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Leak

Chip leave 10+ ft → conversion collapse

Worth ~1.6 strokes a round to fix

A chip that finishes 10+ ft away sits on 34% of your bogey-or-worse holes but only 8% of your pars — and your conversion collapses from 59% inside 10 feet to 6% beyond it.

On the course: Pick the landing spot that gets the ball inside 10 feet — not the one that chases the pin.

Practice: Chip ladder — 10 balls each from fairway and rough at 10, 20 and 30 yards; a rep only scores if it finishes inside 10 feet.

[S1] How often do you get up and down?

Chances59
Up and down44%

Up and down = one chip, one putt. Holed chips count.

[S5] What a good chip is worth

LeaveChipsUp & downPar or better
<5 ft2080%65%
5-10 ft1662%62%
10-15 ft1414%50%
WHY

The up-and-down is decided by the chip, not the putt: inside 5 ft you convert 80%; leave it 10-15 ft and it's 14%. Every chip that finishes inside 10 ft is money in the bank.

[S3] Landing your chips on the spot

Landing spotChipsAverage leave
Hit it296 ft
Missed it2918 ft
WHY

When you land the chip on your spot it finishes 6 ft away; when you don't, 18 ft — and you miss the spot on 50% of chips. The leave isn't a touch problem, it's a landing-spot problem: pick the spot, land it there.

[S2] Chip leave by lie

LieChipsAvg chipLeaveSpot hitUp & down
Rough3921 yds11 ft49%46%
Fairway1923 yds8 ft47%53%

Measured on the lie each chip STARTED from. Odd lies (trees, path) count as rough.

[S8] Uphill vs downhill chips

SlopeChipsLeaveSpot hitUp & down
Uphill4312 ft44%40%
Level913 ft67%67%

[S6] The shots you play around the green

ShotPlayedLeaveSpot hitUp & down
Chip2412 ft50%46%
Pitch199 ft58%37%
Flop1515 ft40%40%

Shot types are recorded from July 2026 — earlier shots are typed from trajectory.

WHY

Your pitch finishes 9 ft from the hole on average; your flop 15 ft. When the lie gives you the choice, the pitch is the higher-percentage shot.

[S7] Clubs around the green

ClubChipsShare
60 Degree Wedge64100%

[S4] Short-sided — what it costs

After the approachHolesBogey or worse
Short-sided2040%
Missed green, fat side3749%
Hit the green6914%