| Improving your short game is something that | | | | for, and specializations of, each type in |
| can be most effectively accomplished through | | | | greater detail. If you have between 15 and |
| intensive instruction at a golf academy. In | | | | 20 feet, for example, then you will want a |
| addition to the golf academy experience, | | | | lofted club, or one that has a face angled |
| anyone can improve their short game by | | | | back from the vertical, like a sand wedge. |
| choosing the right golf wedge. If you have | | | | |
| ever watched a pro tournament, you have | | | | The loft of a wedge and the groves on the |
| noticed that players can hit shots in | | | | face of the club both work together to |
| succession with each one stopping just inches | | | | produce a spin rate, since the loft of a |
| away from the hole. | | | | wedge is just another way of measuring the |
| | | | angle at which it hits the ball of off the |
| If you have wondered how this is possible, | | | | ground, which in turn determines the |
| well, the golf wedge is the answer to this | | | | trajectory of the ball and the amount of roll |
| question. Golf wedges are clubs that are | | | | it produces. This is the reason why golf |
| specially tailored and designed for the short | | | | wedges are offered in degrees that vary from |
| game, which makes sense when you consider | | | | 47 to 64 degrees in order to better cater to |
| that approximately 70 percent of shots in a | | | | surface conditions, as well as the distance |
| golf game are done from within 150 to 100 | | | | and angle required to reach that distance. |
| yards in. In other words, it is all well and | | | | |
| good that you can drive over 250 yards from | | | | What your golf academy instructor will tell |
| the tee, but it will not help you in your | | | | you, and what all pros and serious golfers |
| short game. | | | | know, is that Golfers with a low handicap, |
| | | | less than ten strokes over par should have |
| If you only have one wedge currently, you | | | | four wedges. Mid handicap golfers in the |
| should definitely consider the purchase of | | | | 11-25 handicap bracket should have three |
| more wedges to be essential, and if you are | | | | wedges, and golfers that are new with a 26 |
| smart enough to bring your wedges with you | | | | handicap or higher should begin with both a |
| during your next golf academy course, you | | | | pitching wedge and a sand wedge. |
| will be able to learn the correct techniques | | | | |