How To Choose The Best Wedges To Improve Your Golf Score
John Bolt
Ever wonder how the players on T.V. hit those perfect shots
around the green that end up stopping right beside the hole?
It’s a really simple answer. They have the wedges that are fitted
to their individual games. How do they find those wedges? Well
let’s take a look. As you know golf wedges have come a really
long way in the last couple years and the smarter players are
realizing the benefits of these advancements.
If you are still one of those players who is still only carrying
one wedge in your golf bag you are basically throwing away
strokes to your golfing buddies or other competitors. You have to
add the benefits of a better wedge game to your arsenal to
succeed and lower your scores. The best thing is that it’s simple
to do.
There are four basic wedges that are available to the game of
golf today. These wedges all have a particular place in your bag
in terms of the shots you can hit with them. Since 70% of the
scoring is done in golf from inside 100 yards it is essential to
have these four wedges in your bag.
These wedges are:
The Pitching Wedge – This wedge is included in your set and is
probably the “one” wedge that every player has. It is usually the
club that is hit form about 100 to 125 yards form the pin. The
loft on these clubs are somewhere between 46 and 50 degrees
depending on the manufacturer. This will be the longest wedge in
terms of distance in your bag.
The Gap Wedge – This wedge is typically the club that is left out
of the so called “mix” because of its late introduction to the
wedge game. This club is used to fill the gap between the
pitching and sand wedges and can carry lofts between 50 and 54
degrees. These clubs are sold individually at your local
retailer.
The Sand Wedge – Don’t be fooled by the name of this club into
thinking it’s only for use from the sand. Its loft is somewhere
between 55 and 59 degrees and provides a great amount of spin or
stopping power. It can be purchased on its own or sometimes come
with your set. You usually hit this club form 90 yards into the
pin including the sand traps.
The Lob Wedge – These clubs must be purchase separately from your
local retailer. They are used for shorter high shots around the
green that you would like to stop quickly. They generally have a
loft of 60 to 64 degrees and are a lot of fun to hit.
As a general rule of thumb the average player should try to space
the loft of the different wedges to 4 degrees. What that means is
there should be 4 degrees difference from pitching wedge to gap
wedge, 4 degrees form gap wedge to sand wedge , and 4 degrees
form sand wedge to lob wedge.
There are a number of other variables that we can get into to
help you select the best wedges for your game but these should
give you a great starting point.
John Bolt is the owner of Golf Equipment Source and has created
the ULTIMATE FREE online guide to properly fitting your golf
equipment. To learn more about golf wedges and how to be fitted
properly for all types of wedges please visit our website at
www.golfequipmentsource.com/golf-wedges.html
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