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Can anyone give advice on how to create backspin with pitching wedge. Is it the ball position or what?
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Re: Back Spin
Well, all shots create backspin.
However, I'm assuming that we're talking about holding a green (or sucking it back).
There are two components to holding a green - the green itself, and how you hit the ball.
Freshly sanded and aerated greens don't hold much. A well maintained green will hold lots of shots assuming you hit the ball properly.
What's properly? Well, a sweeping swing won't do. You have to hit down on the ball. You have to have crisp, clean contact (don't expect to hit and hold out of the rough - allow for run). But that crisp, clean contact is what really works. -
Re: Back Spin
hi
also the type of golf ball. some spin more than other and the groves of your wedge have to be clean and deep. when you use a wedge the club strikes down on the ball and presses into the ground and makes it spin up the face of the club, this give that extra back spin, like lowpost said you cant get that push into the ground out the rough and it has to be a clean- crisp hit into the back of the ball.
one thing with back spin if it cant be controled, you have some control but you never know if ball will stop dead or spin back 15 feet so it not the best shot to play, a soft chip that runs 2/3 feet will allways work better.
back spin looks good when it works but i bet with most of us it dont work the way we want 9 times out of 10.
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Re: Back Spin
like low post said, hit the ball DOWN into the gournd, this is what creates back spin. where do you have the ball positioned for your wedge?Originally posted by tinker30Comment
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