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One of the keys to accurate pitching is getting the clubhead moving consistently down the target line. A great way to practice this is to take a 10-foot piece of string and stretch it out directly on the target line of a pitch shot.
Before you dismiss any chance at getting up and down from a buried lie in the bunker, remember the shot isn’t as daunting as it looks! With a few simple cues and a proper understanding on how the ball will react, hitting shots from difficult lies in the sand will become a much easier task. The key is in the know-how and in making a confident stroke. By Chad Rogers, PGA
When someone refers to “saving your score” on a particular hole, it typically requires a chip, pitch or bunker shot to get the ball up and down. These three shots can have the biggest impact on your score when learned and executed properly, since you can only do so much to make up strokes from the
tee box or on the green.
The most important shot in your short game arsenal is the high soft pitch. In this video Jeff Ritter explains the simple secret to getting more height around the greens.
They don’t keep stats for it on the PGA Tour, but all pros excel at
hitting the mid-range lob. It’s played with your highest-lofted club
(usually a lob wedge) from around 30 yards, and it’s one of those shots
that, if you pull it off to save par or make birdie, can energize the
rest of your round.
Of course, only dedicated practice can help you become a better
short-game player, but if you master the key elements of pitching and
chipping, you’ll discover an immediate improvement in your scores.
If you think back to your last good round of golf, odds are you’ll
envision a number of solid drives and approach shots. We bet you’ll
also remember making a few excellent par saves or maybe draining a
birdie putt or two you normally would have no business making. And if
you recount your last poor round of golf, it’s likely you’ll conjure
images of errant drives and sloppy iron shots, combined with recovery
attempts that failed to get you on the green and into the hole. For low
scores, the short game is key.
Shotmaking is a broad term and one that’s typically reserved for highly
skilled players. Yet all golfers, even those who have a tough time
breaking 90, should consider themselves shotmakers. Face it, the game
of golf constantly demands a degree of creativity, and unless you play
on a perfectly flat course with no rough, no hazards and no undulations
on the greens, you have to be ready with a variety of plays—just to get
through a single round.
The plethora of multiple wedge offerings is fantastic. They’ve made
extinct the old saying “a sand wedge is the only wedge a good player
needs.” That adage came from Greg Norman, who I bet has added a lob
wedge to his set since. Nevertheless, despite owning the tools for
hitting any number of specific yardages from 125 yards and in, most
short shots you’ll face will require something much different than a
full swing from one of the two or three wedges in your bag.
