HOW TO PUT BACKSPIN ON YOUR WEDGES 

You didn't promise us a sure-fire way to do this. You mentioned all the variables and what needs to be in place to produce the shot we want. You did an excellent job of it. Thanks.

Great explanation of what is required to create spin on the greens and now to try and put it into practice😁

It appears I have a lot of catching up to do ... great instruction Chris, tnx.

Great vid mate, I would also like to point out the fact that you do involve knees and hips in the swing which will increase the club speed a lot. I often see and head people playing wedges "just using their arms and wrists" believing that that is the basic way to hit a wedge. And, unless you are creating at least some club speed ideally using 1. knees 2. hips players will never see their balls spin at all.

My personal technique it to loosen my grip, relax shoulder rotation, reduce arm movement but maximise wrist break which I correct to neutral but I only start to neutralise about 20-25 degrees from impact with the ball. It massively increases club head speed without adding distance and the whipping motion increases friction between club and ball to maximise spin off the club face.

Cheers Chris, good honest video, no BS. Keep up the good work.

As always Chris technique and ball striking is the key but you definitely make great videos which aren’t long but are very informative, well done 👍

Define Creating backspin “combining a lot of things, that have to happen”

Hi Chris, do you have a video on the difference between open face and closed face in the bunker?

Great explanation, thanks.

Best breakdown ever!

Great video Chris explained really well. Equipment is so important and keeping those grooves nice and clean 🧼 Keep up the quality work 👌

Great video one thing that wasn’t mentioned was grain of the fairway/turf

Hey chris, I have noticed I tend to knife/blade and coast my ball to the opposite side of the green or I'll open or I think I open the face and hit the ball off the toe and send it sideways. What should I be mindful of?

Great video, definitely something for us all to learn about. On the ball there is a great article in this month's Today's Golfer magazine about balls (Mygolfspy has also done comprehensive testing on more balls than the magazine but I have concerns about their methodology). For most amateur golfers the magazine article results show that there is virtually no significant difference in distance between the golf balls tested even with a driver (5 yards at worst at nearly 250 yards carry), and crucially no real difference between front & back dispersion between the balls. The 2 areas where there is a noticeable difference between golf balls are left/right dispersion (manufacturing tolerances?) and spin rates. The spin rates differences could be as much as 15% which makes sense as some balls are marketed as high spin and others distance - it would be highly amusing to see if the marketing matched the actual magazine spin results! Highest spinning balls with wedges that the magazine tested were the Pro V1x, Z-Star Xv and Bridgestone Tour B Xs (there seems to be a X theme there) lowest spinners were the Bridgestone Tour RX, Pearl Pure Pro X and Wilson Duo Pro. There did not seem to be any corellation between compression and spin or between number of layers in construction and spin.

This video is a must watch 🏆💰

Great video!

So what about the bounce on the club. A 12* bounce, 10* or a 8* bounce? Does that make a difference?

Another great well explained video Chris love your channel 👏👏

Another gem, thanks Chris

I would love to see the spin and how much is on it.

This really good info thanks u have really improved my game Ryan am handicap 12 now just like 5months

Excellent breakdown.

When I play indoors using a track-man I spin the heck out of the ball on the screen. But when I play for real the best I can hope for is a nice check -up. I wonder if thats due to the things you mentioned; club face quality, green softness and ball quality.

How do you lose friction if the ball stays on the face longer with high loft?

SO....it seems to me then that each lofted club, say from 8 iron to lob wedge will have a launch angle at which it produces the most spin and ideal yardage at which it is most effective...yes? It would make sense then to go to a launch monitor and figure out at what distance from flag you get the most benefit from each of those clubs. For instance; I may be 50 yards from the hole but at 40 degrees launch angle my 9 iron produces the best spin. If I want to make a low 'grabby' shot from that yardage then that is the club I would choose...likewise a 60 degree wedge from 20 yards(given that you have to hit it more gently for that distance) would be equally as 'grippy' right?

Graet video!!!

I love your swing , man.

Fantastic content

Any videos on reducing spin on wedges? Would love to see how to get the ball to hop forward and stop rather than always spin back. Cheers~

Did you transfer your weight to your back foot on the back swing?

Perfectly explained (as always).

Good tip Chris thanks going to try it

Good instruction.

Once your wedge is a few years old is it worth sharpening the grooves or is a new wedge the only answer?

whats your opinion on the taylormade project s golf ball? good or bad for lower hcp amateurs?

Camera on the green to see the spin would help!

What do you think of the mg2s

whats the most spinning spinloft, I guess 45

I’d have rather just hear about how to not what I don’t want to do. I’m pretty good at doing wrong stuff. Thank you for the tips, sincerely appreciated.

Class this 👍

I'm skeptical if it ever spun?

BTW.....why don't you use over head video, so it's easier to visualize head path, especially through contact.

I understand that new wedges would be ideal, but most people can’t afford to replace all there wedges every 6 months. The ball is the key, besides ball first contact

You lost me when you said I need good equipment. My entire set cost me less than a good driver 😅

I thought in a video of Phil mickleson he said the ball should never be in the middle of your stance when chipping???

Don Lemon is good at putting a spin on things

can you hit backspin with a hybrid iron? If so, how?

How many chips could a chipmunk chunk if a chipmunk could chunk chips?

just need a pro v 1 or a good spinning ball dont need no fancy crap from that distance

I think most hacks completely overlook the importance of playing a urethane ball

I just saw a video of Phil Michelson who said that you CANNOT pitch or chip w/ the ball in the MIDDLE of your stance. The ball MUST be off your back foot, weight well forward, lots of shaft lean and open club face. This is just the opposite of what you (and a LOT of others) show and what you show definitely works. Why the difference in the technique/setup/execution of the same shot?

6 months and your wedges are old!?

"don't want to hit a low driving shot for spin" ? Tell that to Lee Trevino one of the best wedge/spin players ever.

What about putting wedges on your backspin? Now THAT, is talent. Good day.

Let me tell you how to create spin:“there’s nothing you can really do to create spin”. Jk good video.

Owning premium balls and wedges is great if you're a wealthy person..... What about someone who isn't and only has average clubs? Is spin a less likely occurrence?

He went to Oxford college to learn golf. 🤪

Yeah don't show a better angle of the shot so we can see the backspin or anything

Video fail 3 straight times. Just get to the point and ask for the money...

talk too much.convince me with the skill instead of lips.