While it might look funny (a putter with the loft of an 8-iron), there's no question that a "chipper" is an effective golf club. You might laugh when you see one pulled from a bag, but those giggles ...

I recently suffered a very narrow last-green match play loss to a man one shot lower than me. Nothing surprising in that. These things happen. I didn’t have my best and he was just a fraction better.