Controlling Your Wedges
The scoring zone in golf is like the redzone in football. In golf it takes place from 100 yards and in and to score well it is crucial to learn to control the distance of your wedges. Controlling your wedge distances is more difficult than you think. Many times when we are inside 100 yards we try to swing "smoother" or decelerate on the downswing and this leads to poor shots. Since we can no longer make a full swing, we must create a simple method of defining swing length as it relates to ball carry distance.
- Learn how far you hit all of your wedges with full swings. Then learn how far you hit the ball with shortened swings with the same clubs. If you imagine a clock around your body, you want to practice swings where your arms only swing the club back to 9 o'clock and also 11 o'clock. Just swing back and make sure to accelerate the club through the ball. Soon you will see that the with only a few clubs you will have most yardages covered from 100 yards and in.
- A drill to do is take towels and place them out on the practice range in 20-yard increments - one at 20, 40, 60, 80, and even 100 yards away if desired. Then just practice shot after shot trying to hit those certain distances. Pay attention to how far each club goes on full swings, 9 o'clock swings, and on 11 o'clock swings. You learn after a while how far you can consistently hit your wedges to different distances - all your different wedges.
- Just remember that the only way you're going to get more consistent with the distances you can hit your wedges is through practice, practice, practice. Get yourself a bucket of balls, get out on the practice range, and practice, practice, practice. Also remember, especially golfers that maybe play only once a week in a league, that practicing your short game on the range and your putting on the practice green are the two most important things you can do.
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