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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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Half-Swing Hold (Wedge)
Hit 12 wedges from a half-PW carry-yard target distance using only a hip-high backswing. Hold the finish for 2 seconds each shot. Use a mirr...
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Feet-Together Wedge
Hit 12 wedges with your feet touching. The narrow base forces tempo and balance. Apply face spray and track strike location, since the sim o...
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Wedge Routine Twin
Hit 6 wedges with your full pre-shot routine (read, walk-in, rehearsal swing, commit), then 6 immediately rapid-fire with no routine at all....
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Punch vs Lob Wedge
Hit 5 wedges as low punches (ball back, hands forward, abbreviated finish), 5 as high lobs (ball forward, open face, full finish), and 5 sto...
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Wedge Pin Pick
Mark 3 spots on your screen: left pin, center pin, right pin. Hit 4 wedges at each in shuffled order (12 total). Call the pin out loud befor...
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The Touch Tour
With your pitching wedge, hit 5 shots each at imagined targets of half-PW carry, three-quarter PW carry, and your full PW yards. Use feel fo...
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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...