Spinning the wedges

[GolfMN]

What are the keys?

I was playing a round on a tough course near our cabin, and I got a little surprise. My full sand wedge actually backed up a couple feet. It felt like the same shot I hit every time I reach for a wedge, and I usually find the ball a few feet long of the ball mark. So my burning question is what did I do that one time, and what does it take to do it again? I was hitting some drop and stop shots today, and throwing big divots around, not something I normally do. I still get the same distance and height, but my spin is all over the place. Any information on the mechanics behind spin would be really appreciated. I'd like to get a drop and stop shot, and maybe have one that backs up a bit, but I really dont want to be surprised like that again.

[Calamity Todd]

Hitting the ball consistently is the key to getting the ball to bite......Green conditions are a factor and the ball you use.....but the pros hit the ball then the ground....that with a bit of speed and it's as simple as that.

[oregongolf]

acceleration through the ball!

 

and ball-first pinching contact.

[Diesel]

face to ball contact...

 

end of story...

 

ball and club will determine the amount of spin, but if you don't hit ball first, you won't have to worry about spin...

[InspiredGolf]

The cover of the golf ball is very important as well. Playing a tour grade golf ball will increase your spin considerably when compared to a surlyn covered golf ball.

[tbyeaton0627]

contact is important but so is clubhead speed as far as backing it up is concerned

[TCMP]

I focus on getting my right side through impact quickly. i.e. right arm and right knee. This is only applicable for me on partial shots.

 

On full shots, I just hit the ball first and then take a very shallow divot in front of the ball.

 

 

A Vokey Spin milled wedge and HX Tour 56 ball will spin like a top.

[scores]

Conditions : very tight fairways and fast greens. However, getting u r divot in front of the ball!!!

[lefty92]

You must hit the ball first, and you must have an accelerating, downward blow.

 

Also, the wedge, ball, and course conditions effect the amount of spin you will put on a ball.

[nyhacker]

Everything others said and esp acceleartion i.e. wrist action through the shot. Quick wrist = more spin. That is why pros try to hold of the release on wedge shots when then dont want to spin it back.

 

Of course the faster the clubhead the more spin as well.

[tbyeaton0627]

Everything others said and esp acceleartion i.e. wrist action through the shot. Quick wrist = more spin. That is why pros try to hold of the release on wedge shots when then dont want to spin it back.

 

Of course the faster the clubhead the more spin as well.

 

Pros try to "hold off" the release not becuase of quick wrists but because of the "hinge action" the clubface imparts on the ball...the hinge is a lay back of the clubface rather than a closing of the clubface

[abewley]

the shaft must angle to the target to get proper contact ( spin) on the ball... hell i get shot with 7 irons to back up with a prov1

[Goldenhawk]

acceleration through the ball!

 

and ball-first pinching contact.

 

I agree.

[nyhacker]

Everything others said and esp acceleartion i.e. wrist action through the shot. Quick wrist = more spin. That is why pros try to hold of the release on wedge shots when then dont want to spin it back.

 

Of course the faster the clubhead the more spin as well.

 

Pros try to "hold off" the release not becuase of quick wrists but because of the "hinge action" the clubface imparts on the ball...the hinge is a lay back of the clubface rather than a closing of the clubface

 

I guess i should have made that more clear. The faster you unhinge your wrist **** the more spin. Holding off the realease slows that down.

[ej002]

compression - hands in front of ball + downward blow