If you are thinning your wedge shots, the chances are you might be swinging the same way you hit your drives. It goes without saying that the angle of approach on the down swing for wedge shots needs to be more acute than with the driver. The driver golf swing is essentially a sweeping motion, while playing wedge shots with a driver swing results in thinned shots, and as we all know to our cost, these can have disastrous consequences on the scorecard. Assuming everyone has hit this kind of golf shot at some point in their golfing career.
Specifically:
“When hitting a shorter club, the angle of attack has to be between 6 and 7 degrees downward and the path has to be slightly out-to-in. This means the club has to travel to left after impact.
If you open your stance and try to hit down on the ball, you will be squaring the club to your target at impact. So the driver swing is totally different than the iron swing.
When you are on the practice tee go back and forth between the driver and the wedge. You should develop the technique for both clubs now that you know what to work on.”
Playing across the ball from out to in causes the ball to fly higher, and is just the golf shot you need to clear bunkers and other hazards. You never know when this shot is likely to be useful during a round of golf and it’s a good shot to try and perfect in advance.