The Importance of Picking The Right Golf Wedge

Ideally, you should be able to put regular practice into your short game, with the help of a trained instructor or coach. In addition to your effort and commitment towards the game, using a quality golf wedge (the type depending on the shot) will have a notable effect on your performance. The professional players have honed their skills with years of practice and dedication, yet the resulting shot is partly due to a great wedge.
Now you may be thinking your game sucks anyway, so why bother having a great golf wedge? More than two thirds of all shots played on the golf course are played from within one hundred yards. From one hundred yards up to the green, you will be using a wedge. Depending on your lay and the surface, the choice will vary, but you will be using a wedge. Being able to improve this part of your game will quickly show results on your score card.

If at present you are only using one wedge, you should seriously consider adding more to your set. You will have to make some decisions about loft and bounce (to suit your style and the course surface), so be sure to ask for advice from an experienced golfer or instructor who knows the course. Once you have become accustomed to each club, knowing how it will react under given circumstances, you will see the improvement in your game.

The golf wedge was designed to lift the ball, and create some backspin to have the ball stop sooner. The extra lift is attained by changing the angle on the club face, while the spin is created by the grooves. The ball’s launch trajectory, the landing angle, and the amount of roll as it lands, are all determined by these two factors. Depending on what you require for the stroke, the wedge you choose can have a face angle anywhere between forty six and sixty four degrees, spread across four wedge classes.

The next time you find yourself in a situation, consider what difference the availability of another choice of golf wedge would have made. Would you not rather have the right face angle (a lob wedge) for playing a short, steep uphill, or over an obstacle? Having the right wedge available vastly improves the probability of playing a successful shot. The added enjoyment will remain long after the expense has been forgotten.