Compression versus Spin Rate

[jim_0068]

Throwaway through impact on certain pitch/chip shots will help create more "bite" because there is less compression as leo pointed out and there is added loft through impact (which will impart more spin) due to the throwaway.

This is why you will see so many pro's with bent left wrists through the ball on their chips/pitches because they need it on their harder/faster greens

[compression]

I've been working on this shot for a while. I have a
buddy who spins the heck out of the ball. He is smooth
but I can't seem to figure out.

Can you explain it even more. Thanks

[mb6606]

A good method to learn how to spin it like a pro is pratic in a bunker. Get the wedge to slide under the ball taking little sand. You should be able to get 15 yd bunker shots to spin/roll backwards on the green.

[Sonic_Doom]

A good method to learn how to spin it like a pro is pratic in a bunker. Get the wedge to slide under the ball taking little sand. You should be able to get 15 yd bunker shots to spin/roll backwards on the green.

Even with range balls?

Sounds like good practice though.

[golf2much]

Even with range balls?

Sounds like good practice though.

Yep, even with range balls. We have abunker at our course, and when hit correctly, the range ball will spin back a little to a lot depending on how well you hit them.
G2M

[dkerby]

If I remember correctly, when Annika was playing with the
men in the PGA, the commentators said that Annika could not
hold the greens as well as the men because she could not
swing as hard as the men to compress the ball and get the
same backspin. Seem like she could have used the soft method
and just rolled the ball up the face of the wedge to get
the results that men had?

[birdie_man]

The reason why the throwaway pitch works I think (not sure if this has been explained) is because you can use a fuller swing (more swingspeed)...for more spin.....

....and the compression loss from the throwaway makes it so the ball lands soft on the green. (higher trajectory...less forward momentum when the ball lands)

more spin + higher loft

I like to think of it almost as taking a shaving off the ball.