Posts Tagged: pitching

Experimented with a new type of pitch shot today.  I’m trying to add more spin to the shot, when necessary to stop the ball quickly.
Instead of placing the ball in the middle of the stance, with weight evenly distributed, tried this: ball off the left instep, and weight mostly forward.  This results in a sharp, [...]

Worked on pitch shots at the range today.
A full 56 degree wedge swing for me is 65 yards.  When confronted with shorter pitch shots, I’ve tended to move the ball back in my stance, and do an exaggerted chip shot.  I generally chunk one or two of these every nine holes, so this was a [...]