If you’re looking to add spin to your shots around the greens, remember this rocking thought from the Short Game Boss.
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If you want to level up your short game, you need to be able to roll your chips and fairways around the greens. When you can do this effectively, it allows you to access events in more closed hole locations.
Most recreational players have no idea how to generate spin with their wedges. They see what the pros do every weekend on TV and think it should be easy to put some chain on the ball around the green. But when they hit the course, the ball rarely cooperates.
Most of the things the pros do on the course look easy, but in reality the shots are difficult to execute. However, when it comes to swinging shots around the greens, it’s not as difficult as you might think. You just have to remember one important thought.
How to roll your wedges
Last week the GOLF team hosted our anniversary 100 best teachers Summit in Cabot Citrus Farms in Florida. The event brings together some of the brightest minds in golf instruction and every year I walk away learning a lot about the swing. This year was no different.
The event was full of great advice, but the one that stood out to me came from GOLF Teacher to Watch and short game guru Parker McLachlinknown as Chef short game. While filming the content with McLachlin, he explained to me the best way to hit a simple putt, transforming the way I think about generating spin.
When I hit shots, McLachlin instructed me to use my body as the engine of motion. Basically, the feeling should be to hit the shot by turning the body instead of just swinging the arms and hands.
Once I started focusing on this feel for the shot, I was amazed at how much extra spin it produced in my shots. It was then that McLachlin said the phrase that will stick with me for a long time.
“You’re generating speed in the right place.”
By using my body to direct the motion on my pitch, I was generating speed through the strike zone. This movement helped create the spin – and without me even trying to do it.
If you’re looking to add spin to your shots around the greens, remember this phrase from McLachlin. If you can generate speed in the right place – eg. through influence — you’ll generate more spin on your pitches and unlock a new skill in your short game.
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