Stan Utley on Impossible Wedge Shots

Hey, this is just a cool instructional article to read. Golf Digest has an article by Stan Utley called Pitch It High from Any Lie . What makes it so cool? To demonstrate the techniques Utley used, here's what he did (and I quote):

"To make a point here, I tried out 4 severe playing surfaces: pavement, my lower back-backyard pool, the artificial turf at Arizona State's football exercise facility and the wasteland."

Here's the photo of him hitting from the pool. (I wanted to used the one off pavement but couldn't get the link off the site.) In case you don't see the ball, it's about halfway between him and the left side of the photo, over the rocks but just below visor height. See it now?

Utley says it's often approximately setup adjustments and how you use the bounce of the club; when you learn how the club need to engage with the ground, you simply need to select how some distance behind the ball to hit the floor. Here are the section headings, which in brief summarize the thing contents:

• HARDPAN: Stay Tall and Skid Through Impact
• SOFT LIES: Give It Plenty of Speed at the Bottom
• TIGHT LIES: Keep Your Lead Arm Relaxed
• WASTE AREAS: Learn to Read the Ground

I'll let you read the sections yourself, but even the pictures are cool.

I'm particularly inquisitive about gaining knowledge of to hit off pavement. That might not be so useful, but I guess it will galvanize a number of my pals.

And no, this isn't an April Fool's funny story. It simply appears like one.