Dialing in wedges

Any decent range should have multiple flags to aim at. Get a range finder and get the yardages. A nice practice facility will have an area just for this kind of practice.

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Any decent range should have multiple flags to aim at. Get a range finder and get the yardages. A nice practice facility will have an area just for this kind of practice.

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I was thinking of something similar but instead of switching flags, I would mark out the yardages you are looking for and go for one flag. work on one swing and move to the next distance with the same club, then change clubs and repeat.

5gallon buckets and practice

Place the buckets out at different distances and do the ladder drill.

I’m not sure how skilled a player you are, but I found the best way for me to dial in was to not try and learn too much at one.

Know your full swing distances (should be generally easy to calculate based off known distances from 9i, 8i if you know what your loft degrees are).

After that, I only practiced swings where my left arm is parallel and wrist fully cocked. (I’m R handed). I hit lots of balls w all my wedges only using that swing motion. You can get a good idea of distance that way after hitting a few buckets. The main key is to get very comfortable with that swing length, making good contact and having similar ball flights.

Then I just made sure to leave myself 50, 80, 90, 100 Yd distances into the green as that’s what my distances were and trust my shot. You’ll be able to best refine it on the course.

After feeling confident with those then I know I can either make slightly longer or shorter swings depending on distance.

If you’re really good and trying to play tournaments and stuff then disregard my advice.

I have a 10.5 index handicap trying to break into single digits now. So I’d like to get wedges really dialed in to where if I have for instance a 70-75 yard shot into the green, I would know that is either a full 60 perhaps or a 1/2 swing 56, depending on what type of shot I may want to do.

I agree w Beaver below. But I still maintain that you should just stick to the one swing type with all your wedges and get those dialed in as it will give you 3-4 distinct and nicely gapped distances which can get get refined rather quickly on the course.

I recommend trying to leave yourself in the close vicinity of these distances on the course so you can practice those swings. Your scores will drop just having that one swing with 4 clubs. I speak from experience and my advice is keep it simple.

You'll be in single digits shortly by just doing that if you're already a 10.5.