1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,120 Welcome to Swing Theory Golf, the ultimate podcast for the golf enthusiast. 2 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:17,860 I'm your host, Tim McElvanagh, PGA Professional, and I'm thrilled to be joined by my co-host 3 00:00:17,860 --> 00:00:23,280 Sean Clautz, a seasoned PGA Professional as well as over 20 years' experience in the 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:24,960 golf industry. 5 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:30,760 Join us as we delve into the world of golf, covering everything from swing tips to top-notch 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:31,760 golf destinations. 7 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:36,960 We will discuss the greatest golfers of all time and explore the latest golf trends in 8 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,720 the game of golf. 9 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:44,560 Get ready to tee off with Swing Theory Golf, your source for all things golf. 10 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:49,520 Let's dive in. 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,120 Welcome back everybody. 12 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,200 We're here at swingtheorygolf.com. 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,880 I'm your host, Tim McElvanagh, and my co-host, Sean Clautz. 14 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,920 Hey golfers, how you doing? 15 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:58,920 Good. 16 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,920 So today we're going to talk about the lob wedge, mastering the lob wedge, if you need 17 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,920 the lob wedge, and who needs the lob wedge. 18 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:13,520 So Sean, in your years of experience, do you think that most amateurs would need a lob 19 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:14,520 wedge? 20 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,400 Do you think most amateurs would need a lob wedge? 21 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:17,400 No, not at all. 22 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,400 Right? 23 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,400 I don't want to be the bad guy out here. 24 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:26,080 I'm going to relate a pretty quick, Tim Mc, to just kind of saying this. 25 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,880 When I coached high school golf, and you helped me out as well, we were both kind of coaching 26 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,520 the Zephyr Hills High School golf team. 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,680 I think one of the first clubs that we ever pulled out of kids' bags was the lob wedge. 28 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,600 Get that out of there. 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,440 It's a specialty club. 30 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:47,640 It's needed or necessary on tour because their conditions are way different than the 31 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:52,280 golf that most of our golf listeners are playing. 32 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,160 The surface that they're playing on is greatly different than what we're playing on, for 33 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,160 sure. 34 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:58,160 Right. 35 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,160 Yeah. 36 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:05,600 So on the negative side of lob wedge, it's way more consistent for our listener to get 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,240 the ball on the ground quickly and let it roll out. 38 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,240 Yeah. 39 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,520 Especially if you're a beginner. 40 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,120 Get that thing on the ground rolling as quick as possible. 41 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,120 Get the flying putt. 42 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:16,120 That's what I like to call it. 43 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,840 You know, the flying putt. 44 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:18,840 Yeah. 45 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:23,760 That would be more geared towards an eight iron or even a seven iron, that type of chip 46 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,280 shot, which is a whole different segment, whole different podcast. 47 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:32,440 In the relationship to a lob wedge, that's why we would like you to try to keep the ball 48 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:33,440 low to the ground. 49 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,680 Like you said, flying putt, let it run, read the break, whatever that is. 50 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,640 So on the opposite side, if we were going to say, hey, okay, well, I feel like I'm kind 51 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:48,120 of moving my game up or I'm ready for the next club that's going to change my handicap 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,120 index. 53 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Correct. 54 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,120 Because it certainly can. 55 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,120 Yeah. 56 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,120 Oh, yeah. 57 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,120 It was designed for a reason. 58 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,120 It can be an unbelievable tool. 59 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,120 Yes. 60 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:03,920 You know, you just got to, if you take nothing else away from today's podcast, it would be 61 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:09,240 swing your lob wedge the same speed that you swing your driver. 62 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:15,240 So what I mean by that is I think the player who mishits the 60 degree, which is typically 63 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,960 the lob wedge 60, maybe 58, but kind of 58, 60. 64 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:19,960 Yeah. 65 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,840 Sometimes you might even see a 64 out there, but usually 58 to 60. 66 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,600 The player who mishits that club is the one who decelerates. 67 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:28,600 Correct. 68 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:29,600 And stops moving. 69 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,600 Yeah. 70 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,600 And the ball's not going to go anywhere. 71 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,600 Like it doesn't, it's not going to travel a hundred yards. 72 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:37,600 Yeah. 73 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:38,600 It's designed. 74 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:39,600 To go up in the air. 75 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,600 At 60 degree loft. 76 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:41,600 Yeah. 77 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,600 To get up in the air. 78 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:49,360 So if you do some of the basic chipping fundamentals, you know, which is for, for again, I would 79 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,360 say definitely have to keep weight on your left side. 80 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:53,360 Yep. 81 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:54,360 Ball back in your stance a little bit. 82 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:55,360 Ball back in your stance. 83 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:56,360 Yep. 84 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,360 Or at least back center. 85 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:02,720 And, you know, swing your body, don't swing just your hands. 86 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:03,720 Right. 87 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,520 That's another one, which again, for consistency sake, if I was trying to teach somebody, hey, 88 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,000 I want to hit something higher up in the air. 89 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,680 I'm going to tell them to essentially move their chest to the right, get their arms extended 90 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,800 and the club is part of the extension of the arms. 91 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,800 Correct. 92 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:18,800 And then move back to the left. 93 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:19,800 Yep. 94 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,800 And I think follow throughs always need to be longer than backswings. 95 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:24,800 Yes. 96 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:25,800 Acceleration. 97 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:26,800 Yeah. 98 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,400 You know, that's, that's what's going to give you that acceleration when you come through. 99 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,520 You know, I always kind of tell some of my students, make it feel like it's more short 100 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:33,520 to long. 101 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:34,520 Yeah. 102 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,960 And I think that condensation of, you know, I'm going to accelerate through the ball. 103 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:38,960 Yep. 104 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,400 As you said, a lot of people decel. 105 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:41,400 Yep. 106 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,400 And then, and hit down into it. 107 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:43,400 Yes. 108 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:44,400 You know, that's kind of another misconception is if I got to get the ball up in the air, 109 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:49,400 I've got to hit up on it or swing it up in the air. 110 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,400 And you've got 64 degrees of loft, you don't need to help it up anymore. 111 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,400 No. 112 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,400 You know? 113 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,400 So hitting down to the, you know, into the ball and that's why we put the ball position 114 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,000 back to the, a little further back in our stance because that just helps promote that 115 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,320 angle of attack. 116 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,360 That downward strike that we're looking for. 117 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:06,360 Yep. 118 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:07,360 Yep. 119 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,280 And then realistically let the club do the work. 120 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:11,680 Don't, don't add wrist motion to it. 121 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:12,680 All right. 122 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:13,680 I'm going to preface that. 123 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,840 I'm going to say that, but then maybe two minutes I might come back to something where 124 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:17,840 I talk about wrist motion. 125 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:18,840 Okay. 126 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:21,840 But for the, for the, again, for the, we'll call it novice. 127 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,960 Somebody who's just trying to start to learn how to use, and everything we're talking about, 128 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,080 by the way, should be applied to a 56 degree or a sand nudge too. 129 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,080 Yeah. 130 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Absolutely. 131 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,400 It's not just a lob wedge conversation, but to hit down on the ball, to have your weight 132 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:38,280 on your front side, your left side, to kind of lean towards your left side. 133 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,880 And I think another thing I see, T Mac, when we see the player who's trying to get the 134 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,200 ball up in the air, when they start their backswing, they move their weight shift to 135 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,200 the right. 136 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,200 Okay. 137 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,200 Yeah. 138 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,200 And now you're out of position. 139 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,200 Yeah. 140 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,200 Essentially. 141 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:53,200 Yeah. 142 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,200 You're just, you're too far to the right. 143 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,920 You're too far back, which then when you start your downswing, it almost tends them to blade 144 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:58,920 it. 145 00:05:58,920 --> 00:05:59,920 Yeah. 146 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:08,480 So that's why we kind of promote the idea of, hey, just start your weight on your left 147 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,760 side, move your arms to the right. 148 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,520 Don't move your weight to the right. 149 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,520 Just move your arms to your torso again. 150 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:19,160 Turn your torso to the right, which brings your arms going to the right. 151 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,800 And basically return the golf club with something we kind of, again, didn't really mention to 152 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:25,800 the players. 153 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,200 Because when you're setting up to it, you should have the handle slightly forward. 154 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,200 Yes. 155 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,200 Of the club head. 156 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:33,200 Correct. 157 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,200 At impact. 158 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:35,200 Yes. 159 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:36,200 And that's the return position we're trying to get back to. 160 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,200 Right? 161 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:43,400 Again, I think the error is when the person returns the club head to the ball first before 162 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:44,400 their hands have gotten there. 163 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,400 Correct. 164 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:46,400 You know? 165 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 So my stupid little analogy is the swimmer and the shark. 166 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,400 Okay. 167 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:51,400 Okay. 168 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,400 All right? 169 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,400 So the swimmer is the grip and the shark is the club head. 170 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,400 Okay. 171 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:58,400 Okay, so go with me on this one. 172 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,880 I know it's a little goofy. 173 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:05,800 But as you take the club back, you know, the shark, the club head is behind your hands, 174 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,560 which is the swimmer. 175 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:12,800 When you return back to the ball, make sure the grip, the swimmer, is always out racing 176 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,360 the shark, which is the club, to the ball. 177 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:16,360 Great analogy. 178 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,360 It gives you a good visual right there. 179 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:18,360 Absolutely. 180 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:19,360 Yeah. 181 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,520 And as we talk about people sometimes decelerating through impact, what they're really doing 182 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,680 is the club head's moving faster and the hands are stopped moving. 183 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,120 Yeah, the club's going past the hands. 184 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:29,120 The body's stopped moving. 185 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,480 So, you know, three o'clock in the morning, when you guys wake up tonight, you'll be thinking 186 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,760 about the swimmer and the shark. 187 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,360 But sometimes, you know, some of these little analogies will kind of fit in. 188 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,360 Absolutely. 189 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,760 When you're out there on the golf course, you know, having those little thoughts definitely 190 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,360 help you a lot. 191 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,000 Now, the other thing is practice time. 192 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:52,560 You know, I think people need to realize before they go out and get this 64, 60-degree wedge 193 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:58,760 how much you really have to practice this, you know, and practice where this shot is 194 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,320 landing, how much it's rolling out. 195 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:01,720 Where to use it. 196 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:02,720 Where to use it. 197 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,720 When to use it, you know. 198 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,520 I see a lot of people, especially the younger students, they get married to the thing. 199 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:12,480 I mean, it could be, you know, three feet off the collar and they're flopping this thing 200 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:17,120 where you could just hit a little eight iron, you know, even a putter, you know, at this 201 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,120 point. 202 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:24,440 So, I think, you know, using it at the right times is just as vital as how you practice 203 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:25,440 as well. 204 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:26,440 Right. 205 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,840 You know, making sure that you, you know, just don't fall in love with the club and, 206 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,880 you know, utilizing different shots around the green are really going to help you quite 207 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,920 a bit other than just getting married to that 60. 208 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,600 We're based out of Florida, you know, just outside of Tampa. 209 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:46,080 And I'll tell you, you know, as a listener, I pretty much don't hit the lob ledge for probably 210 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,080 five months out of the year. 211 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,080 Correct. 212 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,080 Right. 213 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,080 And that's our winter time. 214 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,080 Yeah. 215 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:52,080 That tends to come in. 216 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,080 And we get that question a lot. 217 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,080 How do you hit off of a tight line? 218 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,600 Well, you don't take a highly lofted club. 219 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:57,600 Yeah. 220 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:58,600 Hitting off of a tight fairway line. 221 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,480 With 12 degrees of bounce or, you know, whatever it is. 222 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,160 We're going to try to get something, again, rolling quickly. 223 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,600 So we're going to take that nine iron and bump and run it. 224 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,600 Yeah. 225 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,560 So, I mean, bunkers, it's very useful for bunkers. 226 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:10,840 No question about it. 227 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,640 Especially high lipped bunkers or something where you got to hit it shorter. 228 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:15,640 Yeah. 229 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:20,160 I would say that that's one of those things that if I get a 10 to 15 yard bunker shot, 230 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,000 I'm probably going to hit my lob wedge because I know what it's going to do. 231 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,400 But if I've got that 25 yard bunker shot, I'm not going to try to hit lob wedge harder. 232 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:27,400 No. 233 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,880 I'm going to do what we tell our listeners on the other side in the fairways. 234 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:31,960 Take the longer club. 235 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:32,960 Take something like a 56. 236 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:33,960 Yeah. 237 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,960 And make the same swing. 238 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,480 And you're going to get a longer result. 239 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:39,480 Correct. 240 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:40,480 And you're going to try to hit something harder. 241 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:41,480 Yeah. 242 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,280 If you try to go with the 60 and try to go harder, you're probably going to go underneath 243 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,880 it, one of the two, or you're just going to sky it up even higher. 244 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:49,880 Or shank it. 245 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:50,880 A lot of times in the bunker. 246 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:51,880 Yeah. 247 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:52,880 You get that too. 248 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:53,880 You get that too. 249 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:58,480 And again, it's a good analogy because when they do shank it, what they're doing is they're 250 00:09:58,480 --> 00:09:59,480 stopping their hands. 251 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:00,480 Correct. 252 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,480 With the club that is just kind of coming through and it's usually open. 253 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:04,480 Obviously, it's usually a shank. 254 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,480 It's typically a shot that's hit off the hosel. 255 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,480 They haven't rotated the face. 256 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:08,480 Yeah. 257 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,480 All the things we talked about in normal golf swings. 258 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,480 So where to use it, super important. 259 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,480 Typically, either good fairway, we'll call it, higher rough. 260 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:19,480 Yeah. 261 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:27,080 It can be super... I mean, it's almost a club that you can't use any other club effectively 262 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,480 unless you have a lob wedge from a high rough, thick rough, soft sand. 263 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,480 So we don't want to come off saying that this is a club that's bad. 264 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:36,480 This is a great club. 265 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:37,480 This is a great club. 266 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:42,480 You've got to practice with it and know, as you said, where to utilize that club at. 267 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:43,480 Yeah. 268 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:49,480 Again, for the listener, please go check out a Phil Nicholson YouTube, basically discusses 269 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:50,480 chipping. 270 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,480 There's a bunch of different chipping Phil Nicholson videos on YouTube. 271 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:58,480 The one that I was specifically talking about is where he really talks about, he's like, 272 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,480 hey, there's five fundamentals to chipping. 273 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:05,480 And we've already covered a few of them as far as weight position forward, hands forward. 274 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,480 Don't switch off to the right, don't move to the right side. 275 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,480 But the one that I think is interesting, which even as an instructor for 15 years, I didn't 276 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,480 really teach it this way. 277 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,480 Then I started using it in my own game. 278 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,480 Maybe the greatest wedge player in the world. 279 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,480 He's onto something there, all right. 280 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,480 Yeah. 281 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:23,480 Might have figured something out. 282 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,480 But essentially is if you want to hit the ball high, you move the ball position way 283 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,480 forward, left of your front foot. 284 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,480 And that's how you hit that ball high and soft. 285 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:38,480 And if you want to hit the ball low, you move the ball position behind your right foot. 286 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,480 And his theory in that is that you never play the ball position in the middle. 287 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:43,480 Correct. 288 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,480 But again, it's Phil Nicholson. 289 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,480 Right. 290 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,480 He's a different animal. 291 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,480 But I've gone to that technique here lately. 292 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:57,480 And I think having that ball up in your stance, making sure your weight is forward. 293 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,480 You've got to make sure that you're hitting down on this ball. 294 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,480 You're going to get a lot of spin, you're going to get a lot of stop. 295 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:09,480 But as I said, it's one of those shots that I've had to practice quite a bit on. 296 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,480 And I can't say it's 100%. 297 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,480 I've got it in the bag. 298 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,480 But I'd say 90% of the time I'm executing that shot. 299 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,480 But when it doesn't work, bye bye baby. 300 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:24,480 So as I said, practicing it is definitely vital to that club. 301 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,480 And not just going up pounding driver. 302 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,480 That's what everyone wants to practice. 303 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,480 The last thing I'll say about the wedge, because this is a slightly shorter segment, 304 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:37,480 essentially is pick out one that looks good to you. 305 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:45,480 Pick out one that doesn't always need to be the 180 wedge prices have gone up considerably over the last five years. 306 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:52,480 But somewhere, I'm going to say probably 100 to $175 is what you're going to plan on paying for one club. 307 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,480 Which again, drivers are 600 now or 500. 308 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,480 Hey, this is a club that could really lower my score. 309 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,480 It could save you two or three shots easily in a round. 310 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,480 So I don't care what the name of the brand is. 311 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,480 We're not brand specific. 312 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:07,480 I don't think we are. 313 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:12,480 When we discuss our clubs here, we just want to kind of give an objective view on golf clubs. 314 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:13,480 Absolutely. 315 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:22,480 But I will say that Cleveland, Callaway, TaylorMade, Titleist, Mizuno, Ping, 316 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,480 those are probably the five that most people know, Wilson actually has really good looking wedges. 317 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:27,480 They've got really good wedges. 318 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,480 Yeah, and sometimes a little lower price than some of the other guys we just mentioned. 319 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,480 But I don't think it really matters. 320 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:39,480 It's just there's some different condition or some different like some rusts, some don't. 321 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:44,480 Some are black, some are satin, some are tour finish, some are raw. 322 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:49,480 What I've read so far is essentially that I just read an article about the tour raw finish for the Cleveland. 323 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:56,480 They may not want to hear this, but there is not more friction on a tour raw finish wedge than there is on a standard satin finish. 324 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,480 They advocate that it is, but there really isn't a touch. 325 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:00,480 Psychological. 326 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:01,480 Yeah, exactly. 327 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:02,480 So find something that looks good to you. 328 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,480 I really keep coming back up because I want to feel, just like my putter, 329 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,480 I want to feel when I look down at that club that I'm going to execute the shot. 330 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,480 Confident, right? 331 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:11,480 Yeah. 332 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,480 I'm confident that I'm going to execute that shot, as you said, and pull it off. 333 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:20,480 And then like with the Zipcore world, meaning Cleveland, there's going to be, they have a club called a full face. 334 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,480 And what that means is it's more of a cavity back. 335 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:32,480 And that might be a really good option for that kind of 8 to 25 handicapped golfer who still wants the benefit of the 60 degree, 336 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,480 but they want the benefit of also being able to miss hit the club a little bit. 337 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:37,480 A little bit more forgiving, right? 338 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,480 And I think the lines go all the way across the face instead of having that little stop. 339 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:46,480 So even if you kind of hit it off the toe a little bit, you're going to get a little spin. 340 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,480 So that's that forgiveness that they're talking about there, for sure. 341 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:54,480 Hopefully that gives you guys some good thoughts with the lob wedge. 342 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,480 Don't be scared of it. 343 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,480 Just put the time and effort and practice into it. 344 00:14:58,480 --> 00:14:59,480 Correct. 345 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:06,480 And go lower your score because I know that it's really helped me become a better short game player, 346 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,480 but you had to put the time and effort into it. 347 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:09,480 Yes, a lot of work on it. 348 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,480 So once again, I want to say thank you from Swing Theory Golf. 349 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,480 I'm your host, Tim McElvanagh with Sean Klotz. 350 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:15,480 From One Stop Golf Club. 351 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:16,480 Come on down and see us. 352 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:17,480 Thank you so much. 353 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:18,480 Have a great day. 354 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,480 Thank you for tuning in and teeing off with Swing Theory Golf. 355 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:30,480 Keep swinging, keep improving, and stay tuned for more exciting episodes. 356 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:40,480 This is Tim McElvanagh signing off.