Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Understanding Golf Wedges

By Tom O'Reilly


One of the best methods to enhance your golf scores is to learn to play around the greens. Having a good short game will help you in learning how to break 80 in a rush. But in order to enhance your short game you have to have the proper gear.

Golfing clubs aren't all the same, and specialised irons are called golfing wedges. Golfers sometimes refer to wedges by name: opening wedge, sand wedge, and throw wedge (60-degree). There's one club that has "wedge" in the name, the pitching wedge, even though it is generally grouped in with the other irons and not with the wedges. Golf wedges are usually sold singly from the basic golfing set in a 3-club subset.

The pitch wedge allows the golfer to "lob" the ball high into the air. The sand wedge is used to make shots out of the sand bunkers. The gap wedge has a high apartment and provides more precision and variety on short shorts. The opening wedge can also be called the attack wedge, approach wedge, or the A-wedge.

A wedge is employed for precision and to hit a short shot as near as attainable. To this end, occasionally wedges are referred to as "scoring clubs". Better golf players are much more likely to carry wedges than beginners. As stated earlier wedges are specialized clubs utilized for specialised shots that noobs often do not have need for. Beginners usually stick with the basic clubs at the beginning of their golfing career.

Golfing wedges have the shortest shafts and highest terraces of all golfing clubs. Wedges, like other golfing clubs, carry a "bounce". Bounce is what golfers mean by the angle that's manufactured by the metal built-up on the sole of the club and the front edge of the club. Wedge bounce is a key factor in a golfer's short game. A golfer can have lower scores with the right wedge bounce. The amount of wedge bounce is matched to the grass and soil conditions and individual style of golfing swing.

Golf wedges come in handy when a golfer needs to clear a tree. Or, if the golfer is off the green, an arching shot with a wedge just might get the ball back on the green. Wedge shots have high path and roll very little after they hit the green. A golfer who has a good deal of practice using wedges can put a backspin with a wedge that will cause the ball to back up once it hits the green. If you need to chip round the green a wedge is a perfect choice.

Newb golfers should stay clear of lob wedges and gap wedges but may use the sand wedge so as to get out of the sand traps. The newbie can however have golf wedges to look forward to once they have gained more experience.

Now that you have a clearer understanding of what golf wedges are you can make better purchasing calls when it comes to picking golf sets. You will also better see why pro golfers use certain golfing wedges over others.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment