Golf pitching in a golf short game generally uses a Pitching or Sand wedge. A Dual/Gap wedge helps players to manage between them. Does your fit your game?

Golf pitching in a golf short game is generally defined as any shot within or around 100 yards from the green and uses Pitching Wedge or Sand Wedge. Golf pitching in a golf short game involves hitting the ball fairly high into the air and letting it roll along the green to the hole using either a Pitching Wedge or Sand Wedge. A wedge is a component of a golf club set.

At times in golf pitching, a Dual/Gap Wedge is needed to helps players to manage their distances with shots that are too far for their Sand Wedge and too short for a full Pitching Wedge. The gap wedge also makes a handy sand club for longer sand shots and for use from the rough.

Golf short game

To become a better golf short game player and improvement in your scores, you must master the key element of golf pitching.

One element of pitch shot in a short game is to address the ball with a slightly open stance in relation to your intended target line and position the ball off of your front heel. This is to keeping your weight on your heels for balance and your hands even with the ball. The takeaway should be one-piece, with the shoulders, arms, hands and club head moving together for the first 18 inches of the backswing. Your wrists should hinge soon after this point.

During the downswing in golf pitching, it’s essential that you move your back knee toward the front knee as you transfer your weight to the right side. At impact, your weight should be distributed evenly to both sides. The mental image of two cymbals placed on the inside of both knees clanging at the point of contact is one that helps to attain a solid pitch impact position.

Another important element to a successful golf pitching in a short game is distance control where the length of the swing determines the distance. Avoid making a long backswing as this will cause you to decelerate on the downswing and instead, take a shorter backswing and accelerate through every shot.

To spin the ball when in golf pitching in a short game is by taking a shorter backswing and then increasing the speed of the trailing hand, along with the movement of the back knee into the shot and more spin will be imparted. With practice and familiarity of the game, you’ll learn when you can and can’t execute this type of shot.