Spinning Wedge Shot

[Mr. Desmond]

7 hours ago, Jakester23 said:

Also a ball that's going to spin when you execute this shot. Prov1, Snell MTB, Bridgestone 330S, ect.... This won't work with range balls or topflite. If you have a course nearby with a short game practice area that's the best place to experiment with this type of shot. 

Oh, yes, a urethane covered ball is a must, especially on hard, dry greens.

I can check a worn range ball on the practice green, but a practice green is not the same as on the course.

[pushdraw12]

It's really just about angle of attack, strike, and loft. If you compress the ball with a shallow angle of attack you're going to get enough spin. A lot of guys think only their lob wedge will spin - But tour guys use all their wedges for these shots and they work. I think the key is angle of attack though. A shallow "brush" of the grass is what will create the most spin....at least in my experience. 

[Pretzel]

1 hour ago, pushdraw12 said:

I think the key is angle of attack though. A shallow "brush" of the grass is what will create the most spin....at least in my experience. 

Take a look at the spin loft stuff that was linked earlier. You may find it enlightening. Spin is simply a factor of the difference between the loft of your club and your angle of attack. 

Bigger difference = more spin

Smaller difference = less spin

Shallow sweeps will create less spin than a steeper angle of attack when the loft on the two clubs are equal at impact.

[iacas]

On 4/10/2017 at 2:07 PM, Pretzel said:

In your example the dynamic loft is 5 degrees lower when there is a negative angle of attack, meaning the club is delofted relative to the horizon. As I stated before, if you keep your loft the same and only change the angle of attack your spin loft will increase. In your example the spin loft of both clubs is 20 degrees because the dynamic loft has been decreased in the second example. 

Remember that though spin loft can increase, actual spin often begins decreasing past about 45-50° spin loft. Consider 90° spin loft, or 89°… you'd get very very very little spin.

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[Dave2512]

IME spin is unreliable and if I am inside 70 yards I've already made a mistake or it's a par 5 I am playing well or short par 4. From that distance I hit a low flying runner that I judge like a putt unless I have to fly it to a high flat spot on the green. My distance control flying it is iffy.