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oldracer
23rd September 2015, 05:46 AM
Food for thought on an article from Golfwrx http://www.golfwrx.com/317932/the-importance-of-the-wedge-game-is-vastly-overrated-by-golfers/

Daves
23rd September 2015, 08:46 AM
I think the writer misses the point, at least as far as the average golfer goes. They are good with their long range approach shots, because the have such good Wedge games. They have little fear of a bad shot. Most of the bad swings I see on course are because the golfer fears having to play a short game shot next. If a Golfer is having a bad time off the sand, where do they keep ending up! unless they aim short or as far a way as possible!

3oneday
23rd September 2015, 08:56 AM
Agreed, they likely hit 14+ greens per round.

Scifisicko
23rd September 2015, 09:45 AM
Great stuff for pros where practicing is their day job. If I have an hour per week to practice, how much better can I get from 175-225 ?? In my dreams I might hit 1 more green per round, saving me 1 shot. If i spend that hour chipping I can chip it to 3 feet more often so i get up and down 5/7 rather than 3/7...ive made double the progress.

Johnny Canuck
23rd September 2015, 10:14 AM
Great stuff for pros where practicing is their day job. If I have an hour per week to practice, how much better can I get from 175-225 ?? In my dreams I might hit 1 more green per round, saving me 1 shot. If i spend that hour chipping I can chip it to 3 feet more often so i get up and down 5/7 rather than 3/7...ive made double the progress.

The first time I ever shot under par, I was 10/10 in up and downs in the first 11 holes. Decent wedges may have helped me just a touch.

mrbluu
23rd September 2015, 12:28 PM
That article was too long can someone give me a summary please.

3Puttpete
23rd September 2015, 01:05 PM
That article was too long can someone give me a summary please.

16 GIR and you don't need a short game

dazza99
23rd September 2015, 02:34 PM
16 GIR and you don't need a short game

Easy then...