The hitting-it-low double-cross

[bunkerputt]

Does anyone here ever try to hit it low (delofted with smoother tempo), but end up hitting it high? Sometimes when I'm trying to hit it low, I'll pure one and look out only to find I have to look up, REALLY up to find the ball. I'm not sure whether it starts out low and climbs quickly, or whether I just didn't really deloft it like I thought I did.

[$2 Nassau]

Yes, sometimes. I think I hit down on it too much sometimes which causes it to pop up. I've found that to hit it low you need to deloft, but make sure you don't come in too steep. A delofted club with a fairly shallow angle of attack keeps the ball lower, for me anyway. (i.e. a U shaped swing, not a V shaped one)

This came to me when trying to learn that "low skipper" chip shot. You know, the one that comes in low and hot with lots of spin, takes 2 bounces and stops? Well I always thought I needed to really chop down on it to get the spin and make it fly low. But it never worked, finally I realized I just needed to keep my wrists firm in the delofting position and come in shallower - the balls runs up the face and causes spin and the trajectory is lower.

Typical "golf is a game of opposites" example.

[bunkerputt]

...I've found that to hit it low you need to deloft, but make sure you don't come in too steep....

That makes a lot of sense. I'm pretty sure I've got the club delofted based on how my wrists feel at impact, but I may come in steeply now and again.