Wedge Play

[slanning]

Bobby - I am a 3 hncp and hit everything but my sand and lob wedges consistently. I hit about 150 balls last night and almost every 2 out of 3 wedges was hit fat or thin. My swing has improved greatly from your DVDs in all areas except the wedge game. I try not to do anything different, but maybe I need to. I can literally chunk or thin 3-4 wedges (especially sand wedge) and then hit a perfect 6 iron, 4 iron, hybrid, 3 wood and driver right after the bad wedges. I do play in AZ so the conditions are firm and my SW has 13* of bounce - I tried to get it taken down to about 8* bout the shops I went to would not touch my forged wedges.

This is very frustrating because I hit 9-12 fwys and 10-12 greens per round and take 30 or less putts on average. My full wedge game is killing me. I hit short pitch shots and bunker shots pretty good with my SW and LW - should I go to a lower bounce wedge like my GW and PW (6*)? Or is it just my swing?

I tend to be a sweeper with all clubs and I know this is not good for wedges.

Also, I am Left Handed.

I cannot figure out how my swing changes but it does.

Any help?

Scott Lanning

[Bobby_Eldridge]

Go hit 200 balls (not in one session) from a DOWNHILL LIE, not ball below your feet lie. It does not have to be more than 3-5 degrees. It does not have to be real steep.

Let me know what happens.

[waymaur@sympatico.ca]

how could a golfer have a handi-cap of 3 and yet not know how to hit a wedge??

[Bobby_Eldridge]

When Jack Nicklaus turned 50 and headed for the Senior Tour he was quoted as saying he had the short game of a 19 handicaper.

He hit the ball so well his whole career that he did not have to depend on his short game to get him around.