Why duffing wedges

Without a club, get in a normal set up position as if you were addressing the ball. Make sure your arms and hands are pointing straight down to the ground with your palms facing each other — pointing inwards. Do a mini backswing. Only go back until your hands are waist-height or even less.

Do this slowly to get the correct feeling, and stop where you would hit the ball. You want your left wrist to be bent so the logo of your glove is facing the ground, and your right wrist bent so your palm is facing the ground in front of the golf ball.

Nobody likes chunking a wedge shot. Elite coach Dan Whittaker has a tip to help eliminate it from your game. A part of the game you need to work on in order to score well is everything inside yards.

Getting the hands level with the club head will allow the sole of the club to glide along the turf rather than digging in therefore making your margin of error far greater. Shoulders parallel with the floor, this will prevent you from getting into excessive side bend where the spine tilts away from the target which can often cause the low point to move backwards resulting in striking the ground before the ball.

In the backswing, allow the forearms to rotate slightly earlier than they would in our full swing. This will increase the amount of loft and bounce presented at impact. When the shaft reaches parallel with the floor, a good checkpoint is to see the toe end of the club pointing straight up.

Body rotation in the downswing is essential for consistent ball striking and good distance control. A simple swing thought is to imagine the left shoulder moves behind you in the downswing. Although I kinda see what he's trying to say it shows how easy it is to accidentally decelerate and flub a chip or two. I prefer this video as you don't focus on swinging the club thru the ball, rather just worry about where you are going to stop I like it where he says "Put both hands right here..

Joined Sep 22, Messages 23, Location Kent. JustOne said:. Smiffy Grand Slam Winner Jan 13, Joined Oct 17, Messages 22, Location Gods waiting room My chipping is usually pretty good. I normally fancy myself to chip quite close. If I mess up, it's normally because I've looked up too early which leads to a fatted shot. Doesn't need to be much, just a fraction of a second. You hardly notice it.

I guess I'm too keen to see the results. IainP Tour Rookie Jan 13, Joined Oct 26, Messages 3, Location Oxfordshire. The other thing that maybe hasn't been covered above is do you need to automatically grab the wedge.

An 8 or 7 iron may automatically have you shallowing and shortening instinctively. Can work back up in loft once confidence returns. Joined Feb 2, Messages 24, Location Lincolnshire. Hard to advise without seeing your technique as there are many things that could go wrong. A video would help.