Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Have been struggling with full swing wedge shots lately. Irons, hybrids and woods have felt easy, making great solid contact on the target line almost every time. Meanwhile, have been hitting almost every 100 to 75 yard shot fat (sand wedge and pitching wedge). Being short of the green in that distance range has been [...]
Perfect Wedge Shots
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
Had trouble with my wedge shots in the last couple of rounds. Lost several strokes due to hitting sand wedge and pitching wedge fat. This was very irritating, especially since my divot on the practice stroke was clearly in front of the ball. I think there were two issues: 1) Swing path too shallow. I’ve [...]
Solid Wedge Shots
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
In my second-to-last round, hit several wedge shots fat. I realized I wasn’t getting my weight to my left side, and worked hard on that. Yesterday in practice, was making a divot in front of the ball during practice swing, then hitting fat during the real swing. Frustrating…! Realized that I was making partial swings [...]
Full Swing Wedge Shots
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
In my last round, I lost 4-5 strokes due to poor full-swing wedge shots. Was hitting fat, getting under the ball, and losing 10-20 yds and missing the green as a result. I worked this out today on the range, and was hammering my sand wedge and pitching wedge: don’t think I’ve ever hit these [...]
Solid Wedge Shots
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