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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Dial In Your Wedge Distances for Better Accuracy
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how far each wedge shot travels with different swing heights
- Utilize markers effectively to practice and measure your distances
- Gain confidence in controlling your wedge shots within a five-yard tolerance
In this drill, you'll learn how to accurately gauge your distance with wedges using physical markers. Mastering this skill will enhance your precision on approach shots and improve your overall game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160
In this drill video we're going to talk about dialing in your distance for
2
00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:09.720
your distance wedges. So this is a this is a great thing to practice and if
3
00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.650
your range is set up with these it makes it really easy. If not I'm going to
4
00:00:12.650 --> 00:00:12.760
give
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:15.960
you a couple strategies on how you can practice it. But basically to dial in
6
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:20.640
your distance you're going to have markers. Now whether that is physical
7
00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:27.560
markers like I use my yardsticks so I'll walk out there and place one yarder
8
00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:27.840
stick
9
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:34.280
at 30 yards, one yarder stick at 40 yards, one yarder stick at 50 yards, 60
10
00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:34.520
yards.
11
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.900
I've got six of them so I can go from 30 all the way up to 90 yards. That
12
00:00:38.900 --> 00:00:39.240
covers
13
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:45.120
my distance wedges. So you can use cones. They sell these real simple little
14
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:45.680
disc
15
00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:49.360
type things that you can put in your bag. The issue with that is if you're a
16
00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:54.680
public range they may not want you walking out onto the range and you may
17
00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:59.670
not want to walk out onto the range. So a lot of golf courses have flags. There
18
00:00:59.670 --> 00:00:59.840
's
19
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.800
a famous story of Mike Bender and Zach Johnson. Zach Johnson had concrete
20
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:06.320
little
21
00:01:06.320 --> 00:01:12.000
targets put in so that when he hit that you could hear that little auditory p
22
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:12.120
ong
23
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.800
of the ball hitting the concrete. Whatever it is you just need something so
24
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:20.760
that you can get a good guesstimate on how far the ball is going in the air.
25
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.120
Because one of the things that you're going to be trying to do is you're going
26
00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:28.360
to be trying to control exactly how far the ball goes in the air. That's why we
27
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:34.200
have these different swings. So the waist height, the chest height, the
28
00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:34.560
shoulder
29
00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:39.080
height. The reason we have these three different distances is so that we can
30
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.720
adjust how far the ball is going to go in the air and our tolerance five yards
31
00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:48.400
or less. That's my goal. Now if you're trying to get to a scratch golfer I want
32
00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:52.200
two, three maybe upper end of four yards if you're a really good driver of the
33
00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.950
golf ball and you're just not very good with your wedges. But two yards would
34
00:01:55.950 --> 00:01:56.080
be
35
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:01.480
ideal. Five yards is kind of the cutoff point because outside five yards or so
36
00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.560
it's you're going to have a hard time making a lot of putts so it's not going
37
00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.040
to lead to a lot of up and downs. So for dialing in your distances you can
38
00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:15.200
either do ladders where you go 30, 40, 50, 60 and work your way back. You can
39
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:15.280
do
40
00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.840
randoms where you have a dice and you just kind of roll it and and jump around.
41
00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:24.240
But I want you to switch clubs, switch distance swings and just get really good
42
00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:31.120
at adjusting for slight amount of yardage gains. So it's probably the most
43
00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.080
important way to practice your wedges and I think if you do it only a couple
44
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:40.760
times a month it leads to greater success on the golf course. I know many
45
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:45.320
tour pros practice this at least once a week. You probably don't have the time
46
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:45.600
so
47
00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:49.200
if you do it twice a month I think that's good enough for you to stay
48
00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:53.440
within that five yard tolerance thing. So if you're having trouble figuring out
49
00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:57.920
how to control your distance then please refer to the video on the details to
50
00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:01.120
dialing in your distance. But if you feel like you're pretty solid with your
51
00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.840
with your distance wedge technique you want to do this 20, 30 minutes twice a
52
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:11.320
month it will help you become really deft at controlling the distance you're
53
00:03:11.320 --> 00:03:14.080
going to hit the ball in the air.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160
In this drill video we're going to talk about dialing in your distance for
2
00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:09.720
your distance wedges. So this is a this is a great thing to practice and if
3
00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.650
your range is set up with these it makes it really easy. If not I'm going to
4
00:00:12.650 --> 00:00:12.760
give
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:15.960
you a couple strategies on how you can practice it. But basically to dial in
6
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:20.640
your distance you're going to have markers. Now whether that is physical
7
00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:27.560
markers like I use my yardsticks so I'll walk out there and place one yarder
8
00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:27.840
stick
9
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:34.280
at 30 yards, one yarder stick at 40 yards, one yarder stick at 50 yards, 60
10
00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:34.520
yards.
11
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.900
I've got six of them so I can go from 30 all the way up to 90 yards. That
12
00:00:38.900 --> 00:00:39.240
covers
13
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:45.120
my distance wedges. So you can use cones. They sell these real simple little
14
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:45.680
disc
15
00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:49.360
type things that you can put in your bag. The issue with that is if you're a
16
00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:54.680
public range they may not want you walking out onto the range and you may
17
00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:59.670
not want to walk out onto the range. So a lot of golf courses have flags. There
18
00:00:59.670 --> 00:00:59.840
's
19
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.800
a famous story of Mike Bender and Zach Johnson. Zach Johnson had concrete
20
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:06.320
little
21
00:01:06.320 --> 00:01:12.000
targets put in so that when he hit that you could hear that little auditory p
22
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:12.120
ong
23
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.800
of the ball hitting the concrete. Whatever it is you just need something so
24
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:20.760
that you can get a good guesstimate on how far the ball is going in the air.
25
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.120
Because one of the things that you're going to be trying to do is you're going
26
00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:28.360
to be trying to control exactly how far the ball goes in the air. That's why we
27
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:34.200
have these different swings. So the waist height, the chest height, the
28
00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:34.560
shoulder
29
00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:39.080
height. The reason we have these three different distances is so that we can
30
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.720
adjust how far the ball is going to go in the air and our tolerance five yards
31
00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:48.400
or less. That's my goal. Now if you're trying to get to a scratch golfer I want
32
00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:52.200
two, three maybe upper end of four yards if you're a really good driver of the
33
00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.950
golf ball and you're just not very good with your wedges. But two yards would
34
00:01:55.950 --> 00:01:56.080
be
35
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:01.480
ideal. Five yards is kind of the cutoff point because outside five yards or so
36
00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.560
it's you're going to have a hard time making a lot of putts so it's not going
37
00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.040
to lead to a lot of up and downs. So for dialing in your distances you can
38
00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:15.200
either do ladders where you go 30, 40, 50, 60 and work your way back. You can
39
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:15.280
do
40
00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.840
randoms where you have a dice and you just kind of roll it and and jump around.
41
00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:24.240
But I want you to switch clubs, switch distance swings and just get really good
42
00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:31.120
at adjusting for slight amount of yardage gains. So it's probably the most
43
00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.080
important way to practice your wedges and I think if you do it only a couple
44
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:40.760
times a month it leads to greater success on the golf course. I know many
45
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:45.320
tour pros practice this at least once a week. You probably don't have the time
46
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:45.600
so
47
00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:49.200
if you do it twice a month I think that's good enough for you to stay
48
00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:53.440
within that five yard tolerance thing. So if you're having trouble figuring out
49
00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:57.920
how to control your distance then please refer to the video on the details to
50
00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:01.120
dialing in your distance. But if you feel like you're pretty solid with your
51
00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.840
with your distance wedge technique you want to do this 20, 30 minutes twice a
52
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:11.320
month it will help you become really deft at controlling the distance you're
53
00:03:11.320 --> 00:03:14.080
going to hit the ball in the air.
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Dial In Your Wedge Distances for Better Accuracy
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how far each wedge shot travels with different swing heights
- Utilize markers effectively to practice and measure your distances
- Gain confidence in controlling your wedge shots within a five-yard tolerance
In this drill, you'll learn how to accurately gauge your distance with wedges using physical markers. Mastering this skill will enhance your precision on approach shots and improve your overall game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160
In this drill video we're going to talk about dialing in your distance for
2
00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:09.720
your distance wedges. So this is a this is a great thing to practice and if
3
00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.650
your range is set up with these it makes it really easy. If not I'm going to
4
00:00:12.650 --> 00:00:12.760
give
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:15.960
you a couple strategies on how you can practice it. But basically to dial in
6
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:20.640
your distance you're going to have markers. Now whether that is physical
7
00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:27.560
markers like I use my yardsticks so I'll walk out there and place one yarder
8
00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:27.840
stick
9
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:34.280
at 30 yards, one yarder stick at 40 yards, one yarder stick at 50 yards, 60
10
00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:34.520
yards.
11
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.900
I've got six of them so I can go from 30 all the way up to 90 yards. That
12
00:00:38.900 --> 00:00:39.240
covers
13
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:45.120
my distance wedges. So you can use cones. They sell these real simple little
14
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:45.680
disc
15
00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:49.360
type things that you can put in your bag. The issue with that is if you're a
16
00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:54.680
public range they may not want you walking out onto the range and you may
17
00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:59.670
not want to walk out onto the range. So a lot of golf courses have flags. There
18
00:00:59.670 --> 00:00:59.840
's
19
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.800
a famous story of Mike Bender and Zach Johnson. Zach Johnson had concrete
20
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:06.320
little
21
00:01:06.320 --> 00:01:12.000
targets put in so that when he hit that you could hear that little auditory p
22
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:12.120
ong
23
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.800
of the ball hitting the concrete. Whatever it is you just need something so
24
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:20.760
that you can get a good guesstimate on how far the ball is going in the air.
25
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.120
Because one of the things that you're going to be trying to do is you're going
26
00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:28.360
to be trying to control exactly how far the ball goes in the air. That's why we
27
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:34.200
have these different swings. So the waist height, the chest height, the
28
00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:34.560
shoulder
29
00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:39.080
height. The reason we have these three different distances is so that we can
30
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.720
adjust how far the ball is going to go in the air and our tolerance five yards
31
00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:48.400
or less. That's my goal. Now if you're trying to get to a scratch golfer I want
32
00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:52.200
two, three maybe upper end of four yards if you're a really good driver of the
33
00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.950
golf ball and you're just not very good with your wedges. But two yards would
34
00:01:55.950 --> 00:01:56.080
be
35
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:01.480
ideal. Five yards is kind of the cutoff point because outside five yards or so
36
00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.560
it's you're going to have a hard time making a lot of putts so it's not going
37
00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.040
to lead to a lot of up and downs. So for dialing in your distances you can
38
00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:15.200
either do ladders where you go 30, 40, 50, 60 and work your way back. You can
39
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:15.280
do
40
00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.840
randoms where you have a dice and you just kind of roll it and and jump around.
41
00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:24.240
But I want you to switch clubs, switch distance swings and just get really good
42
00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:31.120
at adjusting for slight amount of yardage gains. So it's probably the most
43
00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.080
important way to practice your wedges and I think if you do it only a couple
44
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:40.760
times a month it leads to greater success on the golf course. I know many
45
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:45.320
tour pros practice this at least once a week. You probably don't have the time
46
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:45.600
so
47
00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:49.200
if you do it twice a month I think that's good enough for you to stay
48
00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:53.440
within that five yard tolerance thing. So if you're having trouble figuring out
49
00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:57.920
how to control your distance then please refer to the video on the details to
50
00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:01.120
dialing in your distance. But if you feel like you're pretty solid with your
51
00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.840
with your distance wedge technique you want to do this 20, 30 minutes twice a
52
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:11.320
month it will help you become really deft at controlling the distance you're
53
00:03:11.320 --> 00:03:14.080
going to hit the ball in the air.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160
In this drill video we're going to talk about dialing in your distance for
2
00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:09.720
your distance wedges. So this is a this is a great thing to practice and if
3
00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.650
your range is set up with these it makes it really easy. If not I'm going to
4
00:00:12.650 --> 00:00:12.760
give
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:15.960
you a couple strategies on how you can practice it. But basically to dial in
6
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:20.640
your distance you're going to have markers. Now whether that is physical
7
00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:27.560
markers like I use my yardsticks so I'll walk out there and place one yarder
8
00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:27.840
stick
9
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:34.280
at 30 yards, one yarder stick at 40 yards, one yarder stick at 50 yards, 60
10
00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:34.520
yards.
11
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.900
I've got six of them so I can go from 30 all the way up to 90 yards. That
12
00:00:38.900 --> 00:00:39.240
covers
13
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:45.120
my distance wedges. So you can use cones. They sell these real simple little
14
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:45.680
disc
15
00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:49.360
type things that you can put in your bag. The issue with that is if you're a
16
00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:54.680
public range they may not want you walking out onto the range and you may
17
00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:59.670
not want to walk out onto the range. So a lot of golf courses have flags. There
18
00:00:59.670 --> 00:00:59.840
's
19
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.800
a famous story of Mike Bender and Zach Johnson. Zach Johnson had concrete
20
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:06.320
little
21
00:01:06.320 --> 00:01:12.000
targets put in so that when he hit that you could hear that little auditory p
22
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:12.120
ong
23
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.800
of the ball hitting the concrete. Whatever it is you just need something so
24
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:20.760
that you can get a good guesstimate on how far the ball is going in the air.
25
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.120
Because one of the things that you're going to be trying to do is you're going
26
00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:28.360
to be trying to control exactly how far the ball goes in the air. That's why we
27
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:34.200
have these different swings. So the waist height, the chest height, the
28
00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:34.560
shoulder
29
00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:39.080
height. The reason we have these three different distances is so that we can
30
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.720
adjust how far the ball is going to go in the air and our tolerance five yards
31
00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:48.400
or less. That's my goal. Now if you're trying to get to a scratch golfer I want
32
00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:52.200
two, three maybe upper end of four yards if you're a really good driver of the
33
00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.950
golf ball and you're just not very good with your wedges. But two yards would
34
00:01:55.950 --> 00:01:56.080
be
35
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:01.480
ideal. Five yards is kind of the cutoff point because outside five yards or so
36
00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.560
it's you're going to have a hard time making a lot of putts so it's not going
37
00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.040
to lead to a lot of up and downs. So for dialing in your distances you can
38
00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:15.200
either do ladders where you go 30, 40, 50, 60 and work your way back. You can
39
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:15.280
do
40
00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.840
randoms where you have a dice and you just kind of roll it and and jump around.
41
00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:24.240
But I want you to switch clubs, switch distance swings and just get really good
42
00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:31.120
at adjusting for slight amount of yardage gains. So it's probably the most
43
00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.080
important way to practice your wedges and I think if you do it only a couple
44
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:40.760
times a month it leads to greater success on the golf course. I know many
45
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:45.320
tour pros practice this at least once a week. You probably don't have the time
46
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:45.600
so
47
00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:49.200
if you do it twice a month I think that's good enough for you to stay
48
00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:53.440
within that five yard tolerance thing. So if you're having trouble figuring out
49
00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:57.920
how to control your distance then please refer to the video on the details to
50
00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:01.120
dialing in your distance. But if you feel like you're pretty solid with your
51
00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.840
with your distance wedge technique you want to do this 20, 30 minutes twice a
52
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:11.320
month it will help you become really deft at controlling the distance you're
53
00:03:11.320 --> 00:03:14.080
going to hit the ball in the air.
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