Flighting Wedges 101

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In this in-depth tutorial, I will guide you through the technique of effectively flighting your wedges for optimal control and distance. We'll examine the mechanics that the pros use to lower launch angles, maximize compression, and enhance control. From understanding face-to-path relationships to controlling your ground and ascent angles, this video is designed to offer you a comprehensive strategy. You'll learn a unique grip adjustment specific to wedges, how to effectively use your arm speed and not your hand speed, and the importance of a stable base. Additionally, we'll discuss the critical roles of your knees and pelvis in shaping the perfect wedge shot. This video is a deep dive into advanced wedge play techniques, ensuring you get that golf ball to launch lower and penetrate more, just like the pros do.
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@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

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@drgarson 5 ай бұрын

Trevor - thanks for the lesson. I really enjoy working wedges and this will be my next practice session

@tsgolf 5 ай бұрын

Love it! Thanks for the feedback and let me know how it goes!!!

@tonykelly6699 Жыл бұрын

You are very quickly becoming my go to instructor

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Greatly appreciate it! 🙏🙏

@joeyclark3995 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU Trevor. I've sucked at this shot my whole life. I've done my head in & I have HONESTLY spent hundreds of hours on trying to flight my wedges lower. After watching your video I went to the range & I did everything you said & it worked immediately. I flighted my wedges beautifully the entire session. I almost started crying because of all the pain and effort I went through trying to hit this shot & it never eventuated. Thank you once again.

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

So cool to hear your success with this! Can’t begin to tell you how happy this makes me when I hear success stories like this. I’m sorry the amount of previous time and efforts you put into this prior. Glad this helped out, thank you for the feedback and please let me know if you ever need anything!

@joeyclark3995 Жыл бұрын

@@tsgolf I truely appreciate it. To see my ball finally get compressed & come out low with spin is buzzy. I can't thank you enough.

@joeyclark3995 11 ай бұрын

@@tsgolfpracticed flighted wedges again yesterday & they continued to come out low with tons of compression. Compressing a golf ball was a totally foreign feeling. God it feels great to compress a golf ball. I'm taking a lot of your other lessons on board too. Thanks so much again.

@3pdad Жыл бұрын

Incredible! I was just working on this at the range last night. I have a tendency to get my launch angle too high. I understand the concept of placing the hands forward at address to help compress, but appreciate the emphasis on closing the face a bit so as to not swing open. Anxious to try this tonight!

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear. Let me know how it goes and if you have any questions! TS

@maxwired2235 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Trevor, I finally found a channel where the instructor cares about explaining the what, how, and why. Will the ball spin/bite or role out when it hits the green? Can you do a lesson on releasing the club for a standard golf swing? I'd like to know how to release naturally...I mess up being efficient by either flipping, rolling or throwing. Thx man🤛

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Means a lot to hear this! The what, why and how is everything in my opinion! This shot should have a good amount of spin on it (lands on the green, takes a hop or two and then checks). Will also add a release pattern vid to the mix next time I shoot content! Thanks again!

@jammuu Жыл бұрын

Love your work! Glad to see you on KZbin making videos! Looking forward to more.

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Greatly appreciate it!!!

@malharazy Жыл бұрын

OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! 🙏🙏🙏

@jm-um4st 9 ай бұрын

I appreciate this drill so much! I had been struggling with my wedges and this was exactly what needed. I worked 2 hrs on the range and played the following weekend. I had a birdie a d chip in eagle and shot a 78. Keep the videos coming. I'm subscribed! Would love to also see a video on teeing the driver higher.ive been hitting bombs doing that but I need to refine my technique.

@tsgolf 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing! I’ll add the driver video to my list for sure! Glad to hear this helped out and thanks for the comment and feedback here! 🙏🙏🙏

@Nick-pl9gn Жыл бұрын

Big fan of this style

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

@markio2010 10 ай бұрын

If I ever make it to that area of FL I am going to see this guy.

@tsgolf 10 ай бұрын

Look forward to seeing you down here!!!

@pantinucci 4 ай бұрын

Exceptional videos. Thank you.

@tsgolf 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words here! 🙏🙏

@jcondy01 10 ай бұрын

This is great. On occasion when you want more height on a wedge what does the release look like.

@tsgolf 10 ай бұрын

The setup would change and the club face angle at address would likely change and there could be more of an upward release pattern (extending the lead wrist) combo’d w/ spine extension (a lot of this can be changed thru the setup process though). I’ll add this to my list of vids!

@jamiebernardin8561 2 ай бұрын

Thank you - great in depth pointers! how do I think about dialing in distance? if I accelerate around club parallel and feel the club dropping prior to that then it doesn't seem possible to use the clock system.. so is it just feel, or is there anything else to guide?

@tsgolf 2 ай бұрын

A clock system is great if the player can hit the actually spots. If that doesn’t work, use a feel based system designed around 4 feel lengths (1 shortest, 2 mid, 3 which is 3/4 and 4 is full). I’ve also use hip, rib, shoulder as lengths and then adding the fullest shot. Hope this helps! TS

@kendoan5032 Жыл бұрын

super awesome tutorial.. covering pretty much all my concerns re wedges.. I'm totally into Trevor's swing style and teaching method.. so concise and easy to comprehend. Just a quick question if you want to volume down the wedge swing for chipping, would I narrow down stance with chipping around the green, say >50 yards? Many thanks.

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

You could narrow it a bit, could also add a bit of knee flex and grip down on the club more as well. Make the club shorter when possible. This will allow you to feel “LOW & LOW” in the backswing and follow through! Thanks!

@kendoan5032 Жыл бұрын

@@tsgolf awesome .. thx so much will try that. I actually did gripped down based on your advice on the other video and it worked quite magic 👍

@veganvish 11 ай бұрын

Came back to this video to refresh myself after our lesson from a few months ago - this is absolute $$$! You slightly touched on this in the video but would you hit full PW shots like this? or basically use this kind of shot for 3/4, 1/2, and down shots only (for all wedge types)?

@tsgolf 11 ай бұрын

I’d hit mostly 1/2 and 3/4 shots with wedges like this if you want to flight then. I rarely recommend hitting a wedge of any sort

@bgzales709 9 ай бұрын

Is this shot only good for perfect tight lies in the fairway?

@tsgolf 9 ай бұрын

I’d say this is more so around fairway shots and mild rough. Thick rough would be difficult to say how you’d need to play it because the lie determines so much of it

@mattthomas3674 8 ай бұрын

Great explanation and demo. Question. This seems like it requires a reasonable lie with turf under the ball. You don’t talk about the bounce so I assume you’ve used so much shaft lean that the bounce is a non factor? Off a bare lie or soft lie is there a danger of the leading edge digging in?

@tsgolf 8 ай бұрын

This is absolutely more leading edge! How we control the turf interaction is with the amount of extension that we have through the shot (more so ribcage area and keeping the shoulders moving). Shouldn’t dig when we get that right! If you keep the chest down to long, then it’ll have the analogy to dig more

@steviek6484 Жыл бұрын

Tremendous lesson Trevor. Really been working on feeling those feet pressures. So even though this is a lower ball flight with a sand wedge it is going to have increased range but more stopping power due to the ball sticking to the middle of the face? With my lofted wedges the ball goes a million miles in the air on a full swing and very short

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Correct this will be more flighted down with this but the shots should land on the green and stop fairly quickly do to increased friction at impact. Low launch and high spin! If you struggle w/ hitting it to high, take small doses of this setup into some of your iron shots to try! Thanks, TS

@carlosvitorfigueiredo8435 2 ай бұрын

What about ball bosition?

@tsgolf 2 ай бұрын

I would start the ball position pretty neutral in the middle of the stance or 3-5 golf balls behind low point (lead shoulder).

@Mike-bs1jm 9 ай бұрын

Been looking for this kind of instruction! Thank you. I see all the audio comments, I am an audio engineer and film maker and you had some kind of intermittant connection issue. You could actually fix this video, it will take some time, but you could simply over-dub all your vocals; i.e., watch the video and re-record everything you said and thus create a new audio track. You won't need super precision to lip synch, the content is what is important, not the visual. You would be surprised at how many voice over-dubs are done in film vs the live take. If I lived near you, I would give you free studio time and help as a thank you for all your great content. On second thought, record a voice over-dub track while simply watching the video, as best you can, send me the audio and video, and I can edit as needed and remake it for you. It is a shame for people to focus on the audio issues vs the outstanding instruction. Just a thought, cheers!

@tsgolf 9 ай бұрын

Man I really appreciate this! Far too kind of you! Let me see what I can come up and maybe we can chat! I greatly appreciate the offer and eagerness to help! Means a lot! Glad this content is helping and thanks for reaching out! Let me know if you ever need anything! Happy Holiday’s! TS

@Mike-bs1jm 9 ай бұрын

@@tsgolf Sure thing, glad I could give you some food for thought on how to fix it and move forward. I will contact you through your website, and we can chat about it if you wish, cheers and happy holidays as well !!

@johndawson959 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Trevor. How lie dependent is this technique?

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Would use this out of most any fairway lie (downhill, uphill or side hill). Could use this out of the rough as well with good kid. If the ball is sitting down will need add a bit more hinge to come in steeper. Out the rough the ball won’t spin as much so good option for back pins w/ green to work with.

@seniorswing8441 Жыл бұрын

Hi, higher shols needed for approaching.

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

I’ll add this to my content list!

@danraymond6025 11 ай бұрын

4:15 hello sir, I like the idea of closing it down for wedges. My question to you is this all of my irons I feel do not penetrate to the Target. I was curious if you could do a video from pitching wedge to let’s say six irons with the same concept, I have no trouble hitting the ball very hard at a pretty good distance. I do not believe it is maximize because of how hard I hit the ball I’d be interested to see the relationship of the close faced for the mid irons. Thank you.

@danraymond6025 11 ай бұрын

I was trying to say how high I hit it, not how hard I hit it. Microphone did not pick that up correctly. Sorry.

@tsgolf 11 ай бұрын

You could do this with other clubs but I wouldn’t grip the face as closed. A lot of geometry wise would depend on what your actually ball flight is and current geometry is on a stick shot (is the path into our, out to in, or on plane). Happy to help anyway I can!

@danraymond6025 11 ай бұрын

Hello , I was hoping that you can implement a side view camera as you build your channel. It is great to see down the line, but side view especially for impact scenarios gives a complete view and understanding of how the club covers the ball. I have tried this wedge flighting set up it is working. And I have tried it with other clubs. It seems to help. Perhaps you can add a second video (part 2) to this lesson soon. Keep up the great information.

@tsgolf 11 ай бұрын

@@danraymond6025 I will certainly be adding another camera angle in the future for these videos. Hopefully sooner than later! I’ll add this topic to future content I shoot as well and do a recap / addition on how we can use this for other clubs and shots as well!

@leeseoWestport Жыл бұрын

Obviously, this flights the ball lower. Does it also produce more spin than using a club that has the similar loft with your hands in normal position (not as far forward)? I feel that the flighted wedge ignores the bounce and I normally would take a less lofted club and make sure that I have enough bounce to not dig in. Or is the bottom of the swing far enough in front of the ball that you don’t dig in (fat) and more likely to hit thin?

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Friction will create spin in this case (low launch and high spin). The wedge is still designed from a bounce stand point to get you into the turf and then out of it! Multiple uses for bounce. Completely understand where your thought process is w/ the bounce and using less lofted club to play the shot. This is also an option for a certain shot type I’d use/ teach. The more options we have, the more powerful we become! Thanks and pleas let me know if you need anything or have any questions!

@KeepinItReal890 Жыл бұрын

good job man.

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Appreciate it!

@SteveSmith-zz4ih Жыл бұрын

Get a new Mic

@tsgolf Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. Really apologize about the audio. Will be better in future vids. Sorry

@tomcurley9711 4 ай бұрын

Spaulding getting in the weeds.

@tomcurley9711 4 ай бұрын

But good stuff. I can never hit my wedges. This works, but I'm having trouble not pulling with this. Thoughts?

@tsgolf 4 ай бұрын

This is hilarious! 😂😂😂

@tsgolf 4 ай бұрын

There is a case where the face can become to closed. I’d also check to make sure the trail low pit is up and fairly close to the lead elbow (external shoulder rotation with both shoulders). Hope this helps and let me know if you ever need anything!