Question:
I had one of my twice-a-year golf lessons today. I asked my teacher to videotape me hitting 40-yard wedge shots since I don’t have any video reference for the setup and swing I use for that shot. He set me up about 40 yards from a flag on the practice green and told me to hit my normal shot to the green short of the hole and let it run up. From the very first swing I was hitting it very crisply and, since that’s a distance I practice all the time, I expected to hit it right near the hole. But every shot was coming up short of the green, even when I tried using a little bit larger swing. At some point he moved the camera from face-on to behind me and suggested that I not choke down on the club quite as far since "you don’t want to choke down so much on such a high-lofted club". That’s when it hit me. What’s he mean "high-lofted"? It’s just a little 53-degree wedge. I checked the bottom of the club and there was an "S" on it. Wrong wedge! No wonder it’s coming up short. So I let out on the shaft and took a bigger swing. The ball landed just short of the hole and rolled to a stop pin high and 18" to the left. Not bad from 40 yards (and that was with a range ball), you’ve just got to know what club you’re hitting. What’s so funny about it is that earlier this morning I hit a "perfect" sand wedge shot from 40 yards and flew it completely over the green. I checked the club and it was the opposite problem, thought I had the 56-degree sand wedge but it was the 53-degree. Like the Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain". Brent Hutto
Response:
Maybe different colored grips are called for?????? — regards, RichG
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I had one of my twice-a-year golf lessons today. I asked my teacher to videotape me hitting 40-yard wedge shots since I don’t have any video reference for the setup and swing I use for that shot. He set me up about 40 yards from a flag on the practice green and told me to hit my normal shot to the green short of the hole and let it run up. From the very first swing I was hitting it very crisply and, since that’s a distance I practice all the time, I expected to hit it right near the hole. But every shot was coming up short of the green, even when I tried using a little bit larger swing. At some point he moved the camera from face-on to behind me and suggested that I not choke down on the club quite as far since "you don’t want to choke down so much on such a high-lofted club". That’s when it hit me. What’s he mean "high-lofted"? It’s just a little 53-degree wedge. I checked the bottom of the club and there was an "S" on it. Wrong wedge! No wonder it’s coming up short. So I let out on the shaft and took a bigger swing. The ball landed just short of the hole and rolled to a stop pin high and 18" to the left. Not bad from 40 yards (and that was with a range ball), you’ve just got to know what club you’re hitting. What’s so funny about it is that earlier this morning I hit a "perfect" sand wedge shot from 40 yards and flew it completely over the green. I checked the club and it was the opposite problem, thought I had the 56-degree sand wedge but it was the 53-degree. Like the Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain". Brent Hutto
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Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain".
The pros do it too. I caddied in the BUY.COM last year and my pro read all his yardages himself. On one hole, he stepped it off and hit his club. He missed by about 40 feet. After a minute he realized he had stepped off 11 yards, but he added it rather than subtracted it. So don’t feel bad – he even had a *caddie*!
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love to have all the beauties back that I have flown over greens.very similar feeling of at first great joy of perfection,followed by the complete inadequacy of another hole blown.(like I cant chip it back on and 1putt?)
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I’ve done that often myself – only with my gap and sand wedge. The Dynacraft DFS Gap and Sand wedge have a G and S, which look very similar. Solution was to use my ball marker to write out GAP and SAND on the medallion. I haven’t done it again. Happy New Year!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I had one of my twice-a-year golf lessons today. I asked my teacher to videotape me hitting 40-yard wedge shots since I don’t have any video reference for the setup and swing I use for that shot. He set me up about 40 yards from a flag on the practice green and told me to hit my normal shot to the green short of the hole and let it run up. What’s so funny about it is that earlier this morning I hit a "perfect" sand wedge shot from 40 yards and flew it completely over the green. I checked the club and it was the opposite problem, thought I had the 56-degree sand wedge but it was the 53-degree. Like the Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain". Brent Hutto
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Let me get this straight. You pay someone to video your golf swing, and then tell you what a putz you are? I gotta get into this racket.
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Brian, the correct statement is "I hate when that happens." not "I hate it when that happens." or maybe not.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I had one of my twice-a-year golf lessons today. I asked my teacher to videotape me hitting 40-yard wedge shots since I don’t have any video reference for the setup and swing I use for that shot. He set me up about 40 yards from a flag on the practice green and told me to hit my normal shot to the green short of the hole and let it run up. From the very first swing I was hitting it very crisply and, since that’s a distance I practice all the time, I expected to hit it right near the hole. But every shot was coming up short of the green, even when I tried using a little bit larger swing. At some point he moved the camera from face-on to behind me and suggested that I not choke down on the club quite as far since "you don’t want to choke down so much on such a high-lofted club". That’s when it hit me. What’s he mean "high-lofted"? It’s just a little 53-degree wedge. I checked the bottom of the club and there was an "S" on it. Wrong wedge! No wonder it’s coming up short. So I let out on the shaft and took a bigger swing. The ball landed just short of the hole and rolled to a stop pin high and 18" to the left. Not bad from 40 yards (and that was with a range ball), you’ve just got to know what club you’re hitting. What’s so funny about it is that earlier this morning I hit a "perfect" sand wedge shot from 40 yards and flew it completely over the green. I checked the club and it was the opposite problem, thought I had the 56-degree sand wedge but it was the 53-degree. Like the Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain". Brent Hutto
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What’s so funny about it is that earlier this morning I hit a "perfect" sand wedge shot from 40 yards and flew it completely over the green. I checked the club and it was the opposite problem, thought I had the 56-degree sand wedge but it was the 53-degree. Like the Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain".
The first time I played after I got my lob wedge, I teed off at a par 3, pulled out my 7 iron, and hit a beautiful shot that landed in the lake in front of me. After that I rearranged my clubs so that my lob wedge and 7 iron aren’t in the same hole. It should have been obvious to me. Yesterday I took out the wrong club, but noticed in the setup that it looked wrong and caught myself in time.
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What’s so funny about it is that earlier this morning I hit a "perfect" sand wedge shot from 40 yards and flew it completely over the green. I checked the club and it was the opposite problem, thought I had the 56-degree sand wedge but it was the 53-degree. Like the Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain". The first time I played after I got my lob wedge, I teed off at a par 3, pulled out my 7 iron, and hit a beautiful shot that landed in the lake in front of me. After that I rearranged my clubs so that my lob wedge and 7 iron aren’t in the same hole. It should have been obvious to me. Yesterday I took out the wrong club, but noticed in the setup that it looked wrong and caught myself in time.
Up until a couple weeks ago, I had a 56-degree Cleveland 588 and and a 52-degree Titleist Vokey so it was completely obvious. Then I replaced the Vokey with the 53-degree Cleveland 588 and so now I can’t really tell from looking down at the face of the club at address. I also have the 60-degree Cleveland 588 but it always looks like the clubface is staring vertically up at me so that’s not a mistake I make. Brent Hutto
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I’ve done it with a 6 and a 9 several times…. the only time it’s nice is when I mean to use the 9, pull the 6 and then mishit it so bad (fat) that the result turns out OK
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I had one of my twice-a-year golf lessons today. I asked my teacher to videotape me hitting 40-yard wedge shots since I don’t have any video reference for the setup and swing I use for that shot. He set me up about 40 yards from a flag on the practice green and told me to hit my normal shot to the green short of the hole and let it run up. From the very first swing I was hitting it very crisply and, since that’s a distance I practice all the time, I expected to hit it right near the hole. But every shot was coming up short of the green, even when I tried using a little bit larger swing. At some point he moved the camera from face-on to behind me and suggested that I not choke down on the club quite as far since "you don’t want to choke down so much on such a high-lofted club". That’s when it hit me. What’s he mean "high-lofted"? It’s just a little 53-degree wedge. I checked the bottom of the club and there was an "S" on it. Wrong wedge! No wonder it’s coming up short. So I let out on the shaft and took a bigger swing. The ball landed just short of the hole and rolled to a stop pin high and 18" to the left. Not bad from 40 yards (and that was with a range ball), you’ve just got to know what club you’re hitting. What’s so funny about it is that earlier this morning I hit a "perfect" sand wedge shot from 40 yards and flew it completely over the green. I checked the club and it was the opposite problem, thought I had the 56-degree sand wedge but it was the 53-degree. Like the Scarecrow says "If I only had a brain". Brent Hutto