How do you remember everything? (swing questions)

[guids]

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guids,

Bitcho is right. There's no point writing it down because it's a touch/feel thing, PARTICULARLY with less than full shots. When I'm practicing/playing a lot I just know the swing I need to hit an e.g. 70 yard L-wedge shot (roughly 70% of its full distance).

It's worth mentioning that these half wedges are the absolute devil to most high handicappers. They can't figure out how much to take off, hit it fat, thin, etc., and most don't invest the time or effort to get better.

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Is there somewhere I can look to see how far I should probably be hitting my clubs? I think I was only hitting my lob wedge (60*) about 60 to 70 at most, this was at the range, down hill about 5 feet. I have a lob, and a pitching wedge, my pitching wedge I can full swing about 125ish, do I need something for in between, or should I work out how much swing is needed for the P/L firsT?

[black knight]

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guids,

Bitcho is right. There's no point writing it down because it's a touch/feel thing, PARTICULARLY with less than full shots. When I'm practicing/playing a lot I just know the swing I need to hit an e.g. 70 yard L-wedge shot (roughly 70% of its full distance).

It's worth mentioning that these half wedges are the absolute devil to most high handicappers. They can't figure out how much to take off, hit it fat, thin, etc., and most don't invest the time or effort to get better.

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Is there somewhere I can look to see how far I should probably be hitting my clubs? I think I was only hitting my lob wedge (60*) about 60 to 70 at most, this was at the range, down hill about 5 feet. I have a lob, and a pitching wedge, my pitching wedge I can full swing about 125ish, do I need something for in between, or should I work out how much swing is needed for the P/L firsT?

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This entirely depends on whether you NEED something for that distance. Personally, I carry 4 wedges. As a very long hitter, I find it easier to score from <150 with multiple wedges.

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I have a 48 PW, a 51 Gap wedge, a 56 SW and a 60LW (considering an XW at some point, we'll see). Full swings are 150, 125, 110, and 100, but with the variety of non-full swings, I can be anywhere inside of 150 and have lots of shot options...and that's what's really important: OPTIONS.

So, if you can play fine without filling the gap, then you don't necessarily 'need' to fill it...but I strongly suggest you have 3 wedges minimum.

[Butcho22]

black knight,

Your comparison to poker tracker is ridiculous. Let's just say I wasn't shocked to see you come up with something like that, lol.

And what does Pelz suggest for when you are outside of those 12! yardages?

[Evan]

Kind of an aside from the question, but you're likely doing yourself a disservice by chipping with a lob wedge.

[Butcho22]

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Kind of an aside from the question, but you're likely doing yourself a disservice by chipping with a lob wedge.

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The one thing he posts about that he's stoked on and you suggest a change? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[guids]

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Kind of an aside from the question, but you're likely doing yourself a disservice by chipping with a lob wedge.

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What would you suggest?


I dont really chip with my lob wedge, I just bought it yesterday, I just went to the range, and practiced in my backyard to get a feel for it and it helped me to get a feel for the short game a little better. it taught me how to get the ball in the air.

it helped me enough, that I could set up a bucket 20 feet away, and after figuring out how far back to take the club, I could get it in th bucket about 50% of the time. Would Id like to be able to do, is be able to basically do that from 10 feet, up to 300 ft (maybe not directly in the bucket, but close obv).

[black knight]

You're on the right path doing what you're doing...eventually, learn to do that with your other clubs too, and you'll be well along to having a killer short game.

[Shoot59]

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Kind of an aside from the question, but you're likely doing yourself a disservice by chipping with a lob wedge.

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Short Game guru Stan Utley would disagree with this. As with everything golf related, there are rarely absolute rights and wrongs. Many tour players use the L wedge almost exclusively, while others use different clubs for different trajectories. OP isn't a tour player, but that doesn't necessarily mean he is wrong for using the L wedge for most greenside shots.

[Evan]

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Kind of an aside from the question, but you're likely doing yourself a disservice by chipping with a lob wedge.

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Short Game guru Stan Utley would disagree with this. As with everything golf related, there are rarely absolute rights and wrongs. Many tour players use the L wedge almost exclusively, while others use different clubs for different trajectories. OP isn't a tour player, but that doesn't necessarily mean he is wrong for using the L wedge for most greenside shots.

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I don't think anything you wrote contradicted my post. That being said, I'd be much more inclined to support a tour player's decision to chip with a lob wedge than a non-tour player. For most players it simply makes your margin for error in ball striking prohibitively small.

[K-Slay]

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Kind of an aside from the question, but you're likely doing yourself a disservice by chipping with a lob wedge.

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Short Game guru Stan Utley would disagree with this. As with everything golf related, there are rarely absolute rights and wrongs. Many tour players use the L wedge almost exclusively, while others use different clubs for different trajectories. OP isn't a tour player, but that doesn't necessarily mean he is wrong for using the L wedge for most greenside shots.

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Clarify "many"? Even Mickelson has been getting away from the L wedge a lot.