Jay K asked:
I would consider myself a pretty decent golfer (6 handicap), and I can hit my driver over 300 yards, but I can’t seem to manage to hit my pitching wedge more than 105 yards! Any ideas as to why? My 7 iron flies about 140 yards, and my 4 iron about 165 yards. I can hit my 7 wood over 200 yards, and I hit my irons straight, but I can’t seem to increase my distance! I have Titleist 805 os clubs with stiff rifled shafts. I have stiff shafts with my woods and there doesn’t seem to be a problem with distance. I am hitting down on the ball, transferring a bit of my weight and turning, but am I missing something?
You probably use your driver too much at the range because you hit it so good. Trust me, I do that and so does everyone else because it makes you feel great about your game if you hit only the clubs that you are confortable with.
When I work on my pitching wedge, I start hitting them very easily. Just get a feel for the club and hit them as if you were chipping off of the fringe. Let your arms swing down and dont hold the club very tightly. My uncle is a pro and he told me to “let the ball get in the way of your swing”. As you start hitting more, bring your backswing more and more back, until you are hitting them from a full swing. You dont have to “Kill it” with a PW, just swing normal and dont rush it. The club has so much loft that it will “go” if you swing easily through it and make good contact.
Also, since you may be hitting your driver so much, you may not have the ball as far back in your stance as it should be when you are hitting the PW. So just move it back in your stance until you start hitting them with the trajectory that you want.
Hope this helps because it took me a long time to type.
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You probably use your driver too much at the range because you hit it so good. Trust me, I do that and so does everyone else because it makes you feel great about your game if you hit only the clubs that you are confortable with.
When I work on my pitching wedge, I start hitting them very easily. Just get a feel for the club and hit them as if you were chipping off of the fringe. Let your arms swing down and dont hold the club very tightly. My uncle is a pro and he told me to “let the ball get in the way of your swing”. As you start hitting more, bring your backswing more and more back, until you are hitting them from a full swing. You dont have to “Kill it” with a PW, just swing normal and dont rush it. The club has so much loft that it will “go” if you swing easily through it and make good contact.
Also, since you may be hitting your driver so much, you may not have the ball as far back in your stance as it should be when you are hitting the PW. So just move it back in your stance until you start hitting them with the trajectory that you want.
Hope this helps because it took me a long time to type.
dude you dont hit your driver over 300 your full of it. if you hit your driver that far you would hit your irons way further, i drive it 275 and hit my 7 iron 165 carry and pitching wedge 140 you cant hit your irons because you suck
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dude you dont hit your driver over 300 your full of it. if you hit your driver that far you would hit your irons way further, i drive it 275 and hit my 7 iron 165 carry and pitching wedge 140 you cant hit your irons because you suck
Sorry, but your math doesn’t add up. If you can hit your driver 300+, you obviously would have a 110+ MPH swing speed. You would be able to “chip” your 7 iron 140 yards.
I hit my driver about 250-260 yards, and my 7 iron 150-160 yards.
If I’m missing something, and you are accurate with your description, then here’s what I would do:
It sounds like you are “scooping” your iron shots, as you would normally do with a driver.
Hit down on the ball, lower your trajectory a bit, and you will get more distance.
You must have one heck of a short game with a 6 handicap!!
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Sorry, but your math doesn’t add up. If you can hit your driver 300+, you obviously would have a 110+ MPH swing speed. You would be able to “chip” your 7 iron 140 yards.
I hit my driver about 250-260 yards, and my 7 iron 150-160 yards.
If I’m missing something, and you are accurate with your description, then here’s what I would do:
It sounds like you are “scooping” your iron shots, as you would normally do with a driver.
Hit down on the ball, lower your trajectory a bit, and you will get more distance.
You must have one heck of a short game with a 6 handicap!!
trade them in for a set of kickent irons.
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trade them in for a set of kickent irons.