Acer XK Flipper

Acer XK Flipper

I got a loaner of this club from Hireko recently in the mail. Unfortunately, the weather here in Michigan has been entirely uncooperative and all I’ve been able to do with it is to chip around on the carpeted floor of GolfBlogger World Headquarters.

It’s a nicely built club with a wide, slightly curved bottom and a putter-length shaft. It’d be the perfect tool for a player who has trouble with chips and pitches around the green. I have a suspicion (entirely unfounded, but based on my experience with similar clubs) that it could be used at ranges from 50 yards in. Here’s what Hireko says:

What type of club would produce the perfect cross between a chip shot and a flop shot? That would be the innovative Acer XK Flipper, which is not just another ordinary chipper on the market.

The Flipper is based on our ever-popular Acer XK Chipper that measures 37° loft and is perfect for producing that pitch and run shot around the green. However, what happens when you miss the green short sided or when there is little room between the fringe and the hole to work with? A pitch and run shot will surely run the ball past the hole and further from your goal.

Ask yourself how comfortable are you at pulling a wedge out of your bag to cozy the ball near the hole in those situations? If the answer to that is not very good, then the ultra-wide sole to glide along the grass coupled with the higher loft (46°), the Flipper allows you to finally make that ‘fly & die’ or ‘pop and stop’ shot that? been missing from your bag.