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The Wedge Guy
  Reading Divots I’ve written before about the desirable shape of a divot and how most golfers don’t really understand this aspect of ball striking, but an email from Pritchard D. made this topic make its way back to the top of my mind. 9 comments more... NCAA Individual Match Play Championship OK, I'll warn you. I'm on a soapbox this morning. Sound off, guys. If you agree, we can send this entire dialog to the USGA. If not, knock me off the soap box and I'll quit whining. 20 comments more... Selecting/Fitting Your Putter I've been on the topic of golf club mechanics and club fitting lately, and thought we would close this series with a question about selecting a putter. 13 comments more... Tidbits for you to think about When it comes to your golf clubs, what you see is not necessarily what you get. On the surface, a golf club seems to be a pretty simple thing. But when that golf club is put into motion a lot of dynamics begin to happen. 20 comments more... Playing The Wind Most of the time we are playing in breezes of 10-20 mph, sometimes higher. So today, we’re going to dive into the basics of wind play. 14 comments more... More on Equipment Tweaking Last week I told you three stories where we helped local golfers improve their performance, simply by looking at their equipment. I promised more and so here we go. 26 comments more... Short Iron Problems And A Little Insight The ability to hit it closer to where you are looking with your 8-, 9- and P-irons will do more for your scoring than most anything else you can do. 35 comments more... Equipment Tweaking My approach to helping golfers optimize their equipment is simple. Whether it be irons or a driver, or anything in between, find a head design you like and get the shaft right. 18 comments more... Those Pesky Half Wedges One of the more difficult aspects of golf, in my opinion, is learning the "touch" shots, those less-than-full swings that you need to score. 30 comments more... Stopping the Suffering One of the most painful things for me to watch is someone struggling in an effort to play golf. 36 comments more... Aim Small ... Miss Small The title of this article is one of my favorite lines from the Mel Gibson movie, "The Patriot," and I think it's great golf advice. 17 comments more... Imitation Is The Sincerest... Well, You Know Please pardon me for getting "commercial" today; I try not to do it too often... 14 comments more... Controlling Wedge Trajectories Invariably, amateurs hit their wedges too high, with an inconsistent trajectory, which makes precise distance control all but impossible. 25 comments more... Watching the "Wannabes" on the Hooters Tour The NGA Hooters Tour has come to our club this week, so I was able to spend a little time with some of the "wannabes" who toil out here, trying to see if their game can be taken to "The Show." 20 comments more... The Death of High-Loft Wedges? Unless you've been living in a cave deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, you are aware that the Rules of Golf that define the groove geometry on irons and wedges is in the middle of changing. 14 comments more... Why Not Carry Two Putters? We have 13 clubs to navigate from tee to green through all 18 holes, and then only one club to navigate that last little patch of real estate where we'll play 30-40% of our total shots. 49 comments more... Why Your Ball Does What It Does Managing the few milliseconds of impact between club and ball is really what golf is all about. 62 comments more... Playing Your Best We spent most of May and June talking about golf clubs and shafts, so I thought I would change gears a little as we head into summer. 22 comments more... Greenside Scoring - Favorite Club Or Variety? There are two very distinct schools of thought when it comes to hitting all the variety of up-and-down shots around the greens. 34 comments more... More On Choosing Wedges Today's topic is somewhat of an extension on my take last week of the theft of our pitching wedges by the major iron makers. 22 comments more... An Autopsy Called The U. S. Open Tiny greens, firm and fast conditions and gnarly rough everywhere will take these guys out of their week-in, week-out comfort zone of playing relative pushover golf courses with large greens that are soft and receptive, and rough that really isn't, all that much. 16 comments more... The Five Indisputable Rules of Bunker Play In this post, The Wedge Guy breaks down the "geometry and physics" of sand play and tries to make it clearer why hitting out of bunkers is so tough for amateurs. 20 comments more... What The Heck Are You Playing? It's all about the tools we play, and how so many golfers really do not have any idea of what is in their bags. 22 comments more... What Is Going On With Club Specs? With the investment we make in our golf clubs, having them fitted to you is just a form of insurance that your investment will give you the return you are after. 16 comments more... Grand Theft - Golf Did you know that very few sets of irons sold these days even have a pitching wedge in them? They sell one- but it's not really there! Hear me out. 37 comments more... |
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