLY like that lol!
Still better than most chips from that distance
I could watch these videos all day
My birdies from the fringe feel even better now 😄
I’m not chipping that close to the hole anyway. I’ll have to use my 3 wood to get back to the green after I skull tf out of it.
See, now this post is useful. I critiqued your last leaf example because it felt wildly obvious…but this benefits people, especially people who are trying to play smarter golf.
Scalped mower edge didnt help
Impressive.
Very nice.
Let’s see 40 yard deep into the fairway putts.
>!My specialty!<
Every single one of OP’s “demonstration” videos are convoluted as hell. Taking a stimp meter out and making up scenarios like this does absolutely nothing. Every green is different. Every fringe is different. Every situation is different. None of these proves a thing.
Be honest… none of us are making *either* of those putts.
Very useful. Now if only I could chip. 🥴
Not all fringes are created equal. It depends on the fringe and the location of the hole. Sometimes I’ll putt from it and sometimes it’s definitely worth a little putt-stroke tap from a wedge.