3 tips on making your wedges Hop and Stop.

3 tips on making your wedges Hop and Stop.

 

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PGA Tour players like Phil Mickelson use Dave Pelz, the leading authority on the short game, as their coach for shots around the green.  When he talks, all the pros are all ears.  So, listen up.  Dave will explain 3 important things to do to "One Hop" your wedges onto the green! We all want to do that.

Tour players knock wedge shots taken from 50 to 100 yards in the fairway to within 17 feet of the cup on average, and the best in the world can stick it to within 10 feet without batting an eye. Call me partial to the short game, but for my money, there's no better feeling in golf than catching a wedge right in the middle of the sweet spot and watching it fly high and stop next to the pin. Pulling this off is both athleticism and art. What's more, an accurate wedge player has the ability to set up easier scoring chances and to keep big, card-wrecking numbers at bay.

The "secrets" to catching wedges crisp and knocking them close are anything but secrets.

Here (in no particular order) are the three most important basics for hitting your wedges flush:

1. Play the ball in the middle of your stance. This will encourage you to strike the ball with a descending blow so you get less grass between the ball and the clubface.

2. Make your follow-through longer than your backswing. This will help you accelerate into and through impact.

3. Clean the grooves on your club-face after every shot and opt for a higher-spinning, urethane-covered ball. These gear adjustments will ensure a Tour-style "one-hop-and-stop" landing with limited rollout.

Check out the rest of this great article here!

Source: Dave Pelz  GOLF.com  Mel Sole Golf School

Pictures: Leonard Kamsler   Dan Perry

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