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Wedge Distance Control Drills
Wedge yardages should be the most precise number in your bag — instead theyre the foggiest. These drills fix that.
Drills for this practice plan
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The Touch Tour
With your 56°, hit 5 shots each at imagined targets of half-PW carry, three-quarter PW carry, and your full PW yards. Use feel for the first...
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The Knockdown Series
Hit 12 wedges with a punch trajectory — ball slightly back, hands pressed forward, abbreviated finish. Target: three-quarter PW carry yards....
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The Spin Lab
Pick a three-quarter PW carry-yard target. Hit 10 wedges and log spin numbers on the launch monitor. Goal: separate which swings spin and wh...
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Ladder Climb
Start at half-PW carry yards. Land a wedge inside a 10-yard zone. Move up 10 yards. Continue until you reach your full PW carry (your full P...
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Distance Dialer
Call a carry number between half-PW carry and your full PW before each shot. Hit. The launch monitor must read within 3 yards of your called...
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The Three-Yardage Test
5 shots at half-PW carry, 5 at three-quarter PW carry, 5 at your full PW. Score 1 point per shot landing within 7 yards of its target. 15 sh
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The Flight Down
Take your gap or pitching wedge to a target 15-20 yards SHORT of your stock yardage for that club. Setup: ball back of center, hands pressed...
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The Pin Hunter
Pick a real pin or tall marker at a comfortable wedge yardage. Cycle through every wedge you carry (PW, GW, SW, and LW if you have one), hit...