Golf World UK - August 2017

46 Golf World August 2017

‘Keep your pitching action

symmetrical for more consistency’

BERND WIESBERGER

Amateurs don’t build enough

precision into their short game.

They rely on feel to get the ball

close. It works occasionally, but

not all the time, because you’re

not building consistency into

your technique. You must have

an element of repeatability

when pitching – and this begins

by ensuring the follow-through

is a mirror image of the

takeaway. This helps you be

precise on different distances,

and improves the quality of your

strike as well. Work out how far

you carry the ball with your 56°

wedge with these three swing

lengths. Once you’re happy with

that, add more distances by

using your other wedges.

TOUR TIPS

Swinging the

shafttoparallelto

the ground on the

way back and the

way through

sends the ball

about 30 yards.

HALF

SWING

Ithinkofmyarms

swinging to

9o’clockand

3 o’clock on a

clockface to carry

the ball about

65 yards.

THREE-

QUARTER

SWING

Imovemyarms

asIwouldfora

full swing but try

and keep my

lower half a bit

quieter to hit

the ball about

90 yards.

FULL

SWING