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Is it only my Punch Shot

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Feb 16 2018 5:55 AM

  RickRR:

  Ok during an Alt Shot game last night it happened to me again. See the attached link.

  Something is odd with that 60W. I have the same club and in practice discovered a full shot with full back spin sticks. I couldn't believe it but was happy to add it to the arsenal. The first time I tried it in an AS game was at BPB1. I was 78 out from the front pin and decided to try my new shot. FFS, hit the green and sped off backwards!! 

  From that experience and successive trials I have determined that that wedge can't be trusted to perform the same way every time with full back spin. The 64W never wavers but that 60W has a mind of its own. Sometimes it stops and sometimes it doesn't. Needless to say it's no longer an option for me.  LOL

• Kenher01 1,151 Posts

  Fri, Feb 16 2018 7:43 AM

  Hi Rick,

               I mean this in a constructive way, I would not of hit that particular shot myself.

  I had it playing at just over 59 yd's/Just shy of 60 yards & as the 60 yd full shot goes 62 i would have hit my 60 yd full wedge Flat @ 98% power (A couple of % extra) & it would have landed a little past & hopped/spun back 2 to 3 yd's

  With the 68 punch you hit i'd have hit it flat as it was a Head wind but it was only playing at 88% power with the 68 Punch Flat

  If i've a Tail wind & need to hit my 68 Punch & depending on slope etc i'll give it two dabs of BS, About -8% BS

  Ken

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Feb 16 2018 8:38 AM

  Kenher01:

  I had it playing at just over 59 yd's/Just shy of 60 yards & as the 60 yd full shot goes 62 i would have hit my 60 yd full wedge Flat @ 98% power (A couple of % extra) & it would have landed a little past & hopped/spun back 2 to 3 yd's

  I used to do this but found another way-use top spin and cut the swing down. Doing it that way lets you stop the shot without worrying about it spinning back. 

  Kenher01:

  With the 68 punch you hit i'd have hit it flat as it was a Head wind but it was only playing at 88% power with the 68 Punch Flat

  Same here. This is where that little blue ruler above the meter is useful. It gives you a solid reference mark to know how much to choke.

• RickRR 125 Posts

  Fri, Feb 16 2018 8:58 AM

  Thank you and I have learned not to trust the 60W as well. I will only use it sparingly.

  Thanks again