Lob Shots

[vlo824]

I used to be able to play these shots pretty well. but now, whenever i try to do it, i skull it. Is this because i am opening the clubface too much?

[GreeBoman]

Re: Lob Shots

keep your hands in front of the ball and your weight on your front foot.
If you stay back on your rear foot you get a daisy cutter every time (unless you have a fluffly lie that you can get under)

Oh and above all else, keep your head down!

[slater170]

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i do everything greeboman said plus look at the spot where youre ball was for a count of one after impact dont be in a hurry to look up to see where your ball is going

[vlo824]

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OK, ill try to do what you wrote the next time i play.

[shootin4par]

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I play it just like a sand shot and pick out a spot behind the ball where I want the club to enter the grass, assuming it is a semi fluffy lie

[Liam Hancock]

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hello vlo824,

it probably is, just play it like a bunker shot.
Liam,

[GreeBoman]

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well if you execute it properly you should be able to open the club face all you want
chances are you have your weight too far back for the lie you are on OR you have let the club head get too far ahead of your hands, again for the lie you are on.

[proshank]

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the main thing that i focus on when taking lob shots is to make sure my head is down and have most of my weight (about75%) on my front foot.

also you can end up sculling the ball if you get too wristy.

[LowPost42]

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Let's clarify what we're talking about here.

It seems like we're talking about a flop shot. This requires opening the clubface, and swinging hard. This shot is NOT recommended for tight lies.

Lets go over a couple of basics. When we open a clubface, we effectively increase the bounce. The bounce is designed to do that - bounce through sand or long grass, rather than dig. This is what helps keep the club 'up' in a bunker or in a fluffy lie. Conversely, if the clubface is opened on a tight lie, the club may not dig and take a divot, it may bounce off the turf, resulting in a skulled ball.

If we're talking about hitting a Lob Wedge (59°-61&#176, then it should be played like any other club.

[lgskywalker37]

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....you have let the club head get too far ahead of your hands....

IMO the best tip there, you have to keep the hands infront of the club and acccerate through the ball is huge.

http://members.cox.net/gregjwillis/LESSON3.htm

one way to help keep hand ahead of club is the imapct drill. make sure your right hand is still cupped at impact. and when you open the clubface you want to open your stance and swing out to in with a fltter swing to sweep right uder the ball dependeing how high you want it to go.

[iverson2169]

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also you can end up sculling the ball if you get too wristy.

Absolutely! If you are playing a lob wedge (60 degrees up), you cannot play a "lob shot" (as funny as that sounds). The club is so lofted at 60 degrees that playing these shots anything other way than straight back- straight through can incorporate to much wrist making control next to impossible. Hit down on these shots (hands forward) with confidence and allow the ball to crawl up the clubface.

Do not attempt to sweep the grass under the ball. This is a recipe for skulling. With 60 degrees of loft, contacting the ball first will produce beautiful arching (soft) lobs.

[msklar92]

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You are skulling the ball because you are trying to lift the ball with your hands. Some of this may be due to too large a backswing. When this happens, you unconciously decelerate and there is a breakdown of the left wrist. Try shortening your backswing, soft hands, early wrist cock, then accelerate down and through the ball. The lengh of your follow through will determine the height of the shot as well as the degree the club face is open. The ball needs to be sitting up a bit on these shots.

[MS339]

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I also have a problem with lob shots. I keep the face open but i still can't get the ball up very high, and that makes it hard to get the ball close to the hole on certain shots that i can't just run up to the hole. Any advice?