{"id":44165,"date":"2026-07-29T23:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/44165\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:16:13","slug":"ryan-gerard-names-who-he-thinks-is-the-most-creative-chipper-on-the-entire-pga-tour-its-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/44165\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Gerard names who he thinks is the most creative chipper on the entire PGA Tour, ‘it’s special’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ryan Gerard has suggested that Jason Day\u2019s chipping is potentially the most impressive skill that any player on the PGA Tour has, as he encouraged everyone to follow the Australian during a practice round. <\/p>\n

Day is certainly one of the greatest players his country has ever produced. The 38-year-old is a major champion, after his victory at the 2015 PGA Championship, while he also reached world number one around a similar time. <\/p>\n

The last decade has been difficult for Day. He has had a number of injuries, while he has also suffered with vertigo out on the course. <\/p>\n

Just one of Day\u2019s 13 PGA Tour<\/a> wins has come since the end of the 2018 season. <\/p>\n

Ryan Gerard amazed by Jason Day\u2019s short game<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, there is no question at all that he is an incredible talent. As well as his victory at Whistling Straits, Day has also finished second in five major championships during his career. <\/p>\n

He possesses such a remarkable mind when it comes to shots around the greens. In fact, when asked in an interview with Fried Egg Golf<\/a> what one skill any player on tour has that amazes him, Ryan Gerard picked out Day\u2019s short game. <\/p>\n

\u201cJason Day<\/a>\u2019s chipping is unfathomably good. I could say the same about Denny McCarthy\u2019s putting. I\u2019ve watched Denny putt the eyes out of it, but then I\u2019ve also listened to him talk at a clinic about how he putts, and for the life of me, I don\u2019t understand a single word that he\u2019s saying, but he just rolls the c\u2014 out of it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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\u201cBut I\u2019ve played with Jason a bunch this year, and he is probably the most creative player when it comes to chipping, pitching, bunker shots, stuff like that, and it\u2019s because he feels so confident in where he\u2019s going to land the ball. He feels like he\u2019s got his landing spots so good that he\u2019s not afraid to try and flop one over a bunker and land it in a strip of fringe that\u2019s 18 inches wide to kill it. He knows he\u2019s going to hit it there. So you see him hit all these shots that are really cool or have different spins, different trajectories. And I played with him at Bay Hill this year, we were both shooting a billion on Thursday, and he was hitting it all over the plot, and he was getting up and down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a bunker on 14 at Bay Hill which is not even in play, and he\u2019s not in the bunker, he\u2019s in the left side of the bunker where there\u2019s a palm tree growing out of it. And he hits this perfect little shot, and he hits it so good that he lands it in a sprinkler head and it rolls out 10 feet further than it should have, and he had eight feet. And it was like, \u2018dude, how?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you ever get a chance to go to a practice round, or if you ever have a Masters practice round, and you get a chance to watch Jason Day get creative around the greens, it\u2019s special, man. It\u2019s really, really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason Day\u2019s short game has been a shining light in a difficult PGA Tour season<\/p>\n

Having withdrawn from the Rocket Classic this week, it appears to be more than likely that Day will miss out on making the FedEx Cup playoffs. <\/p>\n

He is currently 74th in the standings, so he will need a good week at the Wyndham Championship if he does play. <\/p>\n

His short game has been one of the only positives from his season so far. <\/p>\n

Day is currently fourth on the PGA Tour for strokes gained around the green. Worryingly, it is the only category where he finds himself inside the top 50. <\/p>\n

He is outside the top 100 for strokes gained off the tee, approach, and tee to green. So the quality of his short game has been crucial this year in particular. <\/p>\n

Hopefully, there are still plenty of better days to come for the Aussie. <\/p>\n

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