Compression
Playing in wind is all about putting compression on a ball. It gives you an initial direction and will hold its flight. If you put maximum pressure on the ball it will not move anywhere in the wind – it will penetrate.
If you have the slightest bit of tilt that will make the ball spin and then it will blow off wherever. That’s why when you are hitting a low shot you need to rest the pressure.
Everybody tries to lean on it and shut the clubface and that is fine for the average golfer, but that is not the way for the top players to hit low shots correctly.
1. Your stance needs to have the top of the club grip level opposite the inside of the front leg, just in advance of the clubhead.
2. The hips clear out of the way and the weight moves forward through the action.
3. The key now is to create a downward hit on a descending angle of about four degrees to pinch the ball out from between the clubface and the ground.
4. This compression gives the right amount of backspin to provide the optimum distance, without taking a large divot.