Backspin

Can someone explain to me (if possible) how Tiger Woods made that shot from behind the 16th green at Augusta?

I can certainly understand why some of you low handicappers would wonder why some of us hackers would like to know how to put spin on the ball. However, Tiger wasn't 100+ yards away from the hole, he was in a bad spot, in the rough and was able to chip his ball up on to the green about 25 feet from the hole and make it stop on a dime in order for it to allow the green to roll it back towards the hole.

As much as I would like to believe Nike in the claims (via the commercial) that Tiger was able to do that only because he was using a Nike wedge and ball, I have my doubts.

Anyways. Can someone explain how Tiger was able to stop his ball so quickly from behind a green via a chip?

Thats the beauty of a lob wedge and plently of practice.

And a super firm strike - generating a ton of spin.

You have to realize the grooves on those wedges aren't what the average players going to find either. The golf channel talked about it a bit after it happened.

Sounded like it was a lob wedge that he de-lofted and accelerated through the ball.

Nike's wedges may not be any better than any other pro-style wedge, but they're designed for pro-style. Most amateurs wouldn't be able to control the spin like that and would be worse off with that club.

Most clubs create backspin anyway which is the reason you can hit straighter, controlled shots

It's amazing to me that he didn't put that shot high into the air, it looked as though it had just enough air to get over and land on the green.

He wouldn't have been bale to create the spin by flopping the shot. Spin is created by 'pinching' the ball between the clubface and the ground. It is much easier to strike down on a ball than to 'flip' it out with a flop shot.

I had plenty of time to kill last night, so I went to a practice green and just for giggles I spent about 45 minutes trying to generate any kind of spin from my ball. I was using a 56 degree vokey wedge and Slazenger 420 balata balls.

Needless to say, I had absolutely no luck in trying to spin the ball backwards towards the holes. I nearly lost one ball when I miss hit it and sent it into the woods. Luckily, nobody got killed. I believe I was the only person on the course, otherwise I would've saved myself the embarrassment.

I enjoyed trying it because I tried a little bit of everything, and I got a good idea of what happens to the ball when I put the clubface on it from all different angles and speeds.

Then, when I finally got bored with it, I realized the greens were damp from the very slight rain that was falling. I guess I was having so much fun I never realized how much rain was coming down on the green.

As if the lack of rain would have mattered anyway......but I'm a hack, so I try not to think about that........!

like what was said before, unless you have a good, consistent swing and are a low handicapper, you have no reason to try to put spin on the ball. sure, it would impress everyone and all that, but i mean, if you cant fire at a pin in the first place, theres no reason to try to spin it.

oh yeah, and if you are that low handicapper, the main key for backspin is to keep those groves as clean as possible. if you have some caked dirt on the clubface or grass in your grooves, it aint spinnin.

what about different clubs for spinning?

What are good wedges to create a ton of spin with?

I kind of disagree. What's wrong with amateurs trying to try a shot? After all, it's suppose to be a game. There are two types of golfers, one looking for a low score and another looking for something interesting to talk about on the 19th hole.

i must agree with cant put, you might not have to get the ball to spin back two foot but you need backspin on the ball to stop it on the hard greens, it might land and go foward a few feet but its better than bouncing to the back of the green and over,
by the way a usual get about 1 foot backspin from a pw at 130 yards but hitting green side shots i got no chance, but a do get enough to slow the ball on impacked with the green

For the record, grooves don't add or remove spin. Grooves help channel energy-draining material away from the ball and clubface. Also, every time you hit the ball, it spins.

As for generating backspin, you need to make clean contact with the ball. The loft of the club and the 'cleanliness' of the contact are what generate spin - this whole 'pinching the ball between the club and the turf' thing.

you need to make sure the following things are done to make sure that backspin occurs:

1. make sure that you are using a good soft ball (pro v 1)
2. make sure that groves in club are spotless
3. make sure your swing is just as normal as hitting another shot. you do not have to blast it as other people stated.
4. keep your take away the same as another shot
5. and finally make sure you catch the very bottom of the ball but make sure you donmot even hit the ground at all.
6. make sure that you take a weee divot or you will thin the ball way over the green.

just make sure that these factors are done and you will. happy golfing every1

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ya haha i had my phase of punch shots and spin and ya...i did that for a long time...all i would do would be punch shots....and that messed up my driver swing.. iwas comin to steep on da ball and SLICE or FADE and ya...but im way shallower now....haha its better.. so dont get too hooked...haha