Pelz Corner: Number of Wedges to Carry

Name: Pelz Corner: Number of Wedges to Carry
Uploaded: 2019-06-04T15:29:03.000Z
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Description: Dave Pelz gives us a great tip on how to lower your scores with your short game simply by carrying the right number of wedges.

Dave Pelz gives us a great tip on how to lower your scores with your short game simply by carrying the right number of wedges.

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Instructor: Dave Pelz
Category: Lessons
Topic: Short Game

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Bell's Corner. The common flaw I see in amateur golf bags is not carrying enough wedges. It kills me when a golfer carries 10 clubs to cover shots from 125 to 250 yards, but then just 2 more wedges for the other 125 yards into the green. That's a 12-yard gap between clubs for the distances where they don't hit the shot straight enough to hit the green anyway. Look, the best players in the world, the PGA Tour players, hit 7 to 10 wedge shots a round. The rest of us, we hit 15 to 20 wedges a round. Think about it, you in your own game hit a chip, a pitch, or some shot within 125 yards of the green on almost every hole, and it's in the scoring zone where if you have the right wedge and hit a good shot, it saves you a whole stroke. Look, I think you need to carry 4 wedges minimum. I carry 5. You have to start with something really high lofted. I love the 64, but you need at least a 60-degree wedge, somewhere between 60 and 64, because I want to have a good selection of clubs for all my shots around the greens and for all the yardages from 125 into that green. The day you do that and get a good match set of wedges is the day your scores are going to start going down.