Pitch it Perfect

Dial in your wedges to lower your scores

To succeed in the modern game, learning how to bomb it off the tee and excelling with the wedge is crucial. This is my philosophy when it comes to junior coaching. Get these two things right and the rest of the game will come. As a result, one of the most important goals I set my national team members is to sharpen their games from inside 100 yards. Whether it’s from 50 yards or from 90 yards, I want players to be aggressive with their pitch shots and go for almost every flagstick. Many amateurs struggle with the half or three-quarter wedge shot, but with the correct set-up and swing, it can be a deadly scoring weapon. In fact, one of the key’s to Shinichi Mizuno’s victory at the recent MacGregor Hong Kong Junior Close Championship was his much-improved wedge game.
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