Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Hit a couple of bad flop shots in my last round. This was disturbing because I thought I had mastered this shot. Today I realized what had gone wrong. I was moving my lower body (and head) during the shot. This shot is like a bunker shot, you need to keep the lower body quiet during [...]
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Today I practiced the flop shot. The shot gets up in the air quickly and descends close to vertical, stopping the ball quickly. This is useful for getting up and down over an obstacle near the green, e.g. a bunker. It’s especially useful if the pin is close the edge of the green nearest the [...]
Flop Shot
Tags: flop shot, high lob shot
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