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Re: Punch for Full Shot?

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Tue, Jul 15 2014 12:21 PM (23 replies)
  • YankeeJim
    25,827 Posts
    Tue, Jul 15 2014 10:04 AM

    bigseanbig:
    A full shot with a 60yrd wedge with no spin lets say goes 60 yrds and sticks on a perfectly flat green.  Lets say you use the same wedge and hit 50 yrds the ball will land a little before the pin and roll slightly forward to 50yrds (its usually not noticeable).

    Not the case with CG wedges. You need top spin to keep the ball from backing up, even on a flat green.

  • bigseanbig
    511 Posts
    Tue, Jul 15 2014 10:12 AM

    YankeeJim:

    bigseanbig:
    A full shot with a 60yrd wedge with no spin lets say goes 60 yrds and sticks on a perfectly flat green.  Lets say you use the same wedge and hit 50 yrds the ball will land a little before the pin and roll slightly forward to 50yrds (its usually not noticeable).

    Not the case with CG wedges. You need top spin to keep the ball from backing up, even on a flat green.

    Yep, was just trying to keep it simple.  Hypothetical situation.

  • JFidanza
    1,676 Posts
    Tue, Jul 15 2014 12:13 PM

    bigseanbig:

    YankeeJim:

    Not the case with CG wedges. You need top spin to keep the ball from backing up, even on a flat green.

    bigseanbig:

    Yep, was just trying to keep it simple.  Hypothetical situation.

      Many hypothetical situations can be suggested, I welcome any observation, and I appreciate all the advice previously given, thanks.

    Full shot w/ CG and starter ball w/ BS:

    Like when I use my CGs and BS because I'll use more power and I want to back up the ball, usually if I develop a feeling or instinct that the likelihood is I will overshoot due to circumstance like wind, calculations, etc. I use the back up technique.

    An additional reason may include that there is little green to work with before the hole as the pin is close to the start of the green (as with many hard pin placements on WGT) so I'd rather go longer and roll back than have my ball short on the apron, fringe or pre-green rough.

    This involves decreasing my margin of error, because I'm not the best player on WGT.  This works nice for me if I use a low spin ball.

    But it's just more hypothetical situations.

    edit: In a less common, not so simple, example a wedge with a lot of top spin may back up for certain reasons like slope, etc.

     

  • Wheels65
    744 Posts
    Tue, Jul 15 2014 12:21 PM

    I use the Punch shot with the CG 16 - 64 deg wedge for shots 25 and 52 out yards from the pin. FBS  Punch (100% power) Calley 33 goes about 47 yds,  Between 47 and 63 yards I use the Full shot with about ~ 3/4 dot of top spin (this keeps the ball from backing up).

    Got these figures "indexing" by clubs at BPB Back 9 about 2 years ago and they are holding up pretty well (1-2 yards from the pin with a ding)

     

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