But there are times when you have to launch the ball high and get it to stop quickly — typically when you need to carry an obstacle like a bunker or patch of long grass. In those cases, a flop (or lob ...

Golf Digest and Gary Player have been a bit of a match made in heaven over the years. He was a frequent guest in the instruction pages of the magazine during his prime in the 1960s and 1970s, and an ...