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Golf · Level 2: Elementary · Sub-level 2.4

Chipping and Pitching Basics

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

Chips and pitches, the set-up and stroke, landing spots and roll, and choosing the right shot.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Chip or pitchTake a test

  1. It spends more time on the ground than in the air.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Pitches are used when something lies between ball and green.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. Rolling the ball is usually easier to judge.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Less loft means a lower flight and more roll.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. It is a favourite on firm links courses.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. It is a hard shot that needs an open face and a big swing.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Putt if you can, chip if you can't putt, pitch if you must.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. Each needs more loft than the last.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. More loft, less roll.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  10. A chip is low with plenty of roll.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 2The chipping set-upTake a test

  1. Hands ahead help strike the ball before the ground.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. About two thirds of the weight stays forward.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. It helps the club meet the ball first.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Flicking causes thin and heavy shots.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. A short swing needs only a small base.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Keep the rhythm the same and change the length.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. A heavy or 'fat' chip hits the ground first.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. The set-up does most of the work.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. Longer chips need a longer swing.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Keeping weight forward helps strike the ball first.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 3Landing spots and rollTake a test

  1. Picking it helps control the roll.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Bounces in rough or on a slope are harder to judge.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. Lofted wedges fly more and roll less.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Look at the target before, the ball during.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Each club has its own fly-to-roll ratio.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Uphill chips roll less.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. If the grass is short and smooth, putting is safest.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. The lie and landing spot decide the club.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. Slope changes how far the ball runs.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Land it there, let it roll to the hole.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 4Pitching and wedgesTake a test

  1. It is the least lofted of the wedges.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. The extra hinge adds height.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. A low running shot copes better with wind and firm turf.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. It loses distance badly.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. More bounce helps in sand and soft turf.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Stopping the swing early often leads to a poor strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Short-game practice turns bogeys into pars.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  8. Height comes from loft and hinge, not from scooping.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. The gap wedge fills the space between pitching and sand wedges.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Low shots handle firm ground and wind.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Sources

PGA coaching and general teaching guides, the World Handicap System Rules of Handicapping, and the Rules of Golf 2023 where a beginner needs a rule; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Rule-by-rule procedures belong to the Rules of Golf category.

  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)39
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)1