Hey guys Andrew McCombe here the founder and CEO of Golf University
In this Golf University "Tip from the Pro" I'm with Matt Clevedon
The director of Instruction at the world-renowned kingston heath golf club,
Matt's, also the Victorian, PGA teacher of the year
, and we're going to have this lesson at Kingston Heath in Melbourne
He's going to teach us how, to spin our Pitch shots
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We're looking to add a little bit of spin to our pit shots
there's a couple of things that you need to take into consideration
The first is the equipment
What sort of ball am i using
You know are the grooves on my clubface nice and clean
that's huge - the amount of spin we're, going to generate if you have water or dirt on the face
You can see a 40 to 60 percent reduction in the amount of spin you're generating
The ball were using as well if you've got a distance ball it's obviously, not gonna spin
Quite as hard as something with a softer cover
So i've got clean, grooves i've got a, soft ball
And I've got a shot here with a bunker behind So I've got to make sure it doesn't release
And trickle into the bunker but I also want to make sure I'm not too defensive and leave it too short
So this is where i'm going to add a little bit of spin and it's going to be advantageous
So recent studies have shown that, we don't, want to come chopping down
For a long time players thought If they chopped down
That's how you, generate spin as I chopped down the club gears this way, we end up tumbling it
We want to make sure that we sort of land a plane here so i come in shallow
Getting the back wheels to land before the front wheels generating skid that skid generates friction
On when we generate spin, So i'm gonna set up to the golf ball
With the shaft fairly, neutral
I'm gonna have my weight forward but I'm just gonna lift the handle ever so slightly
Not quite toe down just making sure I don't get it low so it's very flush on the ground
Weight forward and then I'm really gonna move my body
And let my right hand push the club head under generating that skid let's give it a, go
Clubs nice and square on the ground
I'm going to make sure I turn and get that right hand to push
Just the shot I was looking for and a nice shallow
Divot there, where i've just smeared the turf creating that friction
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