Can you chip your ball if its on the green?

[dabdias]

Is this really true? I can chip when my ball is on the green? What happens if I make a mark on the green? Can it be the case that there is a course ruling that chipping is not allowed on the green?

 

This is a rule I wished I had known before, I much prefer chipping 60 feet (20 yards) then putting.

 

There's no rule against chipping on a green but you better not be causing any damage or you could be held liable for it.

 

 

What do you mean held reliable for? If there is no rule against it... I am not saying that I am going to do it, but it's good to know that the options exists, in most of my chips I don't make divots because I don't use lob or sand wedges very much.

 

 

First of all, you should seldom if ever have to chip on the green unless it's a usual situation. I think in my 35 years of playing only one instant came up where it would have been advantageous to chip vice putt but I didn't do it for whatever reason at the time. You need to examine your game (your putting) if you think that chipping routinely on the green would be a better option. Yes if you damage a green then you're responsible for it!

 

I don't think I am going to start chipping on the green, but if I need to then I know that I can. Regarding my responsibility, if there is no specific ruling, I don't see why I would be responsible for a divot on the green but no on the fairway. If the course rules out chipping on the green (which I understand), then I should be held responsible, otherwise I don't see why I would be.

 

Just let your local Superintendent know what your intentions are and he/she will give you the correct reponse.

 

Sounds fair to me!!

[Buzzkill]

If a superintendent doesn't want me to chip on his precious green, he shouldn't be placing the pin in locations which require a shot to be putt off the green in order for the ball to be holed.

 

 

Or better yet maybe your approach shot shouldn't be so errant or out of position.

[profsmitty]

If memory serves me right, wasn't chipping fairly common up to the fifties when opponents routinely "stymied" their opponents in singles matches? I believe that since your opponent didn't have to move his or her ball unless it was within 6" of yours, you might have to chip over it. I have seen old film of Bobby Jones and others doing this. I don't know whether they used a putter to do this, but I know the ball jumped up and over as though it had been chipped. I hope someone can fill in the blanks on this.

[stage1350]

I love how some in here are fearful that they are now going to find divot marks on every green they play with. It's not like chipping on the green is going to become a common occurance.

 

It's the same as owning a gun. Don't take away my right to have it and I'll pray that I never have to use it anywhere besides the practice range.

[GolfLover230]

It's very rude to do it in a non-tournament round. Most courses if they see you do it, Public sometimes Private will kick you off the course.

[larrybud]

If a superintendent doesn't want me to chip on his precious green, he shouldn't be placing the pin in locations which require a shot to be putt off the green in order for the ball to be holed.

 

Or better yet maybe your approach shot shouldn't be so errant or out of position.

 

That's just silly. So errant to be on the green!

[indyclone]

WOW, I thought you always had to putt when on the green... even if you didn't use a putter to do it.

 

I've had a couple instances where I've had to putt through the fringe and once a bit of the second cut to give my ball a chance at the hole.

 

Of course the last time it was on the 18th hole, right in front of the clubhouse... not that I'd be trying a flop shot... but a chip would have been better than a putt in that instance.

[longballjs]

If I recall correctly, cant you only chip on your own green and if your ball lies on another green you must take relief (cant remember if this was usga or a local rule at my club)

[DavePelz4]

If I recall correctly, cant you only chip on your own green and if your ball lies on another green you must take relief (cant remember if this was usga or a local rule at my club)

 

 

LB...

 

You are correct. If you are on a green different than the hole you're playing, it's nearest point of relief off the green, no closer to the hole and play away, no penalty.