SMS - Tour Pros, Short Chips from Rough, Different Greens

From Hack It Out Golf by Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner

May 30, 2026 · 17 min · Episode 153

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of uphill and downhill chips on scoring, featuring scenarios with Tour players.

By this point, we know that we want to avoid short-siding ourselves. But should we think about uphill vs downhill chips? In this episode, Lou offers Mark and Greg a handful of scenarios with Tour players around the green. They have different amounts of green to work with, but some chips are uphill and others are downhill. What effect does that have on scoring? And stay turned for Lou's bonus question: it adds an unexpected wrinkle to the data. Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap. Listen on your drive to the golf course or over your Saturday morning coffee! Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 1 BILLION shots in their database. Check them out at: https://www.arccosgolf.com/  Use code MARK15 for 15% off! If you have a question you want covered on the pod, please submit here: https://www.hackitoutgolf.com/contact/ Listeners can also leave us a voicemail! https://www.hackitoutgolf.com/voicemail/ Where to find us: Mark Crossfield's weekly newsletter…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Crossfield, Greg Chalmers

Guest: Lou Stagner

Topics covered

short chips
golf statistics
scoring
Tour players
uphill vs downhill chips

Keywords

golf
short-siding
chips
scoring
golf stats
handicap
Arccos Golf

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Organizations: Arccos Golf

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