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Originally Posted by Pa Jayhawk  Not sure that would be a good example as it left a pretty big pitch mark, which likely caused the ball to back up (hop back).
Not saying there is not merit to your comment, but I have back balls up with a pitch mark similar to that with my driver. I don't know that that really has anything to do with spin. Do the same with a really small or zero pitch mark and I think you may be on to something. Based on the size of that pitch mark I doubt there was any spin on the ball after it left the pitch mark. |
Hmmm. I did hit a drive like you describe on Wednesday, but that was a sky ball into a couple club wind. I'm pretty sure it was coming back before it landed ( the lip on the pitch mark was backwards ). When I do hit the green, which isn't all that often lately, the ball hops about that far back with an 8 or less, and that far forward with a 7 or more. I don't know if that's spin or angle of descent, or what. But the ball doesn't matter.
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Originally Posted by Jeff4i Spin is an interesting thing. I'm guessing, based off of your clubs, etc...you hit the ball at least somewhat high? Well, because of this the ball is more prone to simply land, and bounce back. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. |
Yes, I hit it high. I know it isn't bad, I'm just going to stop wasting money on fancy golf balls.
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A great way to check if you are getting more than a base amount of spin is look when you hit a slope going away from you. Did you go off the green? How far? Are you behind your pitch mark? How far? Sometimes spin can be a bane, my sandwedge is spin-milled, and because of it I hit an approach shot once, landed it where I wanted. The problem was, even though it was a downslope and I wanted it to lightly trickle down the flag, it actually came back a good few feet. Doh!
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I used to play a 57* SW, but I couldn't get it to go anywhere without skulling it. Now I'm down to a 54* it works great.