On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:20:31 GMT, Alan Baker wrote:

I believe that you have the effect exactly backward. The spin, which should
only be significant using the more steeply pitched irons; slows the relative
speed over the "top" of the ball and causes it to remain attached longer,

No. It doesn't. Golf balls spin with a rotation such that the bottom is
moving forward and the top is moving rearward.

Not the way I play... :-)

Ron Wanttaja