Week Three: Chipping and pitching

Core Value: Sportsmanship

Rule of the Day: Ball in Motion Deflected (Rule 11)

Lesson: Chipping vs. Pitching

Practice: When to chip vs. pitch

Application: Golf Course (Focus: Pars, course markings, club selection)

Homework: Quiz 3

Quiz 3

Extra Resources:

  1. Rule: Ball in Motion Deflected - refer to rule 11 in your rules book

    1. Ball in motion accidentally deflected

    2. Notes

  2. Pitching vs. chipping

  3. Golf Course Notes

    1. In golf, holes can either be par 3, 4, or 5. Par 3s are shorter than 4s, which are shorter than 5s. The par is the number of strokes in which you should get the ball in the hole. For par 3s, your tee shot should land on the green, where you should be able to 2-putt. OR your tee shot should land just off the green, so that you can up-and-down (chip/pitch and then 1-putt). For par 4s, your tee shot should go on the fairway, then you hit an approach shot, followed by a 2-putt or up-and-down. For par 5s, your first two shots should land on the fairway, followed by the approach shot and then up-and-down or 2-putt.

    2. All golf courses have markings to indicate distances from the hole. Use the initial hole marking off the teeing ground which indicates the distances from each of the tee markers. There will be a blue stake that means you are 200 yards from the middle of the green, a white stake which means you are 150 yards from the middle of the green, and a red stake that means you are 100 yards from the green.

    3. Moreover, the flagsticks on the green are identified by color to mark their position on the green (front of the green, middle of the green, back of the green). However, there is no standard coloring of flagsticks. It varies between courses. Often, yellow means back, blue means middle, and red means front, but this is not always the case.