What is the Correct way to Create the Best Three-Quarter Wedge Shot for a Senior Golfer (Video) - by Dean Butler
What is the Correct way to Create the Best Three-Quarter Wedge Shot for a Senior Golfer (Video) - by Dean Butler

Okay, what we are going to do here, we are going to demonstrate how to play the best three quarter pitching wedge you can do, so a three-quarter. So you can imagine, you get your pitching wedge out, and what we don't want to do ever, we don't want to ever swing a pitching wedge or any of that sort of sand wedge, lob wedge, where we are trying to get the club into a position as we might do with a 7-iron or whatever. So remember, we are covering pitching, it's a three-quarter swing. So we select the club and in this case it's pitching wedge. So how do we set up for a pitch to start with, we put the club behind the ball, with the hand of the grip slightly forward and then place your hands on.

We put the ball position in the middle of the stance and we open the set up and by that, I mean the left foot is now going to basically just move slightly back from the right. And that creates a nice open position, which helps us get this club nice and steep. From this position here, we are now going to lean 60-40 on the left hand side and then from here, the three quarters is very simple. If I swing the club back now, so my shoulder hits my chin, that's a three-quarter swing. That's got lots and lots of control, you are in control and then from here, it's such a very short journey back to the ball. It's almost to saying what can go wrong, that certainly can't be that much going wrong, because you are now totally in control. So here is the set up, I'm going to swing and hit this ball, watch the length, watch the contact. It's not going to knock my chin out, it's just going to brush against it. So over the ball, left-hand side, here we go, lots of control, on line for the flag. And there is a very, very good controlled shot that, we need to know how to play that on so many different golf courses, that final shot into the green. So there you go, go and put it into practice, and I don't see a problem with this for you or for I.
2013-10-24

Okay, what we are going to do here, we are going to demonstrate how to play the best three quarter pitching wedge you can do, so a three-quarter. So you can imagine, you get your pitching wedge out, and what we don't want to do ever, we don't want to ever swing a pitching wedge or any of that sort of sand wedge, lob wedge, where we are trying to get the club into a position as we might do with a 7-iron or whatever. So remember, we are covering pitching, it's a three-quarter swing. So we select the club and in this case it's pitching wedge. So how do we set up for a pitch to start with, we put the club behind the ball, with the hand of the grip slightly forward and then place your hands on.

We put the ball position in the middle of the stance and we open the set up and by that, I mean the left foot is now going to basically just move slightly back from the right. And that creates a nice open position, which helps us get this club nice and steep. From this position here, we are now going to lean 60-40 on the left hand side and then from here, the three quarters is very simple. If I swing the club back now, so my shoulder hits my chin, that's a three-quarter swing. That's got lots and lots of control, you are in control and then from here, it's such a very short journey back to the ball. It's almost to saying what can go wrong, that certainly can't be that much going wrong, because you are now totally in control.

So here is the set up, I'm going to swing and hit this ball, watch the length, watch the contact. It's not going to knock my chin out, it's just going to brush against it. So over the ball, left-hand side, here we go, lots of control, on line for the flag. And there is a very, very good controlled shot that, we need to know how to play that on so many different golf courses, that final shot into the green. So there you go, go and put it into practice, and I don't see a problem with this for you or for I.