Chip-In: A holed chip. Choke: This word has two meanings: One is to grip lower on the club than normal. The other definition in golf to play poorly because of self-imposed pressure. Choke Down: To hold the club lower on the grip.
Aside from rare chip-ins or two-putt birdies on par 5s, the only way to score is with the putter. It is surprising how little golfers practice putting compared to time spent on the other clubs.
chip-in: A holed chip. choke: To crack under pressure. Also term used to grip down on a club (making it shorter) closed face: Clubface pointed to the left of the target at address or impact.
Ogilvy parred his final nine holes on Monday, including a crucial chip-in at the 13th, while he had two birdies and a bogey on the front nine on Sunday.
In addition he is frighteningly determined and all of this makes for the heady cocktail of a great champion. One had the full flavour of it at Sun City when he beat Ernie Els on his own turf with a chip-in that one suspects was a portent of things ...
See also: Tournament, Golf, Hole, Putting, Rough
 
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