How do I hit my sand, gap, and lob wedge further?

I’m 15 and a 5 handicap at my CC. I hit my sand wedge 85 yards and used to hit it 100 a couple months ago. My friend noticed that either my club at address is too open, or my swing is adding too much loft to my short irons and wedges. How do I hit my wedges further?

What degree of sand wedge should I use when I am facing a bunker beside the green?

I want to ask which club should I choose when I am facing a bunker near the green, because when I am playing 18 holes, I always hit my shot to the bunker and I feel very hard to get the ball up to the green and I saw lots of Pros hitting the bunker shot and control them very well , so please tell me what degree of sand wedge should I use(56 or 60 degree) an how to hit the shot better?

How to hit a 56 degree sand wedge?

I have always had problems withing my wedges, and I was just wondering if anyone had some advice on how to hit a good sand wedge shot. Stance, where to hit the ball, where the ball is in the stance, things like that.

I am looking to buy a new gap wedge in golf?

I am a 19 handicap who is looking for a new gap wedge either 50º, 51º or 52º. My current wedges are 45º Pitch, 55º Sand (Callaway X20) and 60º Lob (Professional Open 658 series). I am not the best ball striker nor the straightest hitter. I am thinking about getting the Callaway X22 A wedge (51º). Any other suggestions?

Is it OK to use a sand wedge to practice short putting game?

Or is the sand wedge only for the sand bunker?
I wanna use the sand wedge when i am 20 feet away from the hole is this normal?
It is a plain green turf fast surface with no thick grass.

Golf Questions And Answers

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In this section we have a whole variety of  commonly asked questions about the golf short game.  It’s  a great thing about the internet that we can actually search and find information on just about anything, the only problem is that it is like a library where none of the books have titles so finding the information you want is time consuming and can be quite frustrating.

That is the reasoning behind this part of the site and so we gather questions that are asked in various places and put them all in one place. You may have a problem with your pitching or bunker play, many other people may have the same question so to get the answers we have put them on here.

The golf short game is the one specific area where it is easy to improve and cut your scores dramatically. How many times have you hit the fairway only to take three more shots to get on the green? With practice and the knowledge of how to play a good chip shot, sand shot or lob you can cut your handicap very rapidly. Read the rest of this entry »

A 48 degree wedge or a pitching wedge?

I just got a new set of clubs and it came with a pitching wedge. I also have a 48 degree wedge that I’ve used for a few months. I know they have about the same loft, but i was wondering which to use?

How can I improve in putting for golf?

I always seem to miss my puts, medium to long range putts. How can I improve?

Difference between lob wedge and pitching wedge?

i was wondering whats the difference between a lob and pitching wedge? and in what situations do you use them in?

How do you hit a bunker shot? Also which is harder… when the sand is really wet/hard or really dry/beachy?

I just couldn’t hit a bunker shot today to save my life!! It was really really wet. I always try to slide the club under the ball which sometimes works but today i was hitting nothing but skulls.

Also has anyone ever from the bunker, when you don’t need alot of lift to get out just trying a chip like shot(no wrists)? i managed to do that today and i was pretty proud of it. lol