Running Wedge
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Short Game Shots Overview - Pitch, Chip, Bump and Run, Flop
Surely you have heard "drive for show, putt for dough", meaning that the real scoring is done with the short game. In reality if you don't get down the fairway you are still not going to score well. You really need to be good at all phases of the game.
The problem is that nothing in golf is more inflating to a player's ego or more exciting than hitting a long bomb right down the middle of the fairway. This is one reason so many recreational golfers spend the majority of their practice time, if they practice at all, hitting their driver.
Watch almost any random golfer walk onto the driving range at your local course, see how long it is before they pull out the long stick... if it's not first out of the bag.
The correct way to practice would be to spend equal amounts of time on all parts of your game. They don't call the short game the scoring game without reason. If you are inside 100 yards, and you do not have the shots to get home you can rack up a lot of strokes.
There are some specialized shots that you need to know how to execute well in the short game, for example;
- Pitch shot - The pitch shot can be made with any iron and is usually used when you have an odd distance to the green, too close for a full wedge.
- Chip shot - A chip shot is used close to the green, the goal would be to chip the ball over the fringe and roll it to the hole. Use anything from a wedge to a 5 iron depending on how much roll is needed.
- Bump and run - This low risk shot is similar to the chip shot, but used from farther away from the green 10 to 20 feet. Same goal, in the air to the green and them roll to the cup. Use from a 5 to a 9 iron depending on how far you are from the putting surface.
- Flop shot - Is a chip shot usually attempted with a very high lofted club. Used to get the ball up quickly and let it land very softly with minimal roll. Good for getting over greenside hazards and when you have very little green to work with.
Being skilled at making these shots will save strokes and give you a lot of options for getting close to the pin.
The good news is that you do not need to learn a new swing in order to play these skill shots. Adjustments to your full swing setup are the key, you still rotate your shoulders away going back and forward drawing power from the large muscles of the legs and torso.
Learning the adjustments needed to your stance, such as how wide, where should the ball be positioned, do you open to the target, where do you position your weight, do you angle the club shaft, what should the length of the swing and more all require a lot of practice to master.
Next time you go to a practice facility put a block of time aside for short game shots, and practice them until they become second nature, your scoring will improve, and your golfing partners will envy your shot making ability.
Jim Newell is a 66 year old retiree, a very zealous amateur golfer and serious student of this great game. Once being a mid handicap player he is on a quest to improve his swing and re-gain some of the distance he once had. His website http://www.GolfDriverSwingKeys.com is dedicated to helping himself other golfer's in their quest for a better short game.
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