Aha! Porzak is always going on about how the shot off an opened wedge flies on the line of the swing path. Don't recall his differentiating the handle heights for this conclusion. The little magnet "pointer gadget" certainly varies with that.
Hey James I made it to the range for a couple of sessions working on this shot. So far, I’m thrilled with the results for reasonably short distances. My course has large, elevated greens with very deep bunkers all over the place. When I attempted to use this move for a longer shot, the results were not great…the misses were low left or pure shanks! Hitting from the rough made it worse. Can I use this technique for these shorts or do I need a different move entirely? Would appreciate your thoughts….thx much.
Hi James. Another great video.... Thank you. A question regarding when lowering the shaft and aiming straight vs a cut lob. When would you hit this shot, would this be if you needed a slightly higher traj but not a flop shot as described? Thanks
Thanks. Yes you can look at this two ways. Aiming straight and lowering the shaft is good when only looking to add a moderate amount of height. It's also good to hit it very high as you can open the face fully and really release it hard.
Interesting comment at 6:47 where you mention about exposing bounce for soft ground. When the ground is softer (and will be almost blancmange like in some places in the winter!) there won't be much for it to bounce off? I guess when it gets to that point that wouldn't be the shot to play? Thanks for the video, a lot of useful info as always 👍
It's a pretty shallow motion when done well so the ball position can vary, anywhere from middle forwards. You'll also notice the stance isn't very wide so weight can feel quite even. If you wanted to steepen it up a little you could lean slightly left of course.
