A couple of days returned I did a put up on matching your sand wedge to the sand you're playing from. Today I'm going to make bigger that to playing off hardpan, fairway, and rough.
Here's a link to a golf.Com video via Dave Pelz that clearly suggests you up-near how the wedge contacts the ball in exceptional lies. (I'd embed the video but golfing.Com may not permit it. But I snagged the nevertheless under so that you can see what he is doing.) This video is excellent because Dave certainly shows you the way the ball lies on unique types of surfaces and the way the leap impacts touch with the ball whilst the shaft is vertical to the floor AND whilst the face is square or open (to get extra top).
The simple matters to research right here are:
- The best contact happens when the ball contacts the club face between the 4th and 5th grooves. (Again, he actually shows what this looks like.)
- When choosing loft, the distance you want to hit the shot only matters if you can get that best contact. Otherwise, use the club that gives you best contact (or as close as you can get) and then control distance with the length of your swing.
- On hardpan you can't get the best contact, even with low bounce, so you take what you can get, which means use low bounce. Anything else results in a skulled shot.
- On tight fairways use low bounce.
- On normal fairways -- about 1/2" of grass under the ball -- use medium bounce.
- In light rough -- about 1" of grass under the ball -- use high bounce. Low bounce will go right under the ball.
- And of course you use high bounce for anything taller than light rough.
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