The Fairway Wood Chip

As made popular by Tiger Woods the fairway wood chip or rescue club chip from just off the green allows you a very easy way to get up and down from good, bad, or tight lies with pins that are very close to the edge of the green. As golf course architecture continue to evolve with “collection areas” around the green you will continue to see this shot used more and more on Tour.

1) Set up to your fairway wood or rescue club as you normally would

2) Choke all the way down to the end of the grip next to the shaft

3) Assume your normal putting grip

4) Use your putting stroke with NO wrist action allowing for the extra mass and length of the wood or rescue club to propel the ball onto the green

Notes:

-The lower lofted fairway woods are most often used from farther off the green while the rescue clubs are used very close to the green

-Only use this shot to very tight pin placements next to the edge of the green

-This shot will also work on very steep hills and medium rough when you just need to get the ball moving slightly

Tom F. Stickney is a contributing author at golf-short-game-guide.com and is the director of instruction at Tom Stickney Golf . Tom has published over 100 Articles in publications such as Golf Digest, Japan Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, Senior Golfer Magazine, Golf Illustrated, Golf Tips, Golf for Women, Executive Golfer, Mid-South Golfer, Southern Golfer Magazine, and Colorado Golfer Magazine. He is one of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America and was recently ranked by Golf Digest as one of the Top 20 Instructors Under 40.

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