Why should I swing my wedges three-quarters? Now when you’re from 100 yards in and then you are playing with your wedges it’s not so much about pure distance that you can hit, it’s all about controllable distance. Now to control a distance better you don’t need a full swing, a three-quarter swing would do just fine. Now when you are hitting a full shot, say a full seven iron into a hole, a nice full swing with a nice full shoulder turn, a nice full hip turn, will send the ball out there the distance you want with enough power. If you are 80 yards away from a hole say using your pitching wedge or sand wedge using a three-quarter swing will give you control not only over the distance but also the flight and the spin that you are using on the ball. Now to hit a nice three-quarter wedge shot you can use pretty much the same technique as you would a full shot just with some slight adoptions. So pop in a little bit weight on the front foot maybe open in the stance and the hip slightly again the hands ahead of the ball and then obviously swinging back to three-quarters.

Now a key with the three-quarter swing is to swing back three-quarter in length but also to swing through three-quarters in length. There is no point swinging back three-quarters and then trying to hit as hard as you possibly can through the ball, back three-quarters through three-quarters will give predictable distance. So a basic pitching setup with the feet and the hips slightly open, way forward hands ahead and then just using that three-quarter swing. What you don’t want to be doing is ignoring that three-quarter swing and just hitting everything full out, if you do hit your wedges full out you will get unpredictable distance and unpredictable spin. So have a bit of a practice using the three-quarter swing, and hopefully you will see your distance control improve but also your accuracy, and the way you can control your trajectory improve as well when you get out to that course.