Luckystar5: 65%;of my approach shots, are punchs, I tell everyone in our club to learn it, can be ur best friend, in hurricane winds.
You must score well on the old soils. :-)
I've noticed that most pros now hit their iron shots more and less like a punch with no or little follow-through, especially since Tiger Woods' era. Well, definitely not the way I learnt.. I was told to lift it up in the air as much as you can with a slight fade so that it lands softly on the green surface. It caused my swing to be an accentuated reverse C form at the end like many learnt and played during the 70's and 80's.