To appreciate why chipping is so important in reducing strokes, there is an important short game concept that needs to be understood. It is called getting “up and down.” What does getting up and down mean? Getting up and down is a term that comes into play on occasions when a player misses the green on his approach shot but is still able to put the ball into the hole in just 2 strokes from anywhere their ball is lying around the green. The first shot from off the green puts the ball “up” onto the green, and the following putt puts the ball “down” into the hole. When a player accomplishes this in just 2 strokes, they are said to have gotten “up and down.”

Every year, the equipment manufacturers come out with new models of their drivers, irons, and putters, counting on the fact that a significant portion of the golfing public will continue to subscribe to the notion that they can simply “buy a better golf game.” Fortunately for those companies, there will always be millions of golfers who are hungry to improve and who are hoping that these new “magic wands” will somehow solve all of their woes – and they are willing to spend a lot of money in that quest.