Can you spin 'em?

[drawboy]

As the post say's can you spin the ball back on your wedges? Today I played 2 premium balls, a z star and a pro v1. I hit my wedges (vokey's) well but ultimately with no spin, I would love to spin one back, I have done it once or twice and it looked lovely but TBH not often enough for me to be paying top dollar for premium balls.

 

[hovis]

you probably spin it back more than you think. it's hard to see at 150 yrds. i hit one the other week that looked like it landed and rolled a little. the group on the next tee said ''bloody hell youth, you spun that back 3 ft'' i had no idea

 

[granters]

It all depends on how you're striking it. Personally i get a lot of spin because i tend to hit down on the ball. I actually think you get too much spin with the newer style wedges!

It's just one of those things- some people get loads and others don't. It's all to do with how you hit it

 

[Mungoscorner]

Spins good if its controlled,i seem to get loads of spin when i come up short on shots,and not when i go past the pin.

 

[beggsy]

not on our greens i dont

 

[Simbo]

Aye, but unfortunately not at will usually spins back when im 10 feet short.

did spin one back and to the side and into the hole from 60 yards in a tie the other night though

 

[Essex_Stu]

Yep did for the first time last week. Problem is I now try to do it on every approach shot to the green and its leaving me short.

 

[USER1999]

Not with the new c of c grooves. Not a big fan of spin back anyway, it is very unpredictable. I like bounce and stop.

 

[Robobum]

My 50 and 60* wedges have the new grooves and only really spin on full shots. Anything not hit hard with them tends to release.

My 54* is an older spin milled vokey and still spins like crazy despite showing it's age on the face now.

 

[RGDave]

I got some action on full SW yesterday. First in years. I think you've got to hit them perfect and hard.
The pros get it with not just wedges, and it's easy to see how. On the rare occasion (make that almost never) it doesn't provide any advantage to me anyway. One bounce (or two) and stop suits me.

It is cool though.

 

[haplesshacker]

Only sideways!!!!!

Seriously though, I'm with Murph. If I could do that everytime, I'd be a happy bunny.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Since I made my swing changes I can now, but only on the range, on the course the greens are way too hard, I can stop a short iron within a few yard and wedges within a yard or two. In the winter I had a few spin back away from pins

 

[Region3]

I do on fullish shots from the fairway down to about 8 iron, depending on how hard and which way the green slopes.

I'd much rather it bounce and stop 4' later, but if I use a less spinny ball then a 5 iron would run out 30' instead of the 10' it does now, so I'll put up with short irons coming back occasionally.

 

[Soco11]

I get quite a bit of spin by hitting down on the ball,

But I have heard of a new technique by putting the ball in the front of your stance and hit up on the ball therefore allowing the ball to stay on the club face longer and add more spin. Has anyone used is technique?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think if you are getting it to pitch and stop on the green it's fair to say you are getting spin on the ball anyway even if it doesn't zip back. I'm with Murph and say it's not something I actually look for as it's much harder to control. Give me a wedge that lands, takes a hop forward and then stops everytime.

 

[granters]

Something i did notice- I switched to a Penta P and found the ball takes a hop then stops dead.

BUT with a pro-v i find it spins far too much for my liking. For this reason i use the Penta before anything.

 

[palindromicbob]

Best I can get is a check to slow it down. Never managed a full on spin back.

 

[Piece]

Probably only span the ball back about 10 times in 25 years!

 

[EZprophet]

If you want more backspin you need more speed. It's as simple as that.

Hitting down on the ball has nothing to do with it, you can still get backspin with a completely nuetral angle of attack. People have this idea of "compressing the ball" into the ground or whatever to create backspin, as if you are squeezing the ball between the club and the ground to create spin... but its all bs. The ball goes straight upwards when you hit it due to the loft of the club, it doesnt go into the ground at all.

The reason why a downward strike will get more spin for most people is because it will give you a better "strike" on the ball (AKA a better transfer of energy from the club to the ball AKA more speed!)

If you want to spin the ball back then swing harder at the ball with your highest lofted club and hope to catch it pure. Do it into the wind onto a green that is soft (but not wet) and slopes towards you, for the best results.

 

[Ethan]

A lot depends on the greens. In the US, where you often have soft greens, it is pretty easy to get spin. If you use a good ball and get a good crisp contact on the ball, you may well see it screw back.