How Rory McIlroy Hits a Flop Shot | GolfPass

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The high, soft lob shot is difficult for many golfers to execute. In this tip, Rory McIlroy demonstrates his technique for the flop shot from set up to the feeling he has at impact. Give it a go the next time you play.

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How Rory Hits a Flop Shot | GolfPass

Martin Hall joined by Rory mroy and his
coach Michael Bannon we’re here in the
short game area a nice high soft lob
shot uh that one sat down really quickly
so this is a little different than the
low Runner by by a number of ways isn’t
it it is it definitely is it’s
um I think the whole you know the
setup’s different um where you’re trying
to return the Club two is a little bit
different uh you know a little more of a
of a fuller swing um a little more wrist
Set uh like of the wrists and
recck of the wrists on the way through
so yeah it’s much different well let’s
go through those you said the setup was
different so what is different between
this and the and the lower shot what’s
different for the lower shot I would I
would set up sort of you know quite
close to feet close together anything
the ball a little bit back in my stance
and we on my left side with a with a
high shot what I try and do is I open my
stance up a little bit I get the the
ball a little bit further forward in my
stance and I try to get the I try to get
the the shaft angle more vertical
straight up and down not maybe as much
of of a of a forward lean and then all
I’m trying to do is you know I’ll open
the face and try and return the golf
club back to this position it was as a
at
address yeah that was extremely good
Michael what yeah that was extremely
good uh Michael what sort of things do
you look for and help Rory with not that
he ever needs very much help with this
part of the game let’s just check in all
the positions there making sure that the
setup position is that little bit more
forward his left foot’s angled out and
that the shaft is 90° and that uh then
when he does that and he’s the face up
and he has to use the bounce making sure
the bounc and the club releases below
the ball to create that height yeah so
um probably with the lower shot maybe
the weight favors the front foot a bit
where would you feel the weight is here
Michael for Rory well I mean I think
it’s it’s is it it’s still a little bit
on the left I still I still pressure
into my left leg it’s not as if I’m
trying to cuz I feel you know you you
lean back or you you’re going to you’re
going to bottom out before the ball and
you’re going to either hit it fat or hit
it thin the B the club’s going to bounce
into the ball so I still feel like like
your your sternum has to be over you
know is the center of gravity it has to
be over the ball so you know I’ll still
pressure into this left leg I’ll open my
left foot up a little bit yeah you know
and then I’ll try and keep this shaft
nice and vertical
and do that there is a lot less lateral
movement through the ball with the
weight transfer is more of a rotation
around with the body so the weight
doesn’t move that much to the left side
and I notice obviously that The Stance
is a little wider for the higher shot
yeah uh look one thing that strikes me
as I stand over here for both of you
either of you to comment on ordinarily
we think that the ball takes off more or
less the direction of the Leading Edge
of the club ordinarily that does not
seem to be the case here should we talk
about that yeah I mean you know you know
it’s the same with a bunker shot you
know it it you you open the face wide
and you stand pretty Square I mean I
think you have to stand Square to be
able to use the bounce properly if you
start to get open and open the the shaft
starts to go forward and then you’ll
you’ll have that Leading Edge digging in
so yeah it’s it’s it’s different than a
lot of than a lot of clubs or a lot of
shots where you know if I if I stood
this way with a seven iron and tried to
tried to hit a shot the thing would go
straight right but with with this club
being able to open you know that the
ball starts really on your on your path
line rather than on the face angle I
think the Loft overrides the you know
the face angle with these shots I think
you’re right I think this might be the
one club that does now you mentioned
bounce um obviously you know what it
means there’ll be people watching this
uh piece with filming here so for you
Michael what does bounce mean for you
and then for Rory what does it mean for
you so Michael bounce for you well the
boun is the angle between sort of at the
base of the club the between the back of
the club and the front of the club you
know and it’s you want that to be able
to slide or glide through the ground so
that you don’t want the bottom Edge to
catch or dig into the ground as you come
through the shot it makes for a far
better contact on the on the golf ball
and that the club doesn’t get caught up
in the grass as you’re coming down and
how do you if if indeed you do even
think about it the level how do you make
sure you are using bats and how
particular are you about your wedges by
the way yeah definitely so I think
having a a a wedge with a proper um sole
grind is going to help you to use that
bonce properly um so if you look at the
the sole of my wedge it’s a it’s got a
dual sole so it’s got this little bit of
Comber you know going towards the
Leading Edge but then there’s this back
back Edge and that’s the that’s the edge
that I’m that I’m trying to use when I
open the when I open the club up um
because the last thing I want to do is
is use this Leading Edge and have it dig
in and the ball go nowhere so
um again for me to try and ex you know
you expose that bounce as we would say
and uh you really I’m I’m trying to Li
lie the club here and and get that that
shaft of mine vertical and then from
there all I’m trying to do is if I if I
try to return this this this club back
to where it was at a at a dress I’ll be
able to use the bounce and and get a
good get a good strike on
it you you certainly have the look
almost as if you’re throwing the club
head would you feel any right hand
throwing definitely but it’s it’s not
right hand like you would feel in a in
the golf swing where it’s this it’s more
it’s it’s underneath it’s sort of
throwing it underneath the golf the golf
ball Rory that was absolutely wonderful
of course um I don’t think you’re
capable of doing anything that isn’t uh
so look the takeaway there at home you
have to practice your short game a lot
you certainly do yeah an awful lot and
you have to have good technique you do
there it
is