| Improving your short game is something that can be | | | | for, and specializations of, each type in greater detail. If |
| most effectively accomplished through intensive | | | | you have between 15 and 20 feet, for example, then |
| instruction at a golf academy. In addition to the golf | | | | you will want a lofted club, or one that has a face |
| academy experience, anyone can improve their short | | | | angled back from the vertical, like a sand wedge. |
| game by choosing the right golf wedge. If you have | | | | The loft of a wedge and the groves on the face of |
| ever watched a pro tournament, you have noticed | | | | the club both work together to produce a spin rate, |
| that players can hit shots in succession with each one | | | | since the loft of a wedge is just another way of |
| stopping just inches away from the hole. | | | | measuring the angle at which it hits the ball of off the |
| If you have wondered how this is possible, well, the | | | | ground, which in turn determines the trajectory of the |
| golf wedge is the answer to this question. Golf | | | | ball and the amount of roll it produces. This is the |
| wedges are clubs that are specially tailored and | | | | reason why golf wedges are offered in degrees that |
| designed for the short game, which makes sense | | | | vary from 47 to 64 degrees in order to better cater to |
| when you consider that approximately 70 percent of | | | | surface conditions, as well as the distance and angle |
| shots in a golf game are done from within 150 to 100 | | | | required to reach that distance. |
| yards in. In other words, it is all well and good that you | | | | What your golf academy instructor will tell you, and |
| can drive over 250 yards from the tee, but it will not | | | | what all pros and serious golfers know, is that Golfers |
| help you in your short game. | | | | with a low handicap, less than ten strokes over par |
| If you only have one wedge currently, you should | | | | should have four wedges. Mid handicap golfers in the |
| definitely consider the purchase of more wedges to | | | | 11-25 handicap bracket should have three wedges, and |
| be essential, and if you are smart enough to bring your | | | | golfers that are new with a 26 handicap or higher |
| wedges with you during your next golf academy | | | | should begin with both a pitching wedge and a sand |
| course, you will be able to learn the correct techniques | | | | wedge. |