One of the most common questions I get is how to hit a wedge that sucks back on the green.
You know, the one that bounces past the hole, stops and spins back close to the pin. In reality, it’s a pretty simple shot to hit. Most techniques in the golf swing work in pairs, and flighted scoring clubs are no different. If we can manage the clubface and loft early in the swing, impact becomes a by-product.
One of the best ways to practice this is by placing a golf tee in your lead hand between your middle and ring fingers, all the way at the base. Make your backswing and feel like you’re twisting the tee behind you in transition.
At impact, point the tee in front of the ball as you rotate through. This marries your pivot, lead wrist and clubface together, creating a flighted shot with reduced loft, stable face control and predictable spin.
John Scott Rattan is the director of instruction at Congressional CC in Bethesda, Md.
