Bangkok Post – Develop right muscles with weighted club

I’m asked regularly on how you put backspin on iron shots. The obvious answer is that if you hit the ball solidly, the loft of the club will automatically put backspin on it. But my answer is invariably too simple, as the average golfer thinks there’s a secret that makes a middle-iron shot land on the green and dance backwards.

The reality is that when you hit an approach shot from 140 yards or so, are you usually past the hole, or are you usually short of it? — the answer is nearly always short — so why are we obsessed with backspin.

Every young and old golfer should own a heavy practice club because swinging a weighted club, with your regular grip and stance, is the best exercise for developing…