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rbfoley

After fine-tuning my swing, I'm now heavily hitting down and compressing the ball - my typical iron flight is very high; roll is practically non-existent, even with the longer irons. There's too much backspin.

The end result is that my total distance has decreased, even though my swing speed has noticeably increased.

How do I reduce this backspin and hit further?
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popey Well Established Member

popey

Use a harder ball!
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powerfade Well Established Member

powerfade

Try the Bridgestone B330 before you try any 'low spin' balls.

Having a lot of spin is not bad. Learn how to use it to your advantage and learn how to take some off when you have to, especially on full wedge shots. Learn how to hit more club with shorter swings, i.e. a 90y 3/4 PW instead of a full SW.

Driver: R7 SuperQuad TP 9.5° Fujikura Rombax 6X07
Hybrid: Rescue TP 19°

Orlimar3wood: Hip-Steel 15° (oldie but goodie)Irons: Ping i10 [4-GW] DG X-100Wedges: Ping Tour-W [54° & 58°] DG X-100Putter: i-Series Piper HBalls: B330-S or e5+

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After fine-tuning my swing, I'm now heavily hitting down and compressing the ball - my typical iron flight is very high; roll is practically non-existent, even with the longer irons. There's too much backspin.

Hitting down on the ball is one of the causes of backspin, if you want to decrease backspin and get more distance work on making more of a shallow, level, sweeping impact.

In my bag:

Driver: Burner TP 8.5*
Fairway metals/woods: Burner TP 13* Tour Spoon, and Burner TP 17.5*
Irons: RAC MB TP Wedges: RAC TPPutter: Spider Ball: (varies ) (Most of the time): TP Red or HX Tour/56---------------------------------------------------

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FoosIason Established Member

FoosIason

Hmmm I have the same problem you do. I haven't golfed in 5 months but I have a abnormally high ball-flight. I generate a lot of spin. I was using the ProV1s but recently switched to the ProV1x. That helped a little bit. But I'm not satisfied. I still hit my 19 degree 2 iron higher than most people hit a wedge. This is frustrating. But I'll be honest with you, when I was using the regular 1's I hit my 2-iron about 220, and when I switched to the X's I hit it about 235+. But 2 and 3 iron were the clubs that had the most drastic change with the change of ball.

Generally when I hit my clubs I have almost a balloon effect. Yes shallowing your swing will help you bring your ball flight down, but you may be in the same boat as me. I'm 6'0 tall and I have monkey arms. I have almost a 6'5 reach, this makes having a shallow swing an impossible feat. My natural swing is very steep. All I can say is good luck to you. Please let me know if you find something that works for you. I'm very interested in a solution to this high ball flight problem.

907D2 9.5º Proforce V2 85 Stiff
904F 15º stiff Speeder Shaft
735.CM Chrome 2-P
Spin-Milled Vokeys Tour Chrome 54.10/60.04
Studio Style Newport 2.5 Black X66 Stand Bag Pro V1

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x-forged

After fine-tuning my swing, I'm now heavily hitting down and compressing the ball - my typical iron flight is very high; roll is practically non-existent, even with the longer irons. There's too much backspin.

im in the same boat you are. i personally really like the high ball flight and lots of spin, its really helped my game out since i changed my swing up a bit to hit more down on the ball. except when I want the ball to get up!

Sticks
driver- X460 tour 9.5 Aldila NVS 75
irons- X-forged 3-PW TT BlackGold stiff
wedges- x-tour vintage 52, 56, 60
hybrid- FT-hybrid #2 17* putter- Sophia 33" "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."_Mario Andretti
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Dent Great Member

Dent

it sounds like your Swing is too steep, try a long more "drag-back" backswing. Are you immediatly lifting the club off the ground at a high angle on the backswing?
In My Bag

Driver: Sasquatch 460 9.5°
3 Wood: Laser 3 Wood 15°
5 Wood: r7 19° (Stiff)Irons: S58 Irons 4-PW Orange DotWedge: Harmonized 60°Wedge: Z TP 54°Putter: Tiffany 34"Balls: Pro V1 Shoes: Adidas Tour 360 IIThe Meadows Golf Coursewww.themeadowsgc.comAge: 16
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Jack_2251 Dedicated Member

Jack_2251

How about trying some flatter launching, stiffer shafts, like a project X 6.0 or 6.5
Driver Titleist 905R 9.5* (Stiff Prolaunch Blue 65g)
Hybrid: PT 585.H 17 * (Stiff titleist 75g shaft)
Irons: 695.cb 3-9 ( Dynamic Gold S300)
Wedges: 735.CM 47* PW, Vokey 200 series 50.08 Oil Can Vokey Spin Milled 54.10 Tour chrome, Vokey Spin Milled 58.08 Oil canPutter: Wilson Staff Kirk Kurrie #1[CO.....
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SwinginCaveman Well Established Member

SwinginCaveman

Stop using POS Pro-V1s!






Ok I keed.

In My Bag:

Driver: R7 460
5w: Bah!
3w: F Speed LDHybrid: CPR3 3iIrons: Acer XK High Trajectory 4-PWWedges: Vokey Spin Milled 52* 54* 60*Putter: Daytona CGBBall: One Platinum Tour ix

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Eore Great Member

Eore

are you hitting off of a rubber mat at the range? at the range the past three days i lost distance and hit the ball a mile higher than when i hit off of grass because the club doesn't dig into the dirt, making pure spin....i hit a 4-iron and it spun backwards about 10 yards

driver- R580XD 9.5*
3 wood- m/speed
hybrid- cft ti 4h
irons- fp 4-gap
wedges- 54* and RAC satin 56* 12 bounceputter- 1/2 Craz-Eballs- DT Carry, e5, anything found thats is good shapeshoes-adidashome course - nothing - uh oh. perhaps pleasant view againschool...

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marpr Dedicated Member

marpr

After fine-tuning my swing, I'm now heavily hitting down and compressing the ball - my typical iron flight is very high; roll is practically non-existent, even with the longer irons. There's too much backspin.

i agree with some of them, to try a harder ball.

also, have a look at your ball position and swing arc.
Driver: Callaway Diablo Edge Tour 10.5* (UST Proforce v2 77g X Flex) 3 Wood: Callaway Diablo 15* (UST Proforce v2 86g S Flex). 2 Hybrid: Adams A4 Tech 17* (UST Proforce v2 105g S Flex). 3 and 4 Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro 20* and 23* (UST Proforce v2 105g S Flex)
Irons: Tour Edge Exotics...
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Trevor07Silvy Well Established Member

Trevor07Silvy

I hit the ball pretty high aswell, but I like me some ProV1's!

I'm 6' with lanky arms aswell.

In my Stand Bag
Driver- 905T 9.5* w/ Aldila NV Stiff
3-Wood- 906F4 13.5* w/ Aldila VS Proto Stiff
Irons 3-PW- 704 CB w/ Dynamic Gold S300 Shafts
Wedges- CG10 52* Vokey 56* Oil Can Spin Milled Vokey 60* Oil Can Spin MilledPutter- Studio Select Newport 2 (35")Ball- Prov1 (Or any nice soft...

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r7 425 Dedicated Member

r7 425

It may be the ball bu it also may be where the ball is placed in the stance-like how close it is to your back and front foot...Try some shots from different ball positions--Best Wishes

"People think the size of the head is most important. Wrong. It's getting a quality shaft. test different shafts to see which goes the straightest. Also, more degrees of loft on the head is better than less. Eleven degrees is about right."

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fusioncal Dedicated Member

fusioncal

Perhaps because of the shafts also? I have a hunch you're using DG, which has low launch and high spin characteristic?

I have the opposite problem. I hit too low and I'm having trouble getting good distance with longer irons because I couldn't get enough ball carry. I do place 2-3 balls forward from the center at address using mid-long irons. Hmm...

What's in the bag:
Driver: r7 SuperQuad 10.5° ~ UST Proforce V2 65g Regular
Wood: 906F4 18.5° ~ Aldila VS Proto 80g Stiff
Irons: MP-60 3-PW ~ True Temper Tour Concept S3
Wedges: Vokey Oil Can 252.08, SM56.10 & SM60.08Putter: Marxman Mallet 33"
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AmenCorner Dedicated Member

AmenCorner

Just like anything in golf, it could be from a billion different reasons. For me personally, my left wrist was breaking down. At full speed you couldn't see it, and people would tell me all the time how beautiful it was. However, I realized I had to work on the flat left wrist at impact (as opposed to cupped wrist) and my ball flight has come down, it's longer, but I still get that spin, which is perfect. My driver rolls very well, and my irons are cutting through the wind.

Make sure your left wrist is flat at impact, and you're not camping out on your right side. In other words, your shaft should be perpendicular to the ground at address, but it should be tilted forward at impact. It is absolutly impossible to have an overly high ball flight if you are doing this correct. I bet you are not. All the pros are flat and tilted at impact, so should you.

In my bag:

Driver: SQ 9.5, Graphite Stiff Shaft
3 Wood: Diablo 13 degree, Stiff Shaft
2 Hybrid: SQ 18 degree, Steel Stiff ShaftIrons: MP-30, 3-PWSW: 56* Vokey Copper spin-milledFW 52* VokeyFlat Stick Zing 2Ball: Pro V1x

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Franco! Dedicated Member

Franco!

For me, it was because I wasn't covering the ball with my chest.
When I started covering the ball, the ball flight was much lower.
I still enjoy hitting the ball high but you'll never play well in the weather that we're getting right now.
You might want to try to swing easier or try putting the ball a little bit further up in your stance.

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LD-F 3-Wood
755
Vokey Oil-Can 252-08 degree
Cobra C Wedge 56-11 Vokey Oil-Can 260-08 degree Scotty Cameron Newport 2 35'' Pro V1x

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mikelz Great Member

mikelz

After fine-tuning my swing, I'm now heavily hitting down and compressing the ball - my typical iron flight is very high; roll is practically non-existent, even with the longer irons. There's too much backspin.

I can't think of a better way to hit your irons (as long as you hit 'em where you want 'em to go).

Best, Mike Elzey

In my bag:
Driver: Cleveland Launcher 10.5 stiff
Woods: Ping ISI 3 and 5 - metal stiffIrons: Ping ISI 4-GW - metal stiffSand Wedges: 1987 Staff, 1987 R-90Putter: two ball - black bladeBall: NXT Tour"I think what I said is right but maybe not.""If you know so much, why are you...

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