Backspin
Secrets to Backspin
Secret #9
Today I am going to spend some time on course management and how that relates to backspin. The pin placement plays a huge roll in whether or not you want to hit a spinning shot or not.
You have to be sure there is plenty of room in front of the pin as well as behind the pin. If you are attempting a spinning shot that takes two hops stops and either stops or backs up 10 feet, you have to make sure you have room on both sides of the pin for error.
If you a shot that you think is spinning and it doesn’t, you can wind up over the back of the green in a bunker, water or poor lie. On the other hand if you hit a spinner and it spins too much you can wind up in a pond in front of the green. Some of the greens today have false fronts and it does not take much for a ball to back up and roll all the way off of the front of the green.
Another thing to keep in mind is how you stand in the match you are playing. Maybe you don’t have to risk a spinning shot. A shot that lands in the center of the green softly and rolls a few feet might get the job done. You can take a high risk backspin shot out of the equation.
I want to touch on one more idea. How you are hitting the ball on that particular day is paramount. If you are making solid contact, then go for it. See if you can pull it off. However if you are not making solid contact the backspin shot becomes a very risky shot.
These are a couple of things to think about when you are trying to decide if you want to hit a shot that has some backspin on it. As you know by now there are some other factors that come into play from time to time when you are trying to decide what shot to hit. Make sure you consider the ones in today’s blog.
Feel free to join my tomorrow for a lesson on how to stop double hitting your wedge shots. If you want to contact me just hit the Contact Bobby tab above.
Golfingly yours,
Bobby
