What Are The Best Golf Balls To Get Back Spin

Dromcill

What golf ball manufacturer type stops quickest on golf greens using a sand wedge from distances between 30 and 50 meters.

milltown

Pretty much anything at this time of year, to be honest.

Otherwise, ball specific, look for something with a tacky feeling cover. Titleist ProV1s/NXTs, Srixon AD333s, Taylor Made TPred/black, Nike Ones etc. would be the premium selection.

Realistically though the ball is probably the least important part. Technique is most important, followed by the condition and shape or contour of the green, and a good technique will soften the effect of the green a great deal, followed by the condition of your wedges and followed in last place by the ball. In my humble opinion.

I'm a high handicapper and I've sent manys a ProV1 skating across a green. Likewise I've gotten sick of losing proper balls during a round and ended up stopping sh1tty BayHill plastic balls on a sixpence on greens. I've gambled on raw haze rusting wedges in the hope of seeing balls reverse back over the pitch mark and into the hole, to no avail. I don't have the skill to do it consistently but I'm pretty sure the key to stopping a ball on a green is a combination of spin and height. While the spin is, largely, achieved through the interface of sticky ball and grippy clubface, if you have to ask the question then your answer more likely lies with dropping the ball onto the green from a height, á la Mickelson's famous flop shot.

No ball is going to stop on the green if the shot doesn't give it a chance. If you want spin, practice with short backswings and accelerate the club through the strike. For poorer players (like me) this will result in many, many bladed shots ending up near the next tee box. Better option is to open up the face of the club, you'll need to practice and get a feel for how much, and play a nice soft chip shot, keeping your hands slightly ahead of the clubface.

/ Sits back and waits for more experienced players to pee on his opinions\

Par72

Well as Dromcill is not asking about what technique and conditions are necessary to produce backspin and only about what type of ball is best I will say Titleist Pro V1, or if you're willing to go old school you can still find balata balls on e-bay. Be warned though, if you do manage to find some balata balls they really don't last long at all as they scuff, cut, and mark very easily.

MisterAnarchy

Reminds me of the time someone asked Jack Nicklaus about backspin
Amateur: ``How do you get so much backspin?''

Pro: ``Before I answer that, tell me, how far do you hit a 5 iron?''

Amateur: ``About 150.''

Pro: ``Then why in the world would you want the ball to spin back

Priceless:D

syngindub

Pro V1's all the Way for me

stockdam

Pro V1s but Maxfli Noodles are quite good too.

The condition of the grooves on your wedge are important.

But technique is the most important thing and if you can't spin a soft ball then go and imporve.

fiestaman

Pro V1 or The new Taylormade ball. nothing else will do it in the way these do. Expensive for spin though....

Squiggle

Pro v1s do it for me too. Tightness of lie, slope on green, wind direction, technique and grooves are all important factors too though.

Reyman

Forget the ball type! Anything besides those rock hard Pinnacles and Top Flights will stop quickly enough. But If you don't have a steep impact hit angle you won't stop anything on the green.