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when you do controlled greenside checkshots,
how do you guys position the ball and club face?

I keep the club face as is from my normal wedge ball position then just move the ball back approx. 1 1/2 ball length back depends how much I want ball to check and just hit down.


I however read from some article that opening club face as much as you move the ball back is more affective


any thoughts on this, pls?

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I just tilit my wedge forward to where it still feels comfortable, put the ball back in my stance, face the target with my whole body, and try to pinch it. I tried opening the blade and it seems to hard to control. Just my .02

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when you do controlled greenside checkshots,

I pretty much do the same however I tried opening the club face and it just throws me off completly so i'm pretty interested in what info everyone may have as well.

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I usually play from the center of my stance,but usually play from an open stance.It actually appears that it is back but its not.I never open the face unless i'm trying a high or medium flop shot out of the rough to which i play foward in my stance.

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I usually play from the center of my stance,but usually play from an open stance.It actually appears that it is back but its not.I never open the face unless i'm trying a high or medium flop shot out of the rough to which i play foward in my stance.

How exactly do you perform a high flop? Everytime I attempt this (which isn't often anymore) I come in super fat. There have been times when my whole club head gets absorbed by a wet ground.

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How exactly do you perform a high flop? Everytime I attempt this (which isn't often anymore) I come in super fat. There have been times when my whole club head gets absorbed by a wet ground.

When I try and play a flop shot, maybe once a round if that, I use my 60, put the ball forward in my stance, open the club face up, choke down 3/4 of the way down the grip, open my stance quite a bit with both of my feet pointing at the target and my knees bent pretty heavily, take aim a couple feet to the left of the target and try to catch clean. As for how far or how hard to swing, I just go with feel depending on how open I have my 60. Someone will probably have a better answer but this has worked for me and has made me pretty consistent hitting a flop shot. Not really an easy shot to hit.
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Just a little side note: there is a lot of interesting information in this thread...and if you want to try out a different technique, for goodness' sake, do it at the practice area, NOT in the middle of a round (like I did today). That is all!

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I just tilit my wedge forward to where it still feels comfortable, put the ball back in my stance, face the target with my whole body, and try to pinch it. I tried opening the blade and it seems to hard to control. Just my .02

I do the same thing but with the occasional flop shot.
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