How to hit 60 Degree Lob Wedge
Ryan Benzel: When to chip with your 60-degree wedge
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hey golf WRX this is Ryan benzoyl but
I'm it's a holly Country Club today I'm
going to talk to you about when it's a
good idea to use your 60-degree Club
when pitching or chipping around the
green for some of you your highest
lofted wedge maybe a 58 degree could be
a 62 or even a 64 degree wedge I use a
60-degree high toe wedge from
trailermate but we're going to talk
about how and when is this a good idea
to use this club there are three things
that can help you determine what type of
shot to hit and what club to use the
first item is what is the lie of your
golf ball so if you got some look at
these golf balls around here these first
two golf balls right here the ball is
sitting up on the grass in both of those
those are good lies I've got many
options and what I can do
the same with those two golf balls up by
the front up by the fringe there on
short grass there in the fringe
that's very similar to being short of a
green and finally these back two balls
right here you can see they're kind of
buried in the grass a little bit we're
still in springtime our grass and our
rough isn't very thick yet but they
still have a little bit of grass between
the blade of the club and the golf ball
when I set the club down okay so you
need to look at the lie of the golf ball
number one number two you need to look
at what is between your golf ball and
the green right here I've got nothing
but grass in front of my golf ball in
the green in between there's nothing
there
really I've got some options I don't
have to hit this ball hi any of these
shots on this ball right here now I've
got a bunker between my ball and the
green so if I'm in a pitcher tip this
back to that corner I've got to use a
lofted Club to go over the bunker and
finally number three is where is the
home location on the green is it closer
to me and where my ball is or is it
farther away from me
the closer the flag gets to your golf
ball the more loft you're going to need
typically because that will make the
ball land softer and roll less so let's
hit a couple of shots here to see what
see what I'm talking about a couple
these out of the good lies I can do many
things I can hit one a little higher
land it softer I can hit it a little
lower I'll hit this one high first
okay now I'm gonna hit one low
both their options when you have a good
lie when we start having a bad lie again
I've got a lot of grass right around the
golf ball now I've got to go out and dig
this ball out
that's equals no matter where the hole
location is no matter what I have to go
over between my ball on the green
I need loft to kind of dig it out of the
grass that's an indicator I'm gonna need
a sixty degree or a higher lofted wedge
gonna try and when you make when you hit
the shot you need to make sure you swing
down feel like you hit a little dirt
with the shot you just brush the grass
that's not gonna work okay so I'm gonna
try and pull this one off that's a great
example I didn't take any dirt you
probably saw no divot right there let's
try one more
much better there the club hit the
ground I had plenty of speed through the
turf the ball went up into the air and
land in and rolled next to the hole if
we go over here and I need to pitch one
over this bunker now again we need a
high loft a width we've got to go over
something this could be a bunker it
could be a mound it could be a lot of
area of rough and you want them you
don't want the ball to land and run when
it lands on the green ok could be many
things that you decide you want to go
over with a higher lofted wedge
there we go the club went through they
took a little turf and made a good shot
these last few golf balls right up here
on the fringe or in front of the green
to this first hole over to this front
hole location which is very close to me
I will probably chip this with more of a
higher lofted shot I don't need to go
over a far I can make a very normal
swing if the hole location starts to get
to the other side of the green now I'm
going to use a lower lofted wedge I
always coach my students to use lower
lofts when they have more green to work
with even if you have to go over or
something like a bunker if the flag is a
long way from you on the green
you don't need loft you could use a
lower lofted Club picture chip this ball
over the bunker very easily and let it
roll all the way over to the hole
location okay
so the three things we need to look for
when determining are we going to use a
high lofted wedge the lie of the golf
ball what's between my ball and the
green and finally where is the hole
location in relation to where my ball is
the closer the hole location the Sun
anything I need to go over or a bad lie
all of those things are going to equal a
higher lofted wedge you also need to
think about how soft the greens are how
fast the greens are those things are
factors that will play into this as well
I'm Ryan benzel I'm in South Holly
Country Club and this is golf WRX
