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