More ScoreZone Short Game Academy with the Wedge Guy

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Josh Karp

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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GS#358fMO November 20, 2012 GSfMO#358 Terry "The Wedge Guy" Koehler, CEO of SCOR Golf joins us for 40 minutes to answer more questions submitted to SCOR Zone Short Game Academy. We've received so many great questions about improving our short game that we decided to answer 4 more questions in a full episode. This was originally a Members Only episode that lived behind our paywall, so this is the first time it's ever been shared publically. Questions: Matthew Etter of Durham, NC: What is the recommended approach for handling "flier" lies around the green? In my area we have a lot of bermuda grasses, and when cut high there can be a lot of space between the ball and the ground. Should you still try to hit down on the ball to impart spin? It seems to me that there's no way you're going to compress the ball when it's sitting up so much, but trying to scoop the ball with an ascending blow doesn't seem like the right approach either. Any alternatives? Matt McElroy of Brentwood, NH: How do we know which scoring club to use from the sand? Are different types of sand a factor? Ron Hampel of Portland, OR I'm fairly new to golf, having taken up the game about 18 months ago. My play from tee to about 120 yards or so is really coming along (around 70-75% driving accuracy). But, what's holding my scoring back is what happens from inside 120 or so yards. My short game distance control is all over the place. Why will adding a wedge or two to my set at that end make my distances any more accurate? In other words, is my lack of consistency due to the skills of someone new to the game or incorrect club gaps? Martin Baker of Peregian Beach, Queensland Australia i still use your old wedges and listened intently to the podcast especially around the grip. I sent a photo of my glove - from the photo you may be able to work out am I holding the club too much in my hand instead of my fingers as you advocate? I was also intrigued by your comments about keeping the grip light on the club - I think this would naturally relax the forearms and therefore give a more relaxed looking swing like the professionals? Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube for daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. We also post articles and video shorts on LinkedIn @FredGreene (from Novato, CA). Receive three free gifts when you post an honest review about Golf Smarter on your favorite podcast app. Listen for details. This episode is brought to you by the PXG. Upgrade your bag with PXG clubs and take your game to a whole new level. For a limited time, you can save $10 per club. Head over to PXG.com/SMARTER and use code SMARTER to save $10 per club on your order. This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply.This episode is also brought to you by Waitlist from Wine Access. Visit wineaccess.com/waitlist and use promo code "golfsmarter" for $25 off your first shipment!This episode is brought to you by Timeline Nutrition. Timeline is offering 10% off your first order of Mitopure. Go to timeline.com/GOLFSMARTER.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For members only, Golf Smarter Number 358, published on November 20, 2012.
0:07.6	Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.
0:10.6	Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the Golf Smarter podcast.
0:18.8	Great golf instruction never gets old.
0:22.1	Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations like
0:27.5	this that are no longer available in any podcast app.
0:31.0	If you're playing the right tease for your skill level and your distance, you're going to hit
0:34.9	70 to 75 percent of your shots inside 9-9 range.
0:38.9	Do you give that 75% of your practice time?
0:42.3	If not, that's one part of your problem.
0:44.6	Now, in 1949, Ben Hogan, in his book, said the maximum distance of a sandwich is 40 yards.
0:50.1	I was with a group of golfers last night that ranged from 7 to 18 handicap, and the average person there said they hit their sandwich routinely 80 and 85 yards.
1:01.0	I said, really, well, then you must be twice as good as Ben Hogan, because it is over 40.
1:05.0	What we have in our bag that we call wedges are very short-range golf clubs, 20 to 25-yard golf clubs,
1:12.8	but we use them in a full-swing environment today. So the fact that you have distance control
1:18.5	issues may not really be your fault. It may be the tools. I suspect because you're a new golfer,
1:23.7	there's also some technique and probably some time issues there. But the third element of
1:28.9	that is the tools. And if you don't have the right tools in your bag, you're not going to have
1:33.8	good distance control. More Scorezone Shortgame academy with Terry Kaler.
1:45.0	This is Golf Smarter.
1:47.4	Each week we tap the best minds in golf to help lower your scores with tips, drills, insights, and advice.
1:54.9	In conversation with course pros, architects, authors, players, teaching gurus, and coaches. Here's your host, Fred Green.
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