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WHAT CREATES SPIN OF THE GOLF BALL?

WHAT DOES “SPIN”DO? First-spin creates lift.  The dimples on the ball are aerodynamically designed to help the ball lift and go left or right.  It is the spin created by your swing and club face direction that makes the ball go up, straight, slice or hook.

Spin that helps the ball get air and/or hit the green and “come back” is done by hitting down the ball from top to bottom.  As the club travels downward, the ball rolls up the face.  The club head grooves (make sure they are clean) impart more friction spinning the ball and making it rotate north to south.  Then you ball a high trajectory and when the ball lands the spin acts as a brake, grabbing the grass and ground and stopping.  The greater the compression on a properly struck ball, the greater the spin.  If green slope and conditions are perfect, the ball will release backwards instead of forward.  A softer covered ball will also be easier to spin.  A hard cover ball may tend to move forward (roll out).

Questions to Ponder:  How often do you carry the golf ball past the pin?  Do you want the ball to hit, release a little and stop?  Do you want to create a higher trajectory?

I think you get the gist of the question.  Compression and spin are necessary for solid hits, distance and distance control.

                                                                                    Happy Golfing

                                                                                    Donnie Dap