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armandoartist Established Member

armandoartist

HAHA well we always talk about wanting to get the spin on the ball like the pros and what not. I'm accomplishing that now more and more. But I keep spinning it back and off the green. I wanted this power and now i'm not so sure I want it anymore.

I hit my approach shot with a 52* wedge (vokey) about 2 feet passed the hole and the darn thing spun back about 15-20 feet and then off the green!!!! only to mess up my chip back and then proceeded to 2 putt for a stinky bogey.

ball is a prov1

MB 710 Iron Set 5-PW Blades Steel Shafts,
Vokey Design Spin Milled Wedges 52,56,60
hybore 2iH, 3iH, 5W, Driver XL, Putter
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Zeph Incredible Member

Zeph

- Hit it farther past the flag
- Learn to hit shots with less spin
- Use a harder ball

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Chris223 Dedicated Member

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I can't remember ever hitting a shot that got backspin. My divots are often in front of the ball, but I still haven't gotten any backspin.

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Stretch Super Member

Stretch

Face it man, you suck it back massively.

Stretch.

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senorchipotle Great Member

senorchipotle

yeah, when i play nicer golf courses this tends to happen. the greens are pretty slow, relatively, where i play so i don't get too much action on the greens. i'd suggest flighting the ball on a lower trajectory.

James_Black Great Member

James_Black

I feel so sorry for you

Try clubbing up and swing softer, you should get a little less backspin while still getting it to stop/spin and you might be a little more accurate too.

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Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
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Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


Kieran123 Great Member

Kieran123

  armandoartist said:
HAHA well we always talk about wanting to get the spin on the ball like the pros and what not. I'm accomplishing that now more and more. But I keep spinning it back and off the green. I wanted this power and now i'm not so sure I want it anymore.

20 feet of spin?.....

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enis750 Great Member

enis750

  senorchipotle said:
yeah, when i play nicer golf courses this tends to happen. the greens are pretty slow, relatively, where i play so i don't get too much action on the greens. i'd suggest flighting the ball on a lower trajectory.

i find the lower i hit it, the MORE it spins

the higher, the less spin if i pinch it tight and toss a low chip shot in from 40-60-ish yards, it will hit, check and come back if i loft it in, it will pretty much hit and stay within inches of the divot to the OP - try the pro v1x, its a harder ball and wont spin as much as the regular pro v (if you wanna stick w Titleist) i swithced to the pro v1x for this reason....then found the magic of the TM LDP Black ball....now thats a whole other story ;)
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right handed phil mickelson Great Member

right handed phil mickelson

  Kieran123 said:
20 feet of spin?.....

Yea. He doesn't spin the ball back, he spins the world forwards.

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Paradox Great Member

Paradox

yep...when I hit a low spinning shot, it will "skid"(my term) on the green and come to a pretty fast stop but it never comes back.

My philosophy on golf "We're not doing rocket science, here."


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Judah Ben-Hur

It's just another thing to think about before taking a swing. Like there isn't enough to worry about.

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Whiskey84 Established Member

Whiskey84

  enis750 said:
to the OP -

I played the Pro-V1x for several years for this reason. I just switched to the Bridgestone Tour B330 (since I got a great deal on a large quantity of them lol) and I really like them. Plus they seem a bit more durable.

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Frito Established Member

Frito

I hit my first one the other day from about 30 yards to the green that hit the green bounced allmost upwardly then stopped and rolled like 3 inches.

MJP Well Established Member

MJP

You sure you didn't just hit a crisp wedge into an upslope and into the wind? A lot of tour pros don't even suck it back 20 feet. Granted, they play much firmer greens.

armandoartist Established Member

armandoartist

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  Kieran123 said:
20 feet of spin?.....

this green was inclined back towards me...work with me here okay 15 feet maybe? somewhere around there!

MB 710 Iron Set 5-PW Blades Steel Shafts,
Vokey Design Spin Milled Wedges 52,56,60
hybore 2iH, 3iH, 5W, Driver XL, Putter
Balls "Pro V1's", " Callaway Warbirds"
Career Low Round: 79


Mattplusness Great Member

Mattplusness

I remember hearing a while back on this forum that the problems the pros had with the now old grooves is that they got too much spin. Now the grooves actually don't handicap them.

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armandoartist Established Member

armandoartist

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  MJP said:
You sure you didn't just hit a crisp wedge into an upslope and into the wind? A lot of tour pros don't even suck it back 20 feet. Granted, they play much firmer greens.

yeah I was going to mention the green was inclined towards me, thats the reason it came back so far. if its a flat green it will spin about 3-4 feet judging from the divot.

MB 710 Iron Set 5-PW Blades Steel Shafts,
Vokey Design Spin Milled Wedges 52,56,60
hybore 2iH, 3iH, 5W, Driver XL, Putter
Balls "Pro V1's", " Callaway Warbirds"
Career Low Round: 79


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