Today we’re going to be discussing distance wedges. A distance wedge shot is a shot between 30 and 100 yards. So naturally to hit the ball longer than a pitch shot you have to turn your body further and swing further.
And for a distance wedge shot you should setup as you did for a pitch shot BUT you should have your feet a fraction wider than you did…they should be about the width of your shoulders apart like this:
From this setup position you simply need to swing back so your left arm is parallel with the ground like this:
..and then swing through in unison until the finish of your swing when almost all of the weight should be on your left foot and the club should be parallel with the ground like this:
So that’s the stock standard distance wedge shot that you should master first. Once you’ve practiced that – and have the distances all your wedges fly on average then you should practice either a shorter or longer swing. But the important thing is that you master hitting the ball the distance you want with this first distance wedge swing I’ve just shown you.
All right, in the next part of this series we’re going to look at bunker shots.
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