Intech Approach Two-Way Chipper Golf Club for Men/Women

So I live in Las Vegas, where there’s a lot of desert golf. So I actually bought this club because it was not very expensive and it was a two-way club that I could use to get me out of trouble. So it’s actually my rock club. The great thing is sometimes I get stuck behind a rock or a tree or a bush where it’s impossible to stand for right handed swing but wide open for a left-handed swing And since all I’m trying to do is smash it back into the fairway I’m not really looking for how far I can hit it I just need to be able to get a club on it. This is perfect for that. It’s taking some abuse since it’s a rock club, but it’s still holding up good for what I paid the best rock club I’ve ever had.

If you are looking at these, this is the one you need. Technically illegal , this 2 way chipper can get you out of trouble. I previously had one, but upgraded to this 2 sided. A nice club

There's nothing more frustrating (aside from the crucial first-hole drive) than playing a ball in a sand trap next to the green, using the proper sand wedge, taking the recommended full swing--but hitting the ball square and watching it fly a hundred yards over the green. A good drive and approach to the green nullified/cancelled/rendered futile by a hopeless short game.The short game is where the grace, the finesse, the "aesthetics" of golf come into play--but few of us are "artists." So rather than risk clobbering the ball over the green with each of your high-number, short-game clubs, why not use a club that simply enables you to "putt" your way to the hole from anywhere that's within 50 yards out?Why not? Well, maybe because it's a violation of the rules; it's not very aesthetic (more like playing croquet); it certainly violates the "unwritten" rules and form of the game. (Imagine a baseball player confronting a 100 mph fast ball with a Titanium tennis racquet instead of a wooden bat.)But if all you want to do is lower your score and frustration, this may be the most practical answer--until, of course, you've got some confidence, along with the necessary skills, to play a respectable short game.[The price is so low I neglected to take advantage of the 20% off for Visa customers--even though I was using the necessary card. Whether it's golf or "deals," I just can't compete.][2nd caveat: as a preceding reviewer points out, "switch-hitting" clubs like this are not USGA-approved. So Tiger wannabes should probably spend a dollar or two more on the proper RH or LH chipper.][3rd "semi" caveat: I realize that at this price point golf clubs are bound to be "generic," but I'm somewhat disappointed not to see the name "Intech" anywhere on or near the club. It did come with a name (not "Generic"), but I'm not about to reopen the shipping box to find out what it is.]

Nice club, I like the weight and the right or left configuration.

For me it was just too much of an angle and kept popping the ball to high and close

I'm not very good with high-loft irons on short chips and bump & runs around the green. This works for me in those situations. The loft approximates 45 degrees, similar to a standard pitching wedge but is suited for the 5-20 yard shot. Bonus is that in that "once a year" time when you cannot take a natural-side stance (for instance very close to a tree trunk), you can swing as a lefty with this club (I'm a righty) and deliver a better outcome than if you flip a traditional iron over to hit with. This club is non-conforming for tournament play, but it is a club a recreational golfer will like and use for 1 to 3 shots per round. I only carry 13 clubs, including four wedges (PW, 52, 60, and this is one of the four).

Don't know whether Amazon can still verify my purchase of some five years ago, but I did indeed buy it and used it for some practice chipping in Key West -- trying to get back into the game after many years -- and now, over the past couple of years, several times a week on our (very challenging) desert course on a sister island. It's far and away my best club. I'm certainly no great golfer, but with this club -- well, almost, at least for one shot on almost every hole. My golf buddies have definitely noticed (a tad enviously), which is why I'm buying two more of these as gifts and now write this testimony to my own experience with the club. And, by the way, this one club is holding up in our tough (moist, hot, sand and rocks) environment here a good deal better than my other, more expensive ones.

Used a friend’s on a beach course and had to have one. “Punchy” may be my favorite club now.