There are 4 basic pitches- pinch, cut pinch, lob, cut- lob. The lob shots are riskier.. especially the cut lob where the club goes under the ball. The risk is whiffing it or shanking it by catching it on the hosel and thereby trapping it. You reduce the risk by heavy practice under a variety of conditions.
I only recently worked out how to make this sort of shot happen. Key for me was to make sure I hit down on the ball and kept my full follow through, even if only a 30% backswing. I think before I was just try to lift the ball gently with the club and a duffed it every time. lol
You should use a 60* wedge with milled U grooves and skim milling on the clubface. Also get yourself a groove sharpener too. Lastly you should use a ball with poly-urethane cover.
i’ll only play flop if the balls sitting up in the grass.. if u try to play it if it’s sitting in the grass there’s a good chance u’ll hit it thin and fly it to the next tee box…
I love Joe’s tips, especially the Rockport Stinger. It helps to just cock your wrist forward a bit on that tip.
As for the flop shot, it can be done, but only on very even grass. You cannot try this out of an uneven grass.
However, I find the flop shot to be way more effective if it’s played from the green-side rough and you almost never see these guys instructing on how to do it from the rough.
a pitch. The flop shot is designed to create backpin and make the ball drop dead on landing. To do this the club face is opened up (as Joe shows), which gives more height but sacrifices distance in the air.
However, if you watch the PGA tour, you will see some players get it to drop on a coin…even roll back from quite a distance. You just gotta get good at it….which i am not…hence why i’m watching the video in the first place!
May 7th, 2010 at 12:48 am
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May 7th, 2010 at 1:15 am
thats what hes talking about
May 7th, 2010 at 2:04 am
There are 4 basic pitches- pinch, cut pinch, lob, cut- lob. The lob shots are riskier.. especially the cut lob where the club goes under the ball. The risk is whiffing it or shanking it by catching it on the hosel and thereby trapping it. You reduce the risk by heavy practice under a variety of conditions.
May 7th, 2010 at 2:11 am
Listen to da man! Joe-Joe!
He’s right,… a very good teacher..
May 7th, 2010 at 2:29 am
a sand wedge is 56 degrees man
May 7th, 2010 at 2:30 am
I only recently worked out how to make this sort of shot happen. Key for me was to make sure I hit down on the ball and kept my full follow through, even if only a 30% backswing. I think before I was just try to lift the ball gently with the club and a duffed it every time. lol
May 7th, 2010 at 3:01 am
lol
May 7th, 2010 at 3:16 am
can you use a attack wedge club i think it is an 56 degrees??
May 7th, 2010 at 3:22 am
Use The Floppy ball to practice this shot.
May 7th, 2010 at 3:48 am
With a 60 degree wedge the flop shot is actually very easy
May 7th, 2010 at 4:35 am
under the ball so it gets high in the air and lands softer without much roll
May 7th, 2010 at 5:12 am
set up what Joe said then HIT DOWN the ball.
try it.
May 7th, 2010 at 5:44 am
lol
May 7th, 2010 at 6:40 am
ya do you want to hit under the ball or hit down at the ball?
May 7th, 2010 at 7:12 am
When hitting the flop shot, do you hit down on the ball or hit under the ball? The lesson shown in the video doesn’t say either way.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:18 am
You should use a 60* wedge with milled U grooves and skim milling on the clubface. Also get yourself a groove sharpener too. Lastly you should use a ball with poly-urethane cover.
May 7th, 2010 at 8:04 am
But when your playing a flop shot if the ball is sitting up in the grass there´s a big change you´ll fluff it
May 7th, 2010 at 9:01 am
i’ll only play flop if the balls sitting up in the grass.. if u try to play it if it’s sitting in the grass there’s a good chance u’ll hit it thin and fly it to the next tee box…
May 7th, 2010 at 9:22 am
You’re all fucked….. That’s what I’m talking about
May 7th, 2010 at 10:02 am
I love Joe’s tips, especially the Rockport Stinger. It helps to just cock your wrist forward a bit on that tip.
As for the flop shot, it can be done, but only on very even grass. You cannot try this out of an uneven grass.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Mr. Beck’s a great teacher from what I’ve seen on his videos.
As for the flop shot, it’s so fun to hit. I can try to be like my favorite golfer, Phil Mickelson.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:47 am
Pitches go further than flops.
However, I find the flop shot to be way more effective if it’s played from the green-side rough and you almost never see these guys instructing on how to do it from the rough.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:46 am
a pitch. The flop shot is designed to create backpin and make the ball drop dead on landing. To do this the club face is opened up (as Joe shows), which gives more height but sacrifices distance in the air.
However, if you watch the PGA tour, you will see some players get it to drop on a coin…even roll back from quite a distance. You just gotta get good at it….which i am not…hence why i’m watching the video in the first place!
May 7th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
wich one goes further pitch or flop shot.