What Golf clubs are used for short chips say less than 50 yards?
Well, first of all let’s clear up the difference between a pitch and a chip: a pitch travels most of its distance through the air and lands with some backspin, while a chip is a less lofted shot which is designed to roll at least as far as it travelled in the air. Which one you choose, and which club you play it with, depends on how your ball is lying, what’s between you and the green, how much green you have to work with, and how much wind there is. In general, it is easier to control a ball running on good ground than one in the air, so the common advice is to use the least lofted club you can. If you’re only going over very short grass on a hard smooth surface, as is typical for a links course, you could even use a putter. Lee Trevino was the master of this shot, and a putter is sometimes known as a “Texas wedge” as a result. If you have longer grass or an uneven surface to go over, the idea is usually to land the ball on the nearest point of the green (or sometimes the fringe) with
