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ferrispgm

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here is the deal, i can't spin my 50-60 yard pitches. I was watching someone the other day on the practice area, and from the same distance, he was hitting the green and stopping the ball, or spinning it back 3 feet. i can't figure it out, i take a divot after the ball, my left wrist is ahead of the club at impact, i use a soft cover ball, and i my grooves are clean, yet once the ball lands, it still rolls 6-8 feet. what gives?

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank You,

Kurt
 
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comdpa

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Kurt,

This is cheating but....get a hacksaw blade, and wrap a towel around it. Use it to regroove your wedge....100 times per groove. This was taught to me by an Australian PGA pro.

Alternatively, use a punch elbow position 10-3-A and place the ball back in a stance such that it is easy for you to address the ball with your elbows in 10-3-A. I utilise a right forearm pickup and go after it...
 
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You have to take a shorter, more agressive swing...i.e. think Chad Campbell instead of Freddie. The extra juice you give it adds spin.

comdpa,

What do you mean, wrap a towel around it? Does it work well?
 
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comdpa

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birdie man,

the towel is to prevent your hands from getting cut by the blade. Get a normal blade and a thin one. The normal one will widen the grooves and the thin one will deepen it...have fun spinning it backwards!
 
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Brian Manzella

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Nope.

(Although grooves will help).

What you have found out, ferris, is that the PURE down-out-&forward TGM strike will produce a ball with too much momentum to spin much on a short-ish pitch.

Believe it or not, what I call the TOUR PITCH (now in vogue on Tour), is a through the ball manipulation that hits the ball on the down plane LOC, BUT!, while the club is on the ball, the player combines a slight right wrist straightening with an elbow pull in to AVOID compression.

The result: a slightly lower, dead-bouncing SPINNER.

Welcome to the Tour.
 
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Tball88

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Brian, I understand the right wrist straightening, can you be more specific about the elbow pull in? Not sure I understand... Thanks
 
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