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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00:00Hi, my name's Nick Drane. I'm a PGA professional and a master fitting specialist here at the
00:09Titleist Performance Center. In this video, we're going to talk about the ideal wedge
00:13setup for your bag. These four have been properly fitted for myself. However, you can see there
00:18are numerous options available and you need to go and get fitted properly by a PGA professional
00:23to ensure you have the right bag setup. The ideal wedge setup from your pitching wedge
00:27will increase by four to six degrees to give you a difference of about 15 yards to get
00:32the appropriate distance gapping for your short game. For example, my wedge setup, I
00:38have a 44 degree pitching wedge. I then go up to a 48 degree gap wedge followed by 54
00:44degrees and then my lob wedge at 58. In my bag, I have four wedges which have been properly
00:49fitted for myself. However, it's important that you get fitted because three or even
00:54five wedges is sometimes best suited to some golfers. I'm now going to talk to you about
00:58the technique that I use to manipulate distances. With my four wedges in my bag, I have a full
01:07swing that I use for each wedge that gives me one distance. I then use a grip down slightly
01:11narrow stance that gives me a secondary shorter distance. For my full swing with my wedge,
01:16I set up like so, grip it at the end of the club, ball position in the middle of my stance,
01:23make my normal full swing and a full finish. For my secondary distance, I hold the club in the
01:36middle of the grip, I narrow my stance and that's going to give me a shorter swing and more of a
01:45three-quarter follow through. The reason why these two techniques give me different distances
01:52is because when I grip the club at the end of the grip, I get a wider arc that's going to give me
01:58more speed. When I grip the club further down, I actually get a narrower arc which produces less
02:05speed. These four golf clubs with these two techniques give me eight distances that allow
02:10me to hit more shots closer to the flag and score better.