The patent shot is an open cut lob, which for myself and my fellow foursome midcappers, is something we shouldn't be fooling with as a staple of our golf diet.
I found if you chip using a Vertical Hinge you can pop the "Flying Dud". Clubface square to the pin, put a firm Push Stroke (make sure it's On-line) down on the ball. It pops up in the air and lands dead, with just a bit of roll. So far, it seems very tolerant of imprecision
Some of the fun is that my partners can't figure out how I'm doing it.