WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Ping introduces the ChipR, a short-game alternative club that mixes the length of a putter with the loft of a 9-iron to help golfers who struggle with chunked and bladed chips.

Golf chippers will never be for everyone. For some, it'll be a pride thing: 'There's nothing wrong with my chipping technique, thank you.' Others will want to take help wherever they can get it - and ...