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Secrets to putting spin on the golf ball

If you want to know how you break 80 in your golf score, or if you want to shave a few more strokes off your score. Then in this golf lesson we will discuss how approaching the green and putting spin on the ball is what every amateur dream’s  about as they watch the their favourite pro land the ball with incredible control and accuracy with the spin they impart on the golf ball.

Hit a cut shot for control – the ball must settle quickly on landing, but generating pure backspin with a low-spin (harder) ball is going to be tough.

So, the solution is a soft-landing fade spin is a close relation to backspin and easier to create as the ball stays on the club for a bit longer, so play an aggressive short iron cut shot.

Your ball must start left of the flag to allow it to cut back on the target. So you will need to adjust your swing path by aiming your feet, hips and shoulders left of the flag.

Aim the club-face between the flag and the path you want the ball to start. Do not make the common error of aiming the face of the club at the flag, as it tends to start the ball to straight and with too weak a flight.

Think – “Heel ahead of the toe at impact”. Do not worry about swinging from the outside to the inside, because the alignment in your set up will take care of that. Instead just focus on keeping your higher hand ahead (left hand, for right handed golfers) there-by stopping the toe of the club head from turning over. REMEMBER do not hold the grip to tightly, or you run the risk of negating your shot and you are likely to slice the ball, so keep the hand firm to light in this and take one more club than you normally would for the distance of the shot.

Around the green and say over a trap or water hazard, and there is not much room to stop the ball quickly. For this shot,  when you are chipping, you need to strike the ball more aggressively to generate more spin, and trust in its performance to see it check up by the hole.

So, to generate the spin you need, you must get the ball right into the grooves of the club, as it is these which create the spin on the ball.  For this, you need a forward; level hit with your most lofted wedge, say a 60 degree wedge or a sand wedge

Swing low and shallow – make a wide lowish backswing to promote a more forward strike in your golf swing. Your through swing focus should be on hitting the ball forwards firmly and crisply with the hands leading the club face through impact.

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