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Let’s be trustworthy right here, hitting a flop shot isn’t for everybody. Certain, the shot is helpful — like whenever you short-side your self and have to cease a ball on the inexperienced rapidly — however really pulling it off is simpler stated than finished.
As a mid-handicapper, I do know this too properly.
As an illustration, my setup’s often strong, and I open up the clubface sufficient to make use of the membership’s bounce in opposition to the turf. However then I appear to both lean again in my backswing (inflicting a skulled shot), or decelerate within the downswing (chunk metropolis).
In the event you’re like me and battle with mastering the flop shot, try Rickie Fowler’s ideas beneath (video courtesy of TaylorMade’s YouTube channel). Perhaps the six-time PGA Tour winner may also help you set all of it collectively and at last hit one in all golf’s trickiest pictures with extra consistency.
How Rickie Fowler hits the proper flop shot
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The most important concern for a lot of amateurs when hitting flop pictures is just dedication — that’s, trusting that the setup, clubface management and swing pace are all proper.
Once you really feel hesitant, that’s when the dreaded chunk or skulled shot happens.
Fowler says job primary is opening the clubface.
“Clearly, the face must be open, however the weight’s going to remain fairly constant and totally on the [lead side], and the ball’s [on the front foot] with the burden going to remain in the direction of that entrance aspect,” he says. “I wish to really feel the face type of roll open, after which I maintain it [at the top of the backswing] in order that it exposes bounce [coming down into impact].”
As Fowler swings by influence, he says he tries to make sure that he’s ending together with his weight ahead.
So whereas the flop shot generally is a difficult one to grasp, by preserving issues easy, trusting the required steps, and committing to the shot, you possibly can see success like Fowler does.
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