pitching: Search Results: Golf Digest

Golf Instruction

To hit effective pitch shots, you need to utilize the two most important features of a wedge: the bounce angle on the bottom of the sole and the high loft.

March 2013

By Krista Dunton

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Golf Instruction / Golf Instruction

Open-and-shut case: Maintain an open clubface past impact to produce a higher ball flight.

December 2011

By Rick Smith

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Golf Instruction

Alternate using this drill from Best Young Teacher Billy Fitzgerald, and your regular technique. In no time, you'll be pitching it closer and saving more pars.

December 2012

By Billy Fitzgerald

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Golf Instruction

Match your method to the lie to hit short wedge shots.

January 2013

By Rickie Fowler

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Golf Instruction / Lesson Tee

Zach Johnson, nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 2007 Masters, offers this tip for better pitching.

June 2013

By Zach Johnson

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Golf Instruction / Golf Instruction: Control Distance

To hit effective pitch shots, you need to utilize the two most important features of a wedge: the bounce angle on the bottom of the sole and the high loft.

March 2013

By Krista Dunton

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Golf Instruction

Zach Johnson, nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 2007 Masters, offers this tip for better pitching.

June 2013

By Zach Johnson

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To achieve perfect impact on short-game shots, it's all about lag. Should the clubhead lag behind your hands into impact, or should your hands lag behind the clubhead? It depends on whether you need a powerful shot or a soft touch.

May 2013

By Josh Zander