What Is The Ideal Set Up For Golf Wedge Distances

In this video, PGA Professional Nick Drane explains the keys to wedge distances and how to find the right set up for you.

Transcript

00:00 Hi, my name is Nick Drane. I'm a PGA professional and the master fitting specialist here at

00:09 the Titleist Performance Centre. In this video we're going to talk about the ideal wedge

00:12 setup for your bag. These four have been properly fitted for myself, however, you can see there

00:18 are numerous options available and you need to go and get fitted properly by a PGA professional

00:22 to ensure you have the right bag setup. The ideal wedge setup from your pitching wedge

00:27 will increase by 4-6 degrees to give you a difference of about 15 yards to get the appropriate

00:33 distance gapping for your short game. For example, my wedge setup, I have a 44 degree

00:39 pitching wedge, I then go up to a 48 degree gap wedge followed by 54 degrees and then

00:44 my lob wedge at 58. In my bag I have four wedges which have been properly fitted for

00:49 myself, however, it's important that you get fitted because three or even five wedges is

00:54 sometimes best suited to some golfers. I'm now going to talk to you about the technique

00:58 that I use to manipulate distances. With my four wedges in my bag, I have a full swing

01:07 that I use for each wedge that gives me one distance. I then use a grip down slightly

01:11 narrower stance that gives me a secondary shorter distance. For my full swing with my

01:15 wedge I set up like so, grip it at the end of the club, ball position in the middle of

01:22 my stance, make my normal full swing and a full finish. For my secondary distance, I

01:34 hold the club in the middle of the grip, I narrow my stance and that's going to give

01:41 me a shorter swing and more of a three-quarter follow through. The reason why these two techniques

01:51 give me different distances is because when I grip the club at the end of the grip, I

01:55 get a wider arc that's going to give me more speed. When I grip the club further down,

02:01 I actually get a narrower arc which produces less speed. These four golf clubs with these

02:07 two techniques give me eight distances that allow me to hit more shots closer to the flag

02:12 and score better.

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