GUIDE TO CONTROL SPIN & APPROACH SHOTS | EA SPORTS PGA TOUR 

This was exactly what I needed. I agree about the physics of the game being better than 2k as well. These greens play exactly like a tour quality green should. Makes the game difficult but also way more interesting to play and realistic.

My guy, you are the real MVP!! Explained my biggest issue to a tee. You’ve earned my subscription!

Great video as always, it’s always so helpful being shown how the shots work instead of just reading about them from the skills menu lol. That’s for the video!

Your videos are awesome - thanks for these! Look forward to your posts on this game

Really appreciate your insight and knowledge as you save people lots of time and frustration :)

Thanks man. Great video. Helped me a lot!!

Awesome video mate hopefully I can stay on some greens now 😊

This was perfect thank you!

The video I needed, appreciate you.

Another great tutorial... Thanks for the work!

Excellent tutorial. Just bought the game yesterday. Thanks mate

I really needed this you earned my sub

brilliant info ,, thankyou very much

Great stuff! Never knew this!

Thanks for the tutorial. One item I wish would be changed with an update ~> Make the short game, around the green, wedge pitch shot realistic! The usually formula with a 64 wedge would be 60% carry & 40% roll. As you noted in an early tutorial, a chip shot has slightly less roll vs the pitch from a just off the green. We should not have to resort to flop shots, especially when they offer a near zero change of holing the shot. My 2¢ for today!

Very helpful, thanks!

Still goin strong Ma K! Great advice as always, thank you good Sir! *Edit - I used the info here to play the Seasonal Tournament… all 18 on Augusta; Tournament Course Conditions; SIMULATION Difficulty Caught a -5! GREAT ADVICE FOR DISTANCE CONTROL JUDGEMENT, I think I’ll owe you a Thank you for some nice new clubs if I’m lucky lol

Thank you for the videos , you have helped me so much !

You forgot to mention hittimg high or low on the ball and what each high or low on ball shot does.

South wind is my home course! I’m from memphis now living near Atlanta! Great course with a lot of memories!

Been waiting for a video on this subject for a while now. Thanks for the info Knight. Very helpful to my overall game.

You can deselect all holes when choosing custom then select the ones you want, just a little tip or more of a quality of life feature.

So glad I found this video because this game was starting to get real frustrating. Seems like my approach shots and short shots either fall wayyyy short of the cup or roll 50 feet past the cup! Chip shots are ridiculous too. The hole is 8 ft away, my club max says 8ft but if I hit 8 ft it goes past the cup 30 ft smh. I’m used to playing hot shots or everyone’s golf so I’m trying to get used to this one. 😒🙄

Great video thank you

I agree with you on how realistic the ball control is and I actually love this! To me it's like I'm playing real golf and not something fake with unrealistic control. I actually like the learning curve with this game as it keeps me wanting to play it to get better. I love how they packed 30 courses in this new PGA Tour too! I've been waiting so long for EA to make another golf game and I gotta say that this 8 year wait was definitely worth it! Thanks for your videos too 😊

Great video, thx.

On your aiming arc there is a line you hit to how do you get that just got the game watching your vids great vids cheers

Thank you for this video and the previous video about calculating wind and elevation. Your yd/ft formula was pretty accurate and really helped.... however.... did you notice a change in approach shot distance after the most recent update about a day ago? All of my approach shots land about 4-7 yards past where they used to when I apply your elevation/wind formula. It's consistently been this way for a couple days now.

Surprised ypu didnt talk about adding loft of deloft to any shot. That helps also

Hi, when you mention that "the flag is actually playing at..." what is the equation you're using to figure that out? Thank you for the videos!

Great video! I am quite satisfied with my approach shots but there were still very helpful tips. I actually always hit -2.5 slow, which is why I count +10Yards on my beats and then get to the point. The rest varies depending on the Club.

Been waiting for that iron spec to come back in the store for what seems like forever. Watched others specs return but not irons yet.

great video bud im new to this game very helpful

At 12:20, the trick is to not only hit a knock down, but to hit a draw as well, when it's downhill like this, this gives the wind more time to effect the ball. So by hitting a draw, it comes out even lower, and doesn't spin back as much.

How do you get those options of finesse and knocked down into your selection ? When I press my bumpers left-to-right those options do not show up.

Yo whats the black line on your swing indicator that stops almost at the other line? I cant see those in my game. What is it and what is its function

how do you have the lines on your swing? like the black ones

Excellent guide. Do you have tips for anyone starting out who may not have all the control specs for their clubs and ball yet as they are just starting out as a new player?

Can you do a video explain loft and it’s effect on the ball?

How do you get that little black mark on your swing meter?

I have no clue how people get that swing so straight. I'll be off to the left or right almost every time. Sometimes both. Also, 6:22 how do you get to the numbers? The flag is 8 feet below, ok, I can see that. Where does the 3 come from? And the 145 is minus wind?

How can you eliminate or reduce spin on a shot? I keep landing pin high but the ball snaps back.

Hey MK! Do you ever use a fade to help stop the ball a little more quickly. I guess I do because I don't have the type of specs you do.

Can someone help me please? I've noticed online lots of players are hitting shots with all irons and wedges approach shots and somehow when the ball lands it spins massively left or right. Like tiger Woods back in the day. How is this happening? Thanks

@midKnight I’ve noticed in the video that on the power meter, there is a black mark to advise when to stop swinging. Please could you tell me how to turn this feature on. Many thanks.

Ball speed on this game is so unpredictable

i grinded so much for 9k and spent it on driver and iron power....wish i saw this before, no matter what i do i cant reduce spin

I'm level 30 only, but I have maxed control, even higher than yours and the ball still doesn't stop at all. It's clear to me that the only important variable here is the spec. Basically I just aim for the bunkers on holes where I can't just aim 20 yards short of the pin and have it roll on to the green. Too bad the game is so stingy on coins.

Whats the ratio you use to adjust for elevation change and wind?

Love your videos but please turn off the commentators and crowd noise!

How do I keep it from spinning backwards so hard. I hit it high and push forward, but it comes back. Maddening.

A year later and I’m watching this cuz I just started in the PGA tour and I literally am playing like dog shit but I was nice at Rory one lol

This is probably the hardest part of the game to control. Thank you for your explanation. It's a shame EA have not allocated, a button to control the back spin, like they have the forward spin? This would be a great help. This could be added to the skills menu. Great review BTW. 👍

I dont have the black tick marks on my swing graphic. Anybody know why? Thx for the help

I appreciate the effort you've put into these videos. They've been very useful. Some aspects of this game can be infuriating, particularly the lack of consistency. Using the 3-click shot to ensure consistency, I can use the same club, aim at the exact same spot, hit the shot perfect/perfect, and watch the shots land all over the place. It's especially maddening on some of the challenges when you need to do something like land five shots within three feet. Using the above method, the first four shots land within six inches of the target and the fifth stops five feet away. I have a question about spin. I have a PS 5 and cannot for the life of me figure how to introduce spin while the ball is in flight. I've seen lots of advice that says press X or L and use the analog control. I've tried all that with no joy. So, please explain to this clueless meat sack exactly what the settings should be and exactly what buttons should be mashed. Break it down Barney style (with apologies to Craig Alanson and Skippy the Magnificent). I've gotten my golfer to a 94 and have gotten by without not using this. But that ability surely would be useful for some of the crazy challenges. Thanks.

Putting is crazy hard for me

On the Zoom Aim, am I awiming where circle shadow is, or where the blue line is falling? Still confused because I can't figure it out in game.

I just want to know how to make the ball spin

I thought finesse spun more.. Ok, so finesse has a smaller deviation circle but won't grab as much... Thanks.

Can you reset all challenges by any chance? I accidentally skipped Korn ferry tour not reading correctly. I can easily restart career with new guy. But I lose all my XP from challenges previously completed.

Nice video and I'll look at the control settings but mine are up fairly high and that doesn't stop an approach shot from bouncing on the fairway, then onto the green and rolling 200 feet off the other end. The problem with the specs is that the only way to get them is to either accumulate hundreds of thousands of reward points in a game that is so Scrooge-ish with reward points, or do what they're incentivizing you to do - pay them even more money to get this "premium" pass or purchase extra reward points. EA $port$ is a "pay to win" system, and it's completely unfair. Wanna talk about unrealistic? 2k may be "unrealistic" but at least it's not "pay to win" and doesn't make you want to throw your controller through the way..

Wow I finally get it. Another option is just don’t use wedges and use PW with partial swings as PW sticks

I watch WEEKY PGA/LIV golf. I see them do 3 irons, 4 irons that one bounce then stop after 2 ft of roll. You don't watch golf with that statement

the competetive online mode is harder then real golf lol

Why you said 154 when it showed 157?

Can somebody explain to me how mid air spin control works. Can't find a tutorial for it anywhere.

Hey dude.. your mic is waaaaaay too quiet

I get so confused on the math like when you said the flag is down 8 feet so just about 3, I was completely confused lol

Why did you waste so much stat points on putting mate? Also mute the commentary in future lol Nice vid 👍🏼

Great videos. Gotta cut out the commentators voice from the game though... it makes it hard on the ears.

No mention of advanced set up (draw/fade into the wind) and low/high trajectory. Slightly basic.

”Set yourself up for success”, does that mean pay to win?

I find the game so inconsistent. It puts me off playing.

Game is such a let down . Sadge

I think you could make things easier for yourself when making these videos if you turn on mulligans temporarily

youtubers have to shut off comentary for these videos

sorry when you hit a ball in a bunker it does not roll 2-3 ft with in it when it its it stops..grass is supposed to slow it down you cannot control the laws of physics jim I hate how the make you buy items to control physics gameplay yes sure skill yes but physics no wrong ,love how when they screw up the shot because the mechanics are broke they make excuses for the games fault..it's the wind.it's just a hard hole lol

I swear I can't putt for shit

No turn order in 1v1? Playing at the same time In 1v1 is stupid. No ranked play system? The physics with flop and other shots are so fake, beads are off. They got alot of work to do. Greens are super unrealistic, balls don't just stop on hills and you can't use any slope on the greens like in real life.

Way to complex of an explanation

I don't know what it is but this guy comes off as kind of patronizing. I've got all control up to the max and the damn ball still skids 100 yards across the green like it's on ice. There is NO way this is realistic I never see that in real golf.

Ball roll is over exaggerated…a lot. I literally watched a ball gain speed rolling through rough that barely had anynangle at all. Shit is broke.

Pay to win I see 😬

Turn off clowns talking.....fail

Where u get that marker to tell you when to swing?

I just feel like the Finesse shots should have more backspin than the approach shots. It looks like the ball goes higher, plus a lot of times in my game it does roll backwards pretty heavily like 40% of the time. Doesn't make sense to me

Bro is wearing a golf glove 😂😂😂