Pitching Wedge Tips, Should I Just Use It For All Golf Shots Around The Green (Video) - by Pete Styles
Pitching Wedge Tips, Should I Just Use It For All Golf Shots Around The Green (Video) - by Pete Styles

Should you be using your pitching wedge for all of the pitch shots that you get on the golf course when you’re around the green? The simple answer here is no and definitely no. Clearly you’ve not been watching all of these other tips on Golf Info Guide, all the videos of me explaining how to use all the variety of different golf clubs that you have in your bag to hit the different variety of shots that you have around the green. That’s not to say you shouldn’t use your pitching wedge at all. It’s a very versatile tool, but it’s one of a bag full of very versatile tools. And they’re all slightly individually designed to produce different shots.

So, just around the green you might have four wedges in your bag. You might have a nine, an eight, a seven or even a six sign that you could use as well. You might even chip with a hybrid or a fairway wood. So, we’ve got nearly maybe 10 different clubs to use around the green that can produce 10 different styles of shot; different heights, different roll ratios, different amounts of spin. So, a pitching wedge can be quite a versatile club, but please don’t think that every time you near the green, the pitching wedge comes out and every time you’re near a bunker, the sand wedge has to come out. All those clubs are designed to hit different heights and different distances. The easiest way I think it is for a golfer to understand how they should be hitting their shot will probably be to take the ball in their hand or imagine they’re taking the ball in their hand, should I say. And imagine that you’re throwing the ball onto the green. There’s going to be sometimes you would imagine the ball going low and rolling out onto the surface. There might be other times where you think, “No, I need to throw the ball high. I need it to be up in the air to land on the other side of the bunker and land and stop.” Once you can imagine the ball being thrown the correct way, then go ahead and take the appropriate club that you think will hit the ball the same way. So, for a pitching wedge that’s going to be nice and high with a bit of check and a bit of spin, but it’s definitely not going to be as high as if you were taking your sand wedge, your gap wedge or even your lob wedge. And it’ll be nice and high, it might roll out a little bit, but it won’t roll out as much as a nine and eight, seven, six iron. So, the pitch wedge sits nicely in the middle of all those different clubs; very versatile club, but make sure you’re playing it for the appropriate shots. So make sure you’re not using your pitching wedge all of the time. 2014-11-10

Should you be using your pitching wedge for all of the pitch shots that you get on the golf course when you’re around the green? The simple answer here is no and definitely no. Clearly you’ve not been watching all of these other tips on Golf Info Guide, all the videos of me explaining how to use all the variety of different golf clubs that you have in your bag to hit the different variety of shots that you have around the green. That’s not to say you shouldn’t use your pitching wedge at all. It’s a very versatile tool, but it’s one of a bag full of very versatile tools. And they’re all slightly individually designed to produce different shots.

So, just around the green you might have four wedges in your bag. You might have a nine, an eight, a seven or even a six sign that you could use as well. You might even chip with a hybrid or a fairway wood. So, we’ve got nearly maybe 10 different clubs to use around the green that can produce 10 different styles of shot; different heights, different roll ratios, different amounts of spin.

So, a pitching wedge can be quite a versatile club, but please don’t think that every time you near the green, the pitching wedge comes out and every time you’re near a bunker, the sand wedge has to come out. All those clubs are designed to hit different heights and different distances. The easiest way I think it is for a golfer to understand how they should be hitting their shot will probably be to take the ball in their hand or imagine they’re taking the ball in their hand, should I say. And imagine that you’re throwing the ball onto the green. There’s going to be sometimes you would imagine the ball going low and rolling out onto the surface. There might be other times where you think, “No, I need to throw the ball high. I need it to be up in the air to land on the other side of the bunker and land and stop.”

Once you can imagine the ball being thrown the correct way, then go ahead and take the appropriate club that you think will hit the ball the same way. So, for a pitching wedge that’s going to be nice and high with a bit of check and a bit of spin, but it’s definitely not going to be as high as if you were taking your sand wedge, your gap wedge or even your lob wedge. And it’ll be nice and high, it might roll out a little bit, but it won’t roll out as much as a nine and eight, seven, six iron. So, the pitch wedge sits nicely in the middle of all those different clubs; very versatile club, but make sure you’re playing it for the appropriate shots. So make sure you’re not using your pitching wedge all of the time.